Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$264.54
-3.41% today
1Y Change
-5.44%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $203.75B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $264.54 and down 5.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.7%, EPS growth of +4.8%, a dividend yield of 2.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.7%, EPS +4.8%, free cash flow +7.7% with operating margin 46.1% and ROIC 17.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.5%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 23.9 and price/sales 7.6. Stock Foundry combines MCD price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MCD
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MCD Max Drawdown
-20.81%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MCD and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.53%
Trailing 12M Payout
$5.49
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | $1.77 | $1.77 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Jun 2, 2025 | Jun 16, 2025 | $1.77 | $1.77 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Mar 3, 2025 | Mar 17, 2025 | $1.77 | $1.77 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 | Dec 16, 2024 | $1.77 | $1.77 | Quarterly |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 17, 2024 | $1.67 | $1.67 | Quarterly |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Jun 3, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $1.67 | $1.67 | Quarterly |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | $1.67 | $1.67 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | $1.67 | $1.67 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | Sep 18, 2023 | $1.52 | $1.52 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Jun 5, 2023 | Jun 20, 2023 | $1.52 | $1.52 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | $1.52 | $1.52 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | $1.52 | $1.52 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | $1.38 | $1.38 | Quarterly |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Jun 6, 2022 | Jun 20, 2022 | $1.38 | $1.38 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | $1.38 | $1.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | $1.38 | $1.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | $1.29 | $1.29 | Quarterly |
| May 28, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | $1.29 | $1.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Mar 1, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | $1.29 | $1.29 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 | $1.29 | $1.29 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | $1.25 | $1.25 | Quarterly |
| May 29, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | $1.25 | $1.25 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Mar 2, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | $1.25 | $1.25 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | $1.25 | $1.25 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | Sep 17, 2019 | $1.16 | $1.16 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2019 | Jun 3, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | $1.16 | $1.16 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | $1.16 | $1.16 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 | $1.16 | $1.16 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 | Sep 18, 2018 | $1.01 | $1.01 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Jun 4, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | $1.01 | $1.01 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | $1.01 | $1.01 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | $1.01 | $1.01 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Sep 18, 2017 | $0.94 | $0.94 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 | Jun 19, 2017 | $0.94 | $0.94 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | $0.94 | $0.94 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | $0.94 | $0.94 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Sep 1, 2016 | Sep 16, 2016 | $0.89 | $0.89 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Jun 6, 2016 | Jun 20, 2016 | $0.89 | $0.89 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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