McDonald's - MCD Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Consensus Price Target: $319.72
Forecasted Upside: 18.87%
Number of Analysts: 30
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
8 Hold Ratings
22 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$268.98 As of 04/18/2024 02:52 PM ET

▼ -0.97 (-0.36%)

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Analyst Price Target for MCD

^$319.72

▲ +18.87% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 30 analysts offering 12 month price targets for McDonald's in the last 3 months. The average price target is $319.72, with a high forecast of $383.00 and a low forecast of $278.00. The average price target represents a 18.87% upside from the last price of $268.98.

Current Consensus is Moderate Buy

The current consensus among 30 contributing investment analysts is to moderate buy stock in McDonald's. This Moderate Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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10/26/2022

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1/24/2023

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4/24/2023

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7/23/2023

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10/21/2023

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1/19/2024

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Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
4/16/2024	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$312.00 ➝ $297.00	Low
4/12/2024	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$327.00 ➝ $320.00	Low
4/11/2024	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$315.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
4/10/2024	TD Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$325.00	Low
4/5/2024	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$340.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
4/3/2024	Erste Group Bank	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
3/27/2024	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00	Low
3/25/2024	Argus	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
3/19/2024	TD Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$325.00	Low
2/6/2024	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$327.00 ➝ $310.00	Low
2/6/2024	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$315.00	Low
2/6/2024	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$343.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
2/6/2024	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$340.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
2/6/2024	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$345.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
2/6/2024	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00	Low
2/6/2024	BTIG Research	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low
2/5/2024	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$320.00	Low
1/29/2024	Bank of America	Boost Target	Neutral	$291.00 ➝ $341.00	Low
1/5/2024	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
1/4/2024	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$285.00 ➝ $322.00	Low
12/20/2023	HSBC	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$317.00	Low
12/12/2023	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$335.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
12/11/2023	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$273.00 ➝ $299.00	Low
12/7/2023	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$270.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
12/7/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$315.00	Low
12/7/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$325.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
12/7/2023	TD Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$300.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
12/1/2023	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$315.00	Low
11/30/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$280.00 ➝ $310.00	Low
10/31/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $278.00	Low
10/31/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$315.00	Low
10/31/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$340.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
10/31/2023	Stephens	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$325.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
10/31/2023	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$310.00	Low
10/31/2023	DZ Bank	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$300.00	Low
10/23/2023	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$345.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
10/19/2023	Guggenheim	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$330.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
10/19/2023	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$287.00	Low
10/17/2023	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$330.00 ➝ $310.00	Low
10/11/2023	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$325.00	Low
10/11/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$330.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
10/3/2023	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Target		$340.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
10/2/2023	BTIG Research	Lower Target		$315.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
10/2/2023	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$317.00 ➝ $283.00	Low
9/20/2023	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$340.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
9/20/2023	TD Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$340.00	Low
9/13/2023	Tigress Financial	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$330.00 ➝ $355.00	Low
9/7/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$310.00	Low
7/28/2023	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$325.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
7/28/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$325.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
7/28/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$325.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
7/28/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$304.00 ➝ $310.00	Low
7/28/2023	Loop Capital	Boost Target		$346.00 ➝ $383.00	Low
7/28/2023	Bank of America	Boost Target	Neutral	$319.00 ➝ $343.00	Low
7/28/2023	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00	Low
7/28/2023	Oppenheimer	Boost Target		$315.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
7/28/2023	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target	Outperform	$320.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
7/28/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$308.00 ➝ $317.00	Low
7/28/2023	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$330.00 ➝ $345.00	Low
7/27/2023	TD Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$326.00	Low
7/27/2023	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$325.00	Low
7/21/2023	Bank of America	Lower Target	Buy	$319.00 ➝ $316.00	Low
7/21/2023	BTIG Research	Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
7/21/2023	Bank of America	Boost Target		$316.00 ➝ $319.00	Low
7/21/2023	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$320.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
7/20/2023	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$330.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
7/19/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$300.00 ➝ $304.00	Low
7/18/2023	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$327.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
