Mcdonalds (MCD) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.04% (down 6.0% YoY) and the FY2020 annual result came in at 0.05%, changed N/A from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.04% for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.18% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of 0.07% and a median of 0.05% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital gained 9 bps — and 2024, when it fell 15 bps.
• Mcdonalds' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.1% in 2022, then slumped by 41 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then retreated by 30 bps to 0.04% in 2024, then fell by 3 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then climbed by 4 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's Return on Invested Capital at 0.04% in Q1 2026, 0.04% in Q4 2025, and 0.05% in Q3 2025.