McDonald’s Corp [NYSE: MCD] surged by $1.82 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $271.19.
McDonald’s Corp stock has also gained 0.91% of its value over the past 7 days. However, MCD stock has inclined by 1.01% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -5.62% and lost -8.54% year-on date.
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The market cap for MCD stock reached $195.44 billion, with 731.30 million shares outstanding and 720.21 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.02M shares, MCD reached a trading volume of 3226238 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about McDonald’s Corp [MCD]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MCD shares is $295.03 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MCD stock is a recommendation set at 1.92. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for McDonald’s Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on July 31, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, JP Morgan dropped their target price from $300 to $290. The new note on the price target was released on July 10, 2024, representing the official price target for McDonald’s Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $315 to $280, while Guggenheim kept a Buy rating on MCD stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for McDonald’s Corp is set at 5.90, with the Price to Sales ratio for MCD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 7.59. Price to Free Cash Flow for MCD in the course of the last twelve months was 27.22 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.82.
MCD stock trade performance evaluation
McDonald’s Corp [MCD] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.91. With this latest performance, MCD shares gained by 8.26% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -5.62% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -6.35% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for MCD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 61.11, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 63.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 58.70 for McDonald’s Corp [MCD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 257.24, while it was recorded at 271.15 for the last single week of trading, and 275.19 for the last 200 days.
McDonald’s Corp [MCD]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
McDonald’s Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.82 and a Current Ratio set at 0.83.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for McDonald’s Corp [MCD] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MCD. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for McDonald’s Corp go to 4.45%.
McDonald’s Corp [MCD]: Institutional Ownership
The top three institutional holders of MCD stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in MCD stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in MCD stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.