7/17/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$315.00 ➝ $320.00	Low
7/14/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$300.00 ➝ $308.00	Low
7/14/2023	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
6/14/2023	Piper Sandler	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$308.00	Low
4/26/2023	Gordon Haskett	Boost Target	Buy	$320.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
4/26/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$262.00 ➝ $284.00	Low
4/26/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$300.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
4/26/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$300.00 ➝ $316.00	Low
4/26/2023	Evercore ISI	Boost Target		$310.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
4/26/2023	Loop Capital	Boost Target		$328.00 ➝ $346.00	Low
4/26/2023	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
4/26/2023	UBS Group	Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
4/26/2023	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$300.00 ➝ $320.00	Low
4/26/2023	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$310.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
4/25/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target		$309.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
4/25/2023	Wedbush	Boost Target		$315.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
4/25/2023	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$318.00 ➝ $327.00	Low
4/21/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$280.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
4/21/2023	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$270.00 ➝ $290.00	Low
4/21/2023	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target	Outperform	$288.00 ➝ $312.00	Low
4/18/2023	Evercore ISI	Boost Target		$300.00 ➝ $310.00	Low
4/17/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$305.00 ➝ $309.00	Low
4/17/2023	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$292.00 ➝ $318.00	Low
4/13/2023	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$304.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
4/10/2023	Northcoast Research	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$321.00	Low
4/6/2023	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target		$315.00 ➝ $320.00	Low
3/29/2023	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$302.00 ➝ $305.00	Low
3/24/2023	TD Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$293.00 ➝ $299.00	Low
3/8/2023	Tigress Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$320.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
2/3/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Outperform	$296.00 ➝ $283.00	Low
2/1/2023	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$280.00	Low
2/1/2023	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$298.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
2/1/2023	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $292.00	Low
2/1/2023	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$295.00 ➝ $290.00	Low
2/1/2023	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$263.00 ➝ $277.00	Low
2/1/2023	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral	$279.00 ➝ $277.00	Low
1/30/2023	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$260.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
1/25/2023	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$292.00 ➝ $298.00	Low
1/23/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$280.00	Low
1/18/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $305.00	Low
1/18/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$250.00 ➝ $262.00	Low
1/5/2023	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$262.00 ➝ $263.00	Low
1/5/2023	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$295.00 ➝ $310.00	N/A
12/21/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
12/1/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$265.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
11/1/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target		$280.00	Low
10/28/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$274.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
10/28/2022	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target	Outperform	$285.00 ➝ $288.00	Low
10/28/2022	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
10/28/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Hold	$259.00 ➝ $262.00	Low
10/28/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$242.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
10/28/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$298.00 ➝ $305.00	Low
10/28/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$272.00 ➝ $292.00	Low
10/28/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$275.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
10/28/2022	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$276.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
10/28/2022	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$280.00 ➝ $293.00	Low
10/28/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target		$246.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
10/28/2022	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$290.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
10/28/2022	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$280.00 ➝ $293.00	Low
10/27/2022	Wedbush	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
10/27/2022	Guggenheim	Lower Target		$280.00	Low
10/20/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
10/19/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$287.00 ➝ $272.00	Low
10/11/2022	Wedbush	Lower Target	Outperform	$270.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
10/11/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $274.00	Low
9/27/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral	$275.00 ➝ $246.00	Low
9/22/2022	Stephens	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$280.00	Low
9/7/2022	Sanford C. Bernstein	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$267.00	Low
9/7/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Overweight	$263.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
8/30/2022	Tigress Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$314.00 ➝ $320.00	Low
8/16/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$285.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
7/27/2022	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Outperform	$290.00	Low
7/27/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$285.00 ➝ $287.00	Low
7/27/2022	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$273.00 ➝ $276.00	Low
7/27/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Target	Buy	$306.00 ➝ $298.00	Low
7/27/2022	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $290.00	Low
7/27/2022	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$275.00 ➝ $290.00	Low
7/27/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$292.00 ➝ $305.00	Low
7/27/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$289.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
7/27/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$266.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
7/27/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$270.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
7/27/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$263.00 ➝ $259.00	Low
7/19/2022	Robert W. Baird	Set Target		$285.00	Low
7/18/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$287.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
7/7/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $263.00	N/A
7/4/2022	Guggenheim	Lower Target		$280.00	N/A
