McDonald’s Corp (MCD) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $299.40, with 4.54 million shares of worth about $1.36 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 2.78% during that period and on March 12, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -2.40%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 715.20M shares, out of which, 714.21M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.62% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.92%. Year-to-date (YTD), MCD shares are showing a performance of 3.28% which increased to 2.34% 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 $326.32 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for McDonald’s Corp shares is 3.32 million. The stock is currently trading -2.70% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 0.90% for SMA50 and it goes to 4.88% higher than SMA200.
McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) currently have 715.20M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 73.76% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $213.91B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.62. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 26.28, while it has posted earnings per share of $11.39 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.43 and has Quick Ratio of 1.18. 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 3.38% while standing at 2.21% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that McDonald’s Corp (MCD) stock would likely to be making an EPS of 2.7 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 3.12 and it is 13.34 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target 2.59 which is 2.88 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of 2.7 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 4.97% while it is estimated to increase by 8.44% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.66% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 7.66% 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 Citigroup on January 10, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $311 and $334 to it. Coverage by Robert W. Baird stated McDonald’s Corp (MCD) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 23, 2024, suggesting a price target of $290 for the stock. On October 23, 2024, Guggenheim Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 15, 2024, Truist Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $350. Stock get a Buy rating from Argus on October 08, 2024.
