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Mcdonalds (MCD) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Mcdonalds (MCD) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $1.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 10.25% year-over-year to $1.6 billion, compared with a TTM value of $7.2 billion through Dec 2025, down 4.53%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $7.2 billion, up 7.7% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.6 billion for Q4 2025 at Mcdonalds, down from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.2 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$134.3 million in Q2 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $1.9 billion, with a median of $1.9 billion recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow tumbled 110.74% in 2022, then skyrocketed 953.69% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $3.2 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 47.26% to $1.7 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 93.81% to $3.2 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 43.72% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then dropped by 10.25% to $1.6 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for MCD at $1.6 billion in Q4 2025, $2.4 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q2 2025.