McDonald’s Corp [NYSE: MCD] closed the trading session at $312.22 on 2025-08-28. The day’s price range saw the stock hit a low of $309.347, while the highest price level was $312.52.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 8.15 percent and weekly performance of -0.32 percent. The stock has been moved at 0.73 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 2.84 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 0.12 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 3.64M shares, MCD reached to a volume of 3468035 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 $333.29 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 2.24. 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.
Melius have made an estimate for McDonald’s Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sell, with their previous recommendation back on July 14, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on July 10, 2025, representing the official price target for McDonald’s Corp stock.
Price to Free Cash Flow for MCD in the course of the last twelve months was 32.30 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.29.
MCD stock trade performance evaluation
McDonald’s Corp [MCD] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.32. With this latest performance, MCD shares gained by 2.84% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.73% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 7.70% 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 60.43, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 4.18, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 4.52 for McDonald’s Corp [MCD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 300.62, while it was recorded at 312.82 for the last single week of trading, and 301.97 for the last 200 days.
McDonald’s Corp [MCD]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and McDonald’s Corp [MCD] shares currently have an operating margin of 46.08% and a Gross Margin at 56.73%. McDonald’s Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 32.21%.
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
From an operational efficiency perspective, McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) effectively leverages its workforce, generating an average of $55933.33 per employee. The company’s liquidity position is robust, with a Current Ratio of 1.30% and a Quick Ratio of 1.29%, indicating strong ability to cover short-term liabilities.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for McDonald’s Corp [MCD] stock
With the latest financial reports released by the company, McDonald’s Corp posted 3.23/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 3.2/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.03. 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 7.34%.
McDonald’s Corp [MCD]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $75.00%, or 75.17%% of MCD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of MCD stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 69.51 million shares, which is approximately 9.6697%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 50.18 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$12.79 billion in MCD stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$8.82 billion in MCD stock with ownership which is approximately 4.8155%.
