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

Mcdonalds (MCD) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $1.7 billion in 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 grew to $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.5 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of $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 tumbled 85.59% — and 2023, when it surged 536.51%.
• Tracing MCD's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $652.2 million in 2022, then surged by 260.63% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then fell by 22.45% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then declined by 10.2% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then rose by 5.62% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.