McDonald'sMCD
About: McDonald's is the largest restaurant owner-operator in the world, with 2024 system sales of $131 billion across more than 43,000 stores and 115 markets. McDonald's pioneered the franchise model, building its footprint through partnerships with independent restaurant franchisees and master franchise partners around the globe. The firm earns roughly 60% of its revenue from franchise royalty fees and lease payments, with most of the remainder coming from company-operated stores across its three core segments: the United States, internationally operated markets, and international developmental/licensed markets.
Employees: 150,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
101% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 241 | Existing positions closed: 120
46% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 37 [Q2] → 54 (+17) [Q3]
17% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $138B [Q2] → $162B (+$24B) [Q3]
10% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.26B | Put options by funds: $2.95B
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,027 [Q2] → 3,104 (+77) [Q3]
0.65% less ownership
Funds ownership: 74.73% [Q2] → 74.08% (-0.65%) [Q3]
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,169 | Existing positions reduced: 1,287
Research analyst outlook
14 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
14 analyst ratings
Truist Securities Jake Bartlett 38% 1-year accuracy 26 / 69 met price target | 10%upside $340 | Buy Maintained | 11 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Brian Harbour 83% 1-year accuracy 19 / 23 met price target | 10%upside $340 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Feb 2025 |
BMO Capital Andrew Strelzik 53% 1-year accuracy 16 / 30 met price target | 10%upside $340 | Outperform Maintained | 11 Feb 2025 |
B of A Securities Sara Senatore 53% 1-year accuracy 19 / 36 met price target | 2%upside $316 | Neutral Maintained | 11 Feb 2025 |
Keybanc Eric Gonzalez 41% 1-year accuracy 12 / 29 met price target | 9%upside $335 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 85 articles about MCD published over the past 30 days









