McDonald's
MCD

$289.51

0.53%

Market Cap: $208B

About: McDonald's is the largest restaurant owner-operator in the world, with 2023 system sales of $130 billion across nearly than 42,000 stores and 115 markets. McDonald's pioneered the franchise model, building its footprint through partnerships with independent restaurant franchisees and master franchise partners around the globe. The firm earns roughly 60% of its revenue from franchise royalty fees and lease payments, with most of the remainder coming from company-operated stores across its three core segments: the United States, internationally operated markets, and international developmental/licensed markets.

Employees: 150,000

Consumer Discretionary Eating Places

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Funds holding %

of 6,686 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 28 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

33% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.83B | Put options by funds: $2.13B

0.93% less ownership

Funds ownership: 71.12% [Q1] → 70.2% (-0.93%) [Q2]

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,167 | Existing positions reduced: 1,295

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 3,086 [Q1] → 2,980 (-106) [Q2]

10% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $144B [Q1] → $130B (-$14.5B) [Q2]

38% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 56 [Q1] → 35 (-21) [Q2]

41% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 150 | Existing positions closed: 256

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Research analyst outlook

28 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$265

8%

downside

Avg. target

$296

2%

upside

High target

$360

24%

upside

28 analyst ratings

23 positive

82%

5 neutral

18%

0 negative

0%

Tigress Financial Ivan Feinseth 63% 1-year accuracy 47 / 75 met price target	24%upside $360	Buy Maintained	3 Sept 2024
Evercore ISI Group David Palmer 55% 1-year accuracy 11 / 20 met price target	11%upside $320	Outperform Maintained	19 Aug 2024
Guggenheim Gregory Francfort 86% 1-year accuracy 6 / 7 met price target	0%upside $290	Buy Maintained	2 Aug 2024
TD Cowen Andrew Charles 47% 1-year accuracy 54 / 116 met price target	3%downside $280	Buy Maintained	31 Jul 2024
Keybanc Eric Gonzalez 44% 1-year accuracy 12 / 27 met price target	5%upside $305	Overweight Maintained	30 Jul 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 44 articles about MCD published over the past 30 days

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