6/29/2022	Atlantic Securities	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$245.00 ➝ $278.00	Low
6/9/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $289.00	High
5/25/2022	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Buy	$280.00 ➝ $273.00	Low
5/3/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target		$260.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
5/2/2022	Guggenheim	Lower Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $290.00	Medium
4/29/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target		$268.00 ➝ $265.00	High
4/29/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target		$270.00 ➝ $273.00	High
4/19/2022	BTIG Research	Lower Target	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $280.00	Medium
4/12/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$260.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
3/30/2022	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $290.00	Low
3/28/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$282.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
3/17/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$294.00 ➝ $287.00	Low
3/14/2022	Oppenheimer	Lower Target		$290.00 ➝ $280.00	Medium
3/10/2022	Northcoast Research	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$297.00	Low
1/28/2022	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform		Low
1/28/2022	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $305.00	High
1/26/2022	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$275.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
1/25/2022	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target		$268.00 ➝ $293.00	Low
1/19/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target		$284.00 ➝ $287.00	Medium
1/14/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$275.00 ➝ $294.00	Medium
1/3/2022	Piper Sandler	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$232.00 ➝ $282.00	High
12/30/2021	Argus	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$275.00 ➝ $300.00	Medium
12/29/2021	Tigress Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$271.00 ➝ $314.00	Low
12/20/2021	Edward Jones	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
12/15/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$298.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
12/14/2021	BTIG Research	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$255.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
10/29/2021	Stephens	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$260.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
10/28/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$245.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
10/28/2021	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$270.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
10/28/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$266.00 ➝ $275.00	Medium
10/28/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$271.00 ➝ $281.00	Low
10/28/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$250.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
10/28/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$290.00 ➝ $298.00	Low
10/28/2021	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Outperform	$270.00 ➝ $280.00	Low
10/28/2021	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$255.00	Low
10/28/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $268.00	Low
10/28/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$268.00 ➝ $280.00	Low
10/28/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
10/27/2021	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$266.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
10/14/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	In-Line ➝ Overweight	$269.00 ➝ $276.00	Low
10/13/2021	Loop Capital	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$306.00	High
10/5/2021	Loop Capital	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$306.00	Low
10/5/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$264.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
8/31/2021	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
7/29/2021	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$255.00 ➝ $266.00	Low
7/29/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Outperform	$263.00 ➝ $268.00	Low
7/29/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$272.00 ➝ $280.00	Low
7/29/2021	MKM Partners	Boost Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
7/29/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$259.00 ➝ $266.00	Low
7/29/2021	UBS Group	Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
7/29/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$240.00 ➝ $245.00	Low
7/29/2021	Stephens	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$245.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
7/29/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$265.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
7/29/2021	Wedbush	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
7/29/2021	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $270.00	Low
7/29/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$268.00 ➝ $269.00	Low
7/29/2021	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target	Outperform	$252.00 ➝ $262.00	Low
7/29/2021	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
7/29/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	In-Line ➝ Buy	$253.00 ➝ $264.00	Low
7/29/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$225.00 ➝ $232.00	Low
7/26/2021	Guggenheim	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$270.00	Low
7/16/2021	Wedbush	Boost Target	Outperform	$260.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
6/29/2021	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
6/23/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$262.00 ➝ $268.00	Low
6/1/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $283.00	Low
6/1/2021	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
5/4/2021	Telsey Advisory Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$250.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
5/3/2021	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
4/30/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$250.00 ➝ $259.00	Low
4/30/2021	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$245.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
4/30/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$238.00 ➝ $261.00	Low
4/30/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$235.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
4/30/2021	Wedbush	Boost Target	Outperform	$255.00 ➝ $260.00	Low
4/26/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$225.00 ➝ $240.00	Low
4/22/2021	UBS Group	Boost Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $255.00	Low
4/16/2021	Wedbush	Boost Target	Outperform	$240.00 ➝ $255.00	Medium
4/16/2021	UBS Group	Upgrade	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $255.00	Medium
4/15/2021	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$250.00 ➝ $255.00	Low
4/12/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$248.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
4/12/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$265.00	Low
4/12/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $245.00	Low
4/12/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Neutral	$209.00 ➝ $225.00	Low
4/6/2021	Atlantic Securities	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$237.00	Medium
3/17/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$244.00	Medium
2/22/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Overweight		Low
2/21/2021	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
