This is the standing evidence sheet for Mcdonalds (MCD): the yardsticks BullScope computes from official SEC filings and market prices. It refreshes whenever a new edition of our research is published, and it is impersonal by design, every reader sees the same page. Nothing here is investment advice; it is the evidence, organized.
The price tag: what buyers pay per dollar of profit
Today the market pays about $22.1 for each $1 of Mcdonalds’s annual profit (a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.1). Across its own past decade the typical price tag was 26.2, which puts today at roughly the 4th percentile of the company’s own history.
The tape: what the stock itself has done
- Last price: $270.95 (end-of-day market data as of the edition date · methodology) · 21% below its 52-week high
- Past 6 months: -17.7% · past 12 months: -13.5%
- Day-to-day temperament: normal (annualized volatility 18%)
The filed record: straight from the annual reports
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $23.2B | +20.9% | 44.6% | $10.04 |
| FY2022 | $23.2B | -0.2% | 40.4% | $8.33 |
| FY2023 | $25.5B | +10.0% | 45.7% | $11.56 |
| FY2024 | $25.9B | +1.7% | 45.2% | $11.39 |
| FY2025 | $26.9B | +3.7% | 46.1% | $11.95 |
The road ahead: filed results vs published expectations
| FY2023A | FY2024A | FY2025A | FY2026E | FY2027E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales ($B) | 25.5 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 28.2 to 29.0 | 29.5 to 31.2 |
| Net sales growth (%) | +4.1 | +1.6 | +3.9 | 5 to 8 | 5 to 7 |
| Operating margin (%) | 45.5 | 45.2 | 46.1 | 45.5 to 47.0 | 45.0 to 47.5 |
| Diluted EPS ($) | 11.56 | 11.39 | 11.95 | 12.20 to 13.10 | 12.50 to 13.90 |
Columns marked A are actual filed results; E columns are the published consensus ranges the current price is being weighed against.
The four gauges: from the latest edition
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Edition date: 2026-08-14. This page updates when a new edition is published. Sources: SEC EDGAR filings, Nasdaq prices; computed by BullScope’s published methodology.
