XNYS · Restaurants
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$248.24-0.10%
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Quality & growth
30%65Positive
- Revenue growth 6.3%
- EPS growth 5.5%
Valuation
25%38Weak
- P/E 20.1
- EV/Sales 7.8
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant brand, with nearly $139 billion in systemwide sales across more than 45,000 restaurants and over 100 markets. The quick-service chain built its early reputation on speed, consistency, and affordable hamburgers, and today its global menu spans burgers, chicken, breakfast, and beverages that have helped popularize American fast-food cuisine worldwide. The firm derives the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and rent (about 62%), with the remainder stemming from company-operated restaurants across three segments: the United States (39% of systemwide sales), international operated markets (35%), and international developmental/licensed markets (26%).
#70 by market cap in our coverage · ~150,000 employees · Listed 1966-07-05 · www.mcdonalds.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
Revenue growth (industry)Top 77%
Gross margin (industry)Top 8%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 62%
Technical analysis
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28/100Weak
Weighted composite of momentum, trend, relative strength, oscillators, volatility, drawdown and liquidity — not yet ranked against the universe in this run · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 5 sell · 1 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale reads MCD's technical setup as weak at 28/100, not yet ranked against the universe in this run. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-15.4%
- vs 50-day-6.5%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)32 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength40· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.842)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 4 sell · 1 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)20.1
- P/S (TTM)6.4
- P/B—
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales7.8
- PEG3.66
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin79.4%
- Net margin31.7%
- ROE—
- Debt/Equity—
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)6.3%
- EPS growth (YoY)5.5%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $176.5B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.9B | $25.9B | $25.5B |
| Gross profit | $16.0B | $15.0B | $14.8B |
| Operating income | $12.4B | $11.7B | $11.6B |
| Net income | $8.6B | $8.2B | $8.5B |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.95 | $11.39 | $11.56 |
| Free cash flow | $7.3B | $6.8B | $7.3B |
| Cash | $774M | $1.1B | $4.6B |
| Total debt | $54.8B | $51.9B | $53.1B |
| Equity | -$1.8B | -$3.8B | -$4.7B |
| Net debt | $54.0B | $50.9B | $48.5B |
| Debt / equity | -30.61 | -13.68 | -11.28 |
| Liabilities / assets | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.08 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDCurrentMcDonald`s | — | 28 | 20.1 | — | — | 7.8 | $248.24 | -0.10% | +6.3% | ||
| CROXCrocs | 75 | 60 | 10.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.8 | $122.24 | -0.62% | -2.0% | ||
| EATBrinker International | 75 | 60 | 17.8 | — | 19.5 | 1.5 | $196.71 | -1.43% | +7.9% | ||
| FIVEFive Below | 69 | 63 | 21.0 | — | 5.2 | 2.3 | $234.14 | -1.12% | +25.6% | ||
| HRBH&R Block | 69 | 51 | 7.9 | — | 48.8 | 1.6 | $44.25 | -1.25% | +4.9% | ||
| ANFAbercrombie & Fitch Co. - | 67 | 69 | 11.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.0 | $135.76 | -2.05% | +4.7% |
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