4-Aug-2026
Wall Street Analysts Are Bullish on Top Consumer Cyclical Picks
TipRanks (Wed, 5-Aug 4:50 AM ET)
Analysts Conflicted on These Consumer Cyclical Names: Mattel (MAT) and McDonald’s (MCD)
TipRanks (Wed, 5-Aug 3:40 AM ET)
McDonald’s (MCD) Gets a Buy from Jefferies
TipRanks (Wed, 5-Aug 2:36 AM ET)
McDonald’s Earnings Call: Global Strength, U.S. Strain
TipRanks (Tue, 4-Aug 8:30 PM ET)
TipRanks (Tue, 4-Aug 10:40 AM ET)
Starbucks (SBUX) Is Recovering, but the Stock Looks Fully Priced
TipRanks (Tue, 4-Aug 9:30 AM ET)
NYSE Content Update: ADI to Make NYSE Trading Debut After Spin-Off
PRNewswire (Tue, 4-Aug 8:55 AM ET)
McDonald’s Stock Serves Up a 2.8% Gain as Profit Beat Offsets Sluggish U.S. Store Visits
TipRanks (Tue, 4-Aug 8:13 AM ET)
McDonald’s Names Skye Anderson President of U.S. Operations
TipRanks (Tue, 4-Aug 7:57 AM ET)
McDonald's in charts: Comparable sales growth slows to 1.3% in Q2
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 4-Aug 7:24 AM ET)
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%).
McDonald's trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol MCD.
As of August 4, 2026, MCD stock price climbed to $268.34 with 6,057,923 million shares trading.
MCD has a beta of 0.20, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. MCD has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.
MCD has a market cap of $191.72 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter McDonald's reported $7 billion in Revenue and $2.83 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $46 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.09.
In the last 3 years, MCD traded as high as $341.75 and as low as $243.53.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that MCD belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, IVV, SPY, VUG.
MCD has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -9.0% while the SPY ETF gained +25.3%. MCD has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -5.7% and +0.3%, respectively, while the SPY returned +7.3% and +3.9%, respectively.
MCD support price is $261.20 and resistance is $269.26 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MCD shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
