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McDonald's Corp (MCD)

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure · US

$271.66
▲ 0.58% today
Restaurants & QSRDividend Aristocrats

Should you buy MCD?

Bullish

McDonald's Corp is up 0.6% today, a moderate move. Recent news highlights business momentum and AI-related growth, supporting the upward move.

  • •News: business momentum
  • •News: AI-related growth
  • •Near 52-week low

This is educational analysis, not investment advice. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Market Cap

$193.02B

52W High

$274.25

52W Low

$270.51

Industry

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

Understand the fundamentals

Plain-English rules of thumb for beginners — tap the  to learn each one. Not investment advice.

P/E — Price / Earnings
22.3xAverage

How many years of profit you're paying for. Lower can mean cheaper — but a very low number can also signal trouble.

Around the market average.

P/B — Price / Book
160.5xTake a closer look

Price vs the company's net assets (book value). Under 1x means it trades below what it owns on paper.

High — you're paying a big premium over assets.

ROE — Return on Equity
95.1%Looks healthy

How efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. Higher is better.

Strong — uses your capital efficiently.

Net Margin
31.6%Looks healthy

Of every $100 in sales, how much becomes actual profit. Higher = more profitable business.

Highly profitable per dollar of sales.

Dividend Yield
2.74%Info

Annual cash the company pays you, as a % of the share price. Not better or worse — just a different kind of return.

Pays you cash while you hold.

These signals are simple, sector-agnostic rules of thumb (a “good” P/E for a bank differs from a tech firm). Use them to learn what to look at — not as buy/sell calls.

Recent news

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