McDonald’s Corp (MCD) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $303.96, with 8.25 million shares of worth about $2.51 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 1.03% during that period and on April 09, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.38%. 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 -2.45% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.91%. Year-to-date (YTD), MCD shares are showing a performance of 4.85% which increased to 13.60% 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 3.71 million. The stock is currently trading -0.83% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -0.20% for SMA50 and it goes to 4.62% higher than SMA200.
McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) currently have 715.20M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 73.71% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $217.35B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.55. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 26.68, while it has posted earnings per share of $11.39 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.46 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 4.49% while standing at 2.39% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 4.94% while it is estimated to increase by 8.45% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.71% 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 KeyBanc Capital Markets on March 27, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $335 and $340 to it. Coverage by Citigroup stated McDonald’s Corp (MCD) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 10, 2025, suggesting a price target of $334 for the stock. On October 23, 2024, Robert W. Baird Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 23, 2024, Guggenheim Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $285. Stock get a Buy rating from Truist on October 15, 2024.
