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

Mcdonalds' Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $4.6 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 18.3% year-over-year to $4.6 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $10.2 billion, up 9.72%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $10.2 billion, 16.17% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached $4.6 billion in Q4 2025 per MCD's latest filing, up from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $4.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $507.6 million in Q2 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $2.1 billion, with a median of $1.9 billion recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 628.12% in 2021, then plummeted 59.41% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $2.4 billion in 2021, then rose by 14.78% to $2.8 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 37.36% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 126.91% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then increased by 18.3% to $4.6 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCD's Free Cash Flow are $4.6 billion (Q4 2025), $2.4 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q2 2025).