1/29/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $238.00	Low
1/19/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$237.00	N/A
1/7/2021	Stephens	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$225.00 ➝ $232.00	N/A
1/7/2021	Oppenheimer	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$240.00	N/A
1/4/2021	Wedbush	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$240.00	N/A
1/4/2021	Smith Barney Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$230.00	N/A
12/18/2020	Northcoast Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$266.00	Low
12/14/2020	UBS Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$230.00 ➝ $240.00	Medium
12/7/2020	Stephens	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$250.00 ➝ $225.00	Low
12/2/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$225.00 ➝ $209.00	High
11/16/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Hold	$185.00 ➝ $230.00	Medium
11/10/2020	Truist Financial	Lower Target		$246.00 ➝ $235.00	Low
11/10/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$235.00 ➝ $240.00	Low
11/10/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$225.00 ➝ $235.00	Low
11/10/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$214.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
11/3/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $245.00	Low
11/2/2020	Telsey Advisory Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $250.00	Medium
10/20/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$205.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
10/14/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$208.00 ➝ $248.00	Low
10/9/2020	Truist Financial	Boost Target		$212.00 ➝ $246.00	Medium
10/9/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $235.00	Low
10/9/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$220.00 ➝ $265.00	Medium
10/9/2020	BTIG Research	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Buy	$220.00 ➝ $245.00	Low
10/5/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$220.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
10/1/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Overweight	$222.00 ➝ $244.00	Low
9/14/2020	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$215.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
9/14/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$197.00 ➝ $203.00	Low
9/4/2020	Telsey Advisory Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $230.00	Medium
8/18/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $225.00	Medium
7/29/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $225.00	Medium
7/29/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $214.00	Low
7/29/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$207.00 ➝ $208.00	Low
7/28/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
7/28/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Sell ➝ Hold	$182.00 ➝ $195.00	Low
7/24/2020	SVB Leerink	Initiated Coverage	Hold		Medium
7/22/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $215.00	High
7/20/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $207.00	Low
6/24/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$215.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
6/24/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$180.00 ➝ $204.00	Low
6/17/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$205.00 ➝ $210.00	Low
6/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$189.00 ➝ $200.00	Low
6/17/2020	SunTrust Banks	Boost Target	Buy	$195.00 ➝ $208.00	Low
6/17/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $210.00	Low
6/17/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$208.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
6/16/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$209.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
6/16/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold ➝ In-Line	$175.00 ➝ $182.00	Low
6/15/2020	MKM Partners	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$210.00	Low
6/11/2020	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$191.00 ➝ $205.00	Medium
6/8/2020	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$205.00	Medium
5/26/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Fair Value ➝ Overweight	$172.00 ➝ $180.00	High
5/26/2020	Longbow Research	Boost Target	Buy	$197.00 ➝ $210.00	Medium
5/1/2020	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$230.00	Low
5/1/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$168.00 ➝ $172.00	Low
5/1/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$195.00	Low
5/1/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Hold	$180.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
5/1/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$183.00 ➝ $189.00	Low
5/1/2020	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $210.00	Low
5/1/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Hold	$171.00 ➝ $178.00	Low
5/1/2020	SunTrust Banks	Boost Target	Buy	$189.00 ➝ $195.00	Low
5/1/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$195.00 ➝ $205.00	Low
5/1/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$201.00 ➝ $211.00	Low
5/1/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$213.00 ➝ $209.00	Low
4/22/2020	Telsey Advisory Group	Reiterated Rating	Outperform		Low
4/22/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$175.00 ➝ $208.00	Medium
4/20/2020	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight	$165.00 ➝ $200.00	Medium
4/14/2020	MKM Partners	Lower Target	Buy	$245.00 ➝ $210.00	Low
4/9/2020	UBS Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$212.00 ➝ $191.00	Low
4/9/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$236.00 ➝ $213.00	High
4/9/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$191.00 ➝ $183.00	High
4/9/2020	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$180.00 ➝ $190.00	High
4/9/2020	BTIG Research	Lower Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $220.00	High
4/8/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$180.00	High
4/8/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
4/7/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$195.00 ➝ $170.00	High
4/6/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $168.00	High
4/1/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$201.00	Low
4/1/2020	SunTrust Banks	Lower Target	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $189.00	Medium
3/27/2020	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$235.00 ➝ $200.00	Low
3/25/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $191.00	Low
3/25/2020	Stephens	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$210.00 ➝ $165.00	Low
3/23/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target	Hold	$199.00 ➝ $171.00	High
3/20/2020	Longbow Research	Lower Target	Buy	$230.00 ➝ $197.00	High
3/12/2020	Tigress Financial	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		High
3/9/2020	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight	$210.00	High
3/9/2020	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Peer Perform		High
1/31/2020	SunTrust Banks	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Buy		Low
1/30/2020	Piper Sandler	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$195.00	Low
1/30/2020	MKM Partners	Boost Target	Buy	$245.00	Low
1/30/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$235.00	Low
1/30/2020	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$240.00	Medium
1/30/2020	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$218.00 ➝ $230.00	Medium
1/30/2020	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$237.00 ➝ $239.00	Medium
1/30/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $235.00	Medium
1/30/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$234.00 ➝ $236.00	Medium
