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McDonald`s Corp

NYSE: MCD Restaurants
$282.49
▲ $5.97 (+2.16%) today
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Price Prediction $317.83 +14.9% Our analysts’ 12-month view: target, optimistic case, and floor. MCD price prediction → Earnings Beat +5.5% EPS vs. the estimate, revenue, and how the market reacted. MCD earnings history →

MCD at a Glance

Valuation
Market cap
$195.2B
P/E ratio
21.9
Dividend yield
2.68%
Profitability
Revenue (TTM)
$27.8B
Profit margin
32.4%
EPS (TTM)
$12.64
Price
52-week range
$229 – $335
24/7 target
$317.83
Street target
$299.52
Earnings
Q3 2026 EPS
$3.57
vs. $3.38 est.
+5.5%

Headquartered in Chicago, IL Fiscal year ends December NYSE: MCD mcdonalds.com

About McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is a global foodservice retailer with over 45,000 locations in over 100 countries. Approximately 95% of its restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners (franchisees), making it primarily a franchisor.

The company earns revenue in three ways:
- Fees from franchised restaurants, including rent and royalties based on franchisee sales, from conventional franchisees, developmental licensees and affiliates.
- Sales at Company-owned and operated restaurants.
- Other revenues.

The business is managed through three segments: the U.S., International Operated Markets (including Germany, Australia and France), and International Developmental Licensed Markets & Corporate (including Japan and China). McDonald's operates loyalty programs in 70 markets, which generate a substantial share of Systemwide sales. The company is executing Accelerating the Organization, an internal initiative to modernize ways of working, and has recently focused on value offerings to restore U.S. guest traffic. Updated

Revenue by Segment · Q3 2026
  1. Franchised Restaurants63%
  2. Company-owned and Operated Restaurants35%
  3. Other Revenues3%

Latest Activity

Jim Cramer
PodcastMad Money w/ Jim CramerJim Cramer · 44 min

Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 11/4/26

  • Cramer ties Apple's 5.3% jump and record high to hopes midterm results slow data center building and cap DRAM prices
  • T-Mobile's new plans cut the $2,000 iPhone Duo to as low as $800 in family bundles, protecting Apple volumes
  • Microsoft rose 6.7% and Amazon 6.1% on the idea cheaper, scarcer data centers enforce capex discipline
  • AMD's big beat finished up only 1%; Nvidia fell 6.5% on the day, down from $239 to about $200

Cramer's read flips the AI trade on its head: regulation that curbs data center construction relieves memory costs for Apple and spending pressure for Microsoft and Amazon, while hitting the chipmakers that need the build to continue. He cautions the move is only a one-day trade, with Friday's payroll report capable of undoing much of it.

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MCDMcDonald's
Regular session
$280.45
+4.19%open $269.17

A 4.19% jump is a big day for a defensive name, and it lands on the same morning the company posted Q3 results and raised its dividend. Moves this size are rare for this stock, so watch whether it holds the gain.

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Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance

U.S. same-store sales still fell 0.2%, so the EPS beat rests on pricing and cost control, with customers not yet walking back in. Every value-menu competitor reporting next faces the same setup.

🚨 $MCD Q3 earnings 💵 Revenue: $7.2B vs $7.4B expected 💲 Adj. EPS: $3.57 vs $3.40 expected 🍔 Global same-store sales: +1.5% vs +1.4% expected 🇺🇸 U.S. same-store sales: -0.2% vs -0.5% expected https://t.co/eFuFvuBVtH
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MCDMcDonald's
Dividend raised$1.93/sh+6.3% vs prior

McDonald's lifted its quarterly payout 6.34% to $1.93 a share, keeping one of the market's longest dividend-growth streaks intact. Income holders get a raise that outpaces current inflation without waiting on a turn in traffic trends.

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MCDMcDonald's
Q3 2026
EPS
$3.57
est $3.38+5.5%
Revenue
$7.16B
est $7.29B-1.8%

U.S. comparable sales slipped 0.2% on negative guest counts, and that traffic hole is why revenue came in missing expectations, with adjusted earnings clearing consensus by 5.5%. Management says the value push improved trends as the quarter went on, and it raised the quarterly dividend 4% to $1.93 a share.

Quarterly EPS — reported vs estimate
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Reddit's most-discussed stocks · Oct 7
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  5. 5MCDbullish29 comments · 121 upvotes

NVDAheating up fast

QQQsouring fast

AI chips own the board again: 301 comments on AMD lead the day, with Nvidia heating up fast right behind it. Index traders are bullish on individual chipmakers while souring fast on the Nasdaq tracker.

Source: Reddit
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Reddit's most-discussed stocks · Oct 6
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GOOGLsouring fast

Retail traders are split on the broad market even as it draws 278 comments, the most of any name today, while Tesla, McDonald's, MicroStrategy and SPCX all pull bullish chatter. Sentiment on Google is souring fast.

Source: Reddit
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Reddit Pulser/wallstreetbets
$2,000,000 Full Porting $SPCX - I've Doubled My Previous Yolo (Reference Link)

u/Dull_Fly_7443 522 upvotes171 comments

Ok guys he posted, time to dump it!

A trader says his $1 million margin YOLO doubled in two months, and he's answering by piling another $1 million of margin gains into a single de-SPAC name plus Tesla and McDonald's. Max margin turns any drawdown into a forced seller, which is the part these updates never show until it happens.

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Jim Cramer
PodcastMad Money w/ Jim CramerJim Cramer · 44 min

Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 10/1/26

  • Cramer still buys Palantir at $190 after the stock gained 60% in Q3 and stalled short of his $250 target
  • Salesforce, up 46.5%, called the better SaaS-apocalypse rebound than Veeva at 30 times earnings
  • Caterpillar's 24% Q3 profit taking framed as a buying chance on data center engine demand
  • IBM, down 22% on its miss, gets the wait-a-quarter rule; Home Depot stays hostage to rates

Cramer wants to add software as the bounce-back trade and the beaten-down industrial names tied to data center power. He also warns that rising rates are the real threat heading into earnings season in a couple of weeks.

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MCDMcDonald's
New 52-week low$233.6-1.2% vs prior low · 2026-09-25

McDonald's just took out its three-day-old 52-week low, closing at $233.60, another 1.23% below that mark. The Dow staple has spent the past six months making lower lows, and $233.60 is the level bulls now need to defend.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does McDonald's do?

McDonald's Corporation is a global foodservice retailer with over 45,000 locations in over 100 countries. Approximately 95% of its restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners (franchisees), making it primarily a franchisor.

What is the MCD stock price target?

24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for MCD is $317.83, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $299.52. MCD price prediction →