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McDonald`s Corp

NYSE: MCD Restaurants
$234.13
▲ $0.53 (+0.23%) today
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Fundamentals

Market Cap
$165.3B
P/E Ratio
19.2
Dividend Yield
3.11%
Profit Margin
31.7%
Revenue (TTM)
$27.7B
EPS (TTM)
$12.17
52-Week Range
$233 – $335
Street Target
$299.90

About McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is a global leader in the fast-food industry, known for its iconic hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and fries. With a presence in numerous countries, it operates and franchises McDonald’s restaurants, serving a wide variety of food and beverages. These include chicken sandwiches, shakes, desserts, and a breakfast menu. McDonald's also offers seasonal and limited-time items, adapting its menu to cater to diverse tastes. Founded in 1940 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, McDonald's has grown into a symbol of quick, affordable meals for people on the go.

Latest Activity

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

Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 10/1/26

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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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Reddit's most-discussed stocks · Sep 24
  1. 1MSsplit77 comments · 1.8K upvotes
  2. 2MCDbearish285 comments · 831 upvotes
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QQQheating up fast

AVGOsouring fast

No single obsession today: retail traders are arguing over Morgan Stanley, AMD and SPY, piling on McDonald's with 285 comments of complaints, and warming to Chevron. The quieter tell is the rotation, with QQQ chatter heating up fast while Broadcom talk sours.

Source: Reddit
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MCDMcDonald's
Regular session
$237.53
-5.11%open $250.32

A 5.1% intraday drop to $237.53 is an outsized day for a defensive blue chip that rarely moves like this, and it lands on the same day management laid out its NEXT strategy at Investor Day. Keep an eye on whether the stock stabilizes near these levels.

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MCDMcDonald's
Regular session
$239.31
-4.40%open $250.32

A 4.4% slide to $239.31 is an outsized day for a stock that usually trades like a bond proxy, and it landed as management laid out its NEXT strategy at today's Investor Day. Defensive names rarely move like this without a message investors dislike.

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MCDMcDonald's
New 52-week low$248.48-0.0% vs prior low · 2026-09-16

A second straight 52-week low at $248.48 lands the same day McDonald's announced its 50th consecutive dividend increase, the smallest hike since 2020. Income investors get a higher yield on a stock the market keeps marking down.

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House trade disclosureScott Scott Franklin
  • ACNAccenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares (ACN)Buy$1K – $15K
  • ACNAccenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares (ACN)Buy$1K – $15K
  • GOOGAlphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG)Partial sell$1K – $15K
  • GOOGFidelity Roth IRA Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG)Partial sell$1K – $15K
  • AAPLApple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL)Partial sell$1K – $15K
  • JPMFidelity Roth IRA JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock (JPM)Partial sell$1K – $15K
  • JPMJP Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock (JPM)Partial sell$1K – $15K
  • LSYIXLord Abbett Short Duration High Yield I (LSYIX) bond fundBuy$1K – $15K
+ 4 more trades in this filing
Disclosed 28 days after the earliest trade

About as clear a risk-off tell as a House filing gives you: a sitting appropriator rotated out of megacap tech and a big bank in the same week. The filing shows trims of Alphabet, Apple and JPMorgan on Aug. 20, purchases of defensive names like McDonald's, PepsiCo and Novo Nordisk six days later, plus short duration high yield.

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MCDMcDonald's
Dividend raised$1.86ex-date 2026-09-01 · 3.53% yield · 26 yrs paying · +5.1% YoY

A 5.1% raise keeps the dividend hike streak alive while Wendy's is cutting its payout. Buyers after today's ex-date wait a full quarter for the next payment.

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MCDMcDonald's
New 52-week low$260.06-1.0% vs prior low · 2026-07-23

A new 52-week low at $260.06 puts McDonald's 1.04% under its July 23 floor. Six months of lower highs, and the stock has not found a base yet.

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  • MCDMcDonald's$260.46-2.4%

A 22.5% close for a company Salesforce's size almost never happens, and four of the five top gainers were cybersecurity names posting double-digit gains. The downside was tame by comparison: Expedia led decliners at just under 5%.

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MCD Coverage

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People Can’t Afford McDonald’s

On its last quarterly earnings call, McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD | MCD Price Prediction) hinted that low-income customers sometimes struggled to stay customers. That was true even though McDonald’s had menus with $3…

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