1/30/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Hold	$193.00 ➝ $199.00	Medium
1/30/2020	Telsey Advisory Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $228.00	Medium
1/24/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$225.00 ➝ $235.00	Medium
1/23/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$218.00	Medium
1/23/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$222.00 ➝ $234.00	Medium
1/22/2020	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$218.00	High
12/19/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Overweight	$214.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
12/11/2019	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$225.00	Low
12/9/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$218.00	Low
12/6/2019	Telsey Advisory Group	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$220.00	Low
11/26/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$193.00	Medium
11/8/2019	Longbow Research	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$227.00	Low
11/4/2019	MKM Partners	Lower Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $225.00	Medium
11/4/2019	Piper Sandler Companies	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$224.00 ➝ $195.00	Medium
10/23/2019	MKM Partners	Lower Target		$240.00	Medium
10/23/2019	UBS Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$218.00 ➝ $212.00	Low
10/23/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Outperform	$235.00 ➝ $222.00	Low
10/23/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Positive ➝ Outperform	$236.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
10/23/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$220.00 ➝ $214.00	Low
10/23/2019	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$235.00 ➝ $225.00	Low
10/23/2019	SunTrust Banks	Lower Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
10/23/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $215.00	Low
10/23/2019	Telsey Advisory Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
10/22/2019	Robert W. Baird	Lower Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $225.00	High
10/21/2019	Longbow Research	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
9/26/2019	Stephens	Set Target	Buy	$230.00	High
9/24/2019	BTIG Research	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$220.00 ➝ $240.00	Low
9/18/2019	Piper Sandler Companies	Set Target	Buy	$226.00	Low
8/20/2019	SunTrust Banks	Set Target	Buy	$240.00	High
8/13/2019	MKM Partners	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$250.00	Low
7/30/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $236.00	Low
7/30/2019	DZ Bank	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold	$222.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
7/29/2019	Mizuho	Boost Target	Buy	$215.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
7/29/2019	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $235.00	Low
7/29/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$200.00 ➝ $210.00	Medium
7/29/2019	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $230.00	Medium
7/29/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$230.00	Low
7/29/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Outperform	$235.00 ➝ $237.00	Low
7/29/2019	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$203.00 ➝ $218.00	Low
7/29/2019	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight	$220.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
7/29/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$230.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
7/26/2019	Barclays	Set Target	Buy	$230.00	N/A
7/26/2019	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
7/18/2019	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $235.00	Medium
7/18/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$210.00 ➝ $220.00	Medium
7/15/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Outperform	$218.00 ➝ $235.00	Low
7/15/2019	Piper Sandler Companies	Boost Target	Overweight	$209.00 ➝ $226.00	Low
7/15/2019	Telsey Advisory Group	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
6/28/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$195.00 ➝ $215.00	Low
6/28/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$225.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
6/25/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Initiated Coverage	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
6/14/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$190.00 ➝ $200.00	Low
6/11/2019	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$225.00	Low
6/11/2019	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$185.00 ➝ $203.00	Low
6/7/2019	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$215.00 ➝ $220.00	Low
5/1/2019	Mizuho	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$204.00 ➝ $215.00	Medium
5/1/2019	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$208.00 ➝ $220.00	Medium
5/1/2019	BTIG Research	Boost Target	Average ➝ Buy	$220.00	Medium
5/1/2019	SunTrust Banks	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Buy	$230.00	Medium
5/1/2019	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$200.00 ➝ $215.00	Medium
5/1/2019	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$195.00 ➝ $215.00	Medium
5/1/2019	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$210.00 ➝ $220.00	Medium
5/1/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$182.00 ➝ $195.00	Medium
5/1/2019	Longbow Research	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$200.00 ➝ $197.00	Medium
4/24/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$203.00 ➝ $218.00	Medium

(Data available from 4/18/2019 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.32 (Hold)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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9/21/2023

78 very positive mentions
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10/21/2023

69 very positive mentions
228 positive mentions
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11/20/2023

88 very positive mentions
204 positive mentions
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12/20/2023

71 very positive mentions
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1/19/2024

92 very positive mentions
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2/18/2024

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3/19/2024

99 very positive mentions
225 positive mentions
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4/18/2024

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McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises restaurants under the McDonald's brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages, including hamburgers and cheeseburgers, various chicken sandwiches, fries, shakes, desserts, sundaes, cookies, pies, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast, as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates under various structures comprising conventional franchise, developmental license, or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Today's Range

Now: $268.98

$268.85

$271.29

50 Day Range

MA: $283.86

$265.37

$297.75

52 Week Range

Now: $268.98

$245.73

$302.39

Volume

1,492,898 shs

Average Volume

3,222,602 shs

Market Capitalization

$193.94 billion

P/E Ratio

23.25

Dividend Yield

2.52%

Beta

0.71

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of McDonald's?: The following equities research analysts have issued research reports on McDonald's in the last year: Argus, Bank of America Co., Barclays PLC, BMO Capital Markets, BTIG Research, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ Bank AG, Erste Group Bank AG, Evercore ