McDonald’s Corp (MCD) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $295.09, with 3.44 million shares of worth about $1.02 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 13.50% during that period and on December 04, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.20%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 716.60M shares, out of which, 716.42M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.42% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 0.76%. Year-to-date (YTD), MCD shares are showing a performance of -0.48% which increased to 3.13% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $243.53 but also hit the highest price of $317.90 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for McDonald’s Corp shares is 3.40 million. The stock is currently trading 0.14% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.54% for SMA50 and it goes to 5.56% higher than SMA200.
McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) currently have 716.60M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 72.76% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $211.47B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.73. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 25.90, while it has posted earnings per share of $11.39 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.80 and has Quick Ratio of 0.77. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for MCD, volatility over the week remained 1.34% while standing at 1.52% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -1.12% while it is estimated to increase by 6.69% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 5.39% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 8.93% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Robert W. Baird on October 23, 2024 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $320 and $290 to it. Coverage by Guggenheim stated McDonald’s Corp (MCD) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 23, 2024, suggesting a price target of $285 for the stock. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on September 09, 2024.
