A share price of McDonald’s Corp [MCD] is currently trading at $302.3, down -0.67%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MCD shares have gain 0.39% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.40%, and not 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 July 14, 2025, when Melius initiated its Sell rating and assigned the stock a price target of $250. Previously, Goldman upgraded its rating to Buy on July 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $345. On June 13, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating to a Sell but stick to its price target of $260 on June 10, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but $324 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 09, 2025. Loop Capital downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on June 06, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $315. In a note dated May 06, 2025, Northcoast downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock.
McDonald’s Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $276.53 and $326.32. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $337.5 within the next 12 months. McDonald’s Corp [NYSE: MCD] shares were valued at $302.3 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.64% 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.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 300.72 points at the first support level, and at 299.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 305.10, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 307.91.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for McDonald’s Corp [NYSE:MCD] is 1.30. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.29 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.44. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.28 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.89.
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.
