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

Mcdonalds has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 26.48% year-over-year to $1.7 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $10.0 billion (up 30.55% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $10.2 billion, up 52.83% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at $1.7 billion, down from $4.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $4.6 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at $180.2 million in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $1.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.9 billion in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow tumbled 85.59% — and 2023, when it surged 536.51%.
• Mcdonalds' Free Cash Flow stood at $652.2 million in 2022, then sank by 33.15% to $436.0 million in 2023, then surged by 318.35% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then soared by 154.88% to $4.6 billion in 2025, then plunged by 62.79% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $4.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.