Ratios Reveal: Breaking Down McDonald’s Corp (MCD)’s Financial Health

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McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) closed the day trading at $307.50 down -0.39% from the previous closing price of $308.69. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.66 million shares were traded. MCD stock price reached its highest trading level at $308.9086 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $305.7.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of MCD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 177.60 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 32.79. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.17 and its Current Ratio is at 1.18.

On March 27, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets reiterated its Overweight rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $335 to $340.

Citigroup Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 10, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $311 to $334.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 23 ’25 when Erlinger Joseph M. sold 939 shares for $318.50 per share. The transaction valued at 299,072 led to the insider holds 12,100 shares of the business.

JOSEPH ERLINGER bought 939 shares of MCD for $299,616 on Apr 23 ’25. On Mar 24 ’25, another insider, Erlinger Joseph M., who serves as the President, McDonald’s USA of the company, sold 939 shares for $306.30 each. As a result, the insider received 287,616 and left with 13,039 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MCD now has a Market Capitalization of 219872657408 and an Enterprise Value of 271429566464. As of this moment, McDonald’s’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 27.13, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.09. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.533.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for MCD is 0.55, which has changed by 0.1242733 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MCD has reached a high of $326.32, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $243.53. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.93%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.30%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, MCD traded about 3.84M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MCD traded about 3199560 shares per day. A total of 715.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 714.78M. Insiders hold about 0.04% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 74.13% stake in the company. Shares short for MCD as of 1745971200 were 10432155 with a Short Ratio of 2.72, compared to 1743379200 on 11469256. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10432155 and a Short% of Float of 1.46.

Dividends & Splits

MCD’s forward annual dividend rate is 6.88, up from 6.88 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022287732The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.23. The current Payout Ratio is 59.52% for MCD, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1740960000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-03-08 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

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