Mcdonalds (MCD) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.7 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 7.83% year-over-year to $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.0 billion (down 7.17% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $7.2 billion, up 7.7% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow was $1.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, up from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.5 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $180.2 million in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of $1.7 billion and a median of $1.8 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow slumped 85.59% — and 2023, when it surged 536.51%.
• Mcdonalds' Free Cash Flow stood at $652.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 260.63% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then decreased by 22.45% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then retreated by 10.2% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then advanced by 5.62% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's Free Cash Flow at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, $1.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.4 billion in Q3 2025.