Mcdonalds (MCD) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' FCF Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 26.55% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Margin fell 497.0% year-over-year to 26.55% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 25.65% (down 385.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 26.73%, up 99.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin was 26.55% for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, up from 23.37% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 36.75% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.15% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 26.85% and a median of 29.88% in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Margin tumbled 1809 bps — and 2023, when it soared 2571 bps.
• Mcdonalds' FCF Margin stood at 11.0% in 2022, then surged by 234 bps to 36.72% in 2023, then decreased by 22 bps to 28.55% in 2024, then slipped by 18 bps to 23.37% in 2025, then gained by 14 bps to 26.55% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's FCF Margin at 26.55% in Q1 2026, 23.37% in Q4 2025, and 34.15% in Q3 2025.