McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) is 5.87% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $243.53 and a high of $326.32 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MCD stock was last observed hovering at around $305.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.25%.
Currently trading at $306.92, the stock is 0.10% and 2.56% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.66 million and changing 0.41% at the moment leaves the stock 6.72% off its SMA200. MCD registered 8.25% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 3.40%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $299.2486 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $287.5863.
The stock witnessed a -0.21% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.75%, and is 1.09% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.45% over the week and 2.19% over the month.
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) has around 150000 employees, a market worth around $219.28B and $25.92B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.94 and Fwd P/E is 23.00. Profit margin for the company is 31.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.03% and -5.95% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.31%).
with sales reaching $6.16B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.01% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.38% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.07% in year-over-year returns.
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) Top Institutional Holders
4145.0 institutions hold shares in McDonald’s Corp (MCD), with institutional investors hold 74.43% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 715.20M, and float is at 714.21M with Short Float at 1.54%. Institutions hold 74.29% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 69.51 million shares valued at $17.71 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.6295% of the MCD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 50.18 million shares valued at $12.79 billion to account for 6.9809 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 34.61 million shares representing 4.7955% and valued at over $8.82 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 2.5585 of the shares totaling 18.39 million with a market value of $4.69 billion.
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Erlinger Joseph M., the company’s President, McDonald’s USA. SEC filings show that Erlinger Joseph M. sold 939 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 24 ’25 at a price of $306.30 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13039.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, Boyd Tiffanie L. (EVP – Chief People Officer) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $309.27 for $0.31 million. The insider now directly holds 5,564 shares of McDonald’s Corp (MCD).
