MCD vs Peers Stock Comparison

Mcdonalds Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MCD Mcdonalds Corp
$250.84 +6.1% 1M -18.0% 1Y
Market cap
$177.06B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.70B
Div. yield
0.03%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary

Percentile Scorecard

MCD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMCD
Valuation 18 #41 of 50
Growth 39 #29 of 47
Profitability 100 #1 of 46
Financial Health 44 #29 of 51
Shareholder Returns 47 #18 of 33
Overall 50
  • MCD ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMCDSPY
1 month +6.1% -0.8%
3 months -7.3% +3.5%
6 months -13.6% +7.0%
Year to date -17.9% +12.2%
1 year -18.0% +13.0%
3 years -1.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -0.6% +23.1%
5 years +3.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +0.7% +11.0%
10 years +123.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMCDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 19.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.90 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.5% -1.8%
52-week high $341.06 $779.14
52-week low $230.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMCD
P/E now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 20.5x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 13.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.0xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median -173.5xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 4.71median 1.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMCD
Revenue $27.70B
Gross profit $24.86B
Operating income $12.80B
Net income $8.79B
Free cash flow $7.39B
EPS (diluted) $12.36
Cash & equivalents $822.00M
Total debt $162.65B
Shares (diluted) 711.10M
Enterprise value $171.88B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMCD
P/E 20.2x
P/FCF 24.0x
P/Operating cash flow 15.6x
P/S 6.4x
P/B -173.5x
P/Tangible book -173.5x
EV/EBITDA 14.4x
EV/EBIT 16.9x
EV/Revenue 7.8x
EV/FCF 29.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMCD
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 7.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 18.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMCD
Gross margin 89.7%
EBITDA margin 54.4%
Operating margin 46.2%
Pretax margin 40.4%
Net margin 31.7%
FCF margin 26.7%
Operating cash flow margin 40.9%
Return on equity –
Return on assets 14.6%
Return on invested capital 25.9%
Return on capital employed 22.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMCD
Debt / assets 66.5%
Debt / equity -39.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x
Debt / FCF 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 101.7%
Equity / assets -1.7%
Interest coverage 7.9x
Current ratio 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMCD
Dividend yield 3.0%
Net buyback yield 1.2%
Shareholder yield 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 59.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 70.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMCD
Forward P/E 18.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $29.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMCD
Held by institutions 74.2%
Institutions holding 3,473
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4%
Institutions buying 1,534
Institutions selling 1,485
Buyers to sellers 1.03

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.