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Mcdonalds (MCD) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds posted quarterly EBT Margin of 39.01% for Q1 2026, down 11.0% year-on-year from 43.83% in Q1 2025, and down 0.84% on a QoQ basis from 39.34% in Q4 2025.

Mcdonalds (MCD) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 39.01% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 11.0% year-over-year to 39.01%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 40.47% (up 54.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 40.53%, up 62.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 39.01%, down from 39.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 43.69% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 24.64% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 39.37% (2024), against an average of 38.8%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin tumbled 1571 bps; it then jumped 1871 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 39.46% in 2022, then decreased by 0 bps to 39.26% in 2023, then climbed by 1 bps to 39.73% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 39.34% in 2025, then declined by 1 bps to 39.01% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 39.01% (Q1 2026), 39.34% (Q4 2025), and 41.66% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 7.64%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 25.06%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 13.14%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 21.33%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 10.67%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 13.82%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 9.00%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 15.70%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 2.21%
10 Mcdonalds 196,409.04 -1.17 Bn 5.84 Bn 39.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 39.01%
Dec 31, 2025 39.34%
Sep 30, 2025 41.66%
Jun 30, 2025 41.81%
Mar 31, 2025 39.12%
Dec 31, 2024 39.73%
Sep 30, 2024 41.36%
Jun 30, 2024 39.37%
Mar 31, 2024 39.05%
Dec 31, 2023 39.26%
Sep 30, 2023 43.69%
Jun 30, 2023 43.35%
Mar 31, 2023 38.44%
Dec 31, 2022 39.46%
Sep 30, 2022 43.19%
Jun 30, 2022 24.64%
Mar 31, 2022 27.20%
Dec 31, 2021 35.08%
Sep 30, 2021 43.40%
Jun 30, 2021 40.35%
Mar 31, 2021 38.10%
Dec 31, 2020 34.44%
Sep 30, 2020 40.92%
Jun 30, 2020 17.25%
Mar 31, 2020 30.65%
Dec 31, 2019 37.89%
Sep 30, 2019 39.11%
Jun 30, 2019 37.11%
Mar 31, 2019 36.45%
Dec 31, 2018 33.92%
Sep 30, 2018 40.20%
Jun 30, 2018 37.69%
Mar 31, 2018 36.74%
Dec 31, 2017 35.30%
Sep 30, 2017 92.01%
Jun 30, 2017 57.75%
Mar 31, 2017 52.98%
Dec 31, 2016 28.78%
Sep 30, 2016 29.65%
Jun 30, 2016 42.13%
Mar 31, 2016 42.00%
Dec 31, 2015 26.98%
Sep 30, 2015 28.40%
Jun 30, 2015 26.35%
Mar 31, 2015 21.05%
Dec 31, 2014 24.29%
Sep 30, 2014 27.49%
Jun 30, 2014 43.28%
Mar 31, 2014 39.71%
Dec 31, 2013 28.97%
Sep 30, 2013 46.16%
Jun 30, 2013 29.08%
Mar 31, 2013 27.51%
Dec 31, 2012 29.75%
Sep 30, 2012 30.11%
Jun 30, 2012 43.01%
Mar 31, 2012 28.22%
Dec 31, 2011 29.07%
Sep 30, 2011 31.58%
Jun 30, 2011 43.99%
Mar 31, 2011 40.91%
Dec 31, 2010 27.90%
Sep 30, 2010 46.50%
Jun 30, 2010 29.19%
Mar 31, 2010 40.94%
Dec 31, 2009 -16.73%
Sep 30, 2009 44.50%
Jun 30, 2009 41.35%
Mar 31, 2009 27.03%