Currently, McDonald’s Corp [MCD] is trading at $304.56, up 1.48%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MCD shares have gain 2.78% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.82%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
McDonald’s Corp [NYSE: MCD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 09, 2025, when RBC Capital Mkts initiated its Sector Perform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $320. Previously, Melius started tracking the stock with Sell rating on July 14, 2025, and set its price target to $250. On July 10, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $345 on the stock. Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating to a Sell but $260 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 10, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on June 09, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $324. In a note dated June 06, 2025, Loop Capital downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $315.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $276.53 and a high of $326.32 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $325 within the next 12 months. McDonald’s Corp [NYSE: MCD] shares were valued at $304.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.71% based on the average MCD price forecast.
Analyzing the MCD fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for McDonald’s Corp [NYSE:MCD] were 26.06B which represents 5.44% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.57% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.46%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.41%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.32%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.14, Equity is -2.21 and Total Capital is 0.22. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -20.24.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for McDonald’s Corp [NYSE:MCD] is 1.30. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.29, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.44. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.34 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.09.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Flatley Edith Morgan, EVP – Global CMO, that happened on Sep 02 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were sold. EVP – Global CMO, Flatley Edith Morgan completed a deal on Aug 20 ’25 to sell 4716.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP – Chief Impact Officer Banner Jonathan sold 1000.0 shares on Aug 19 ’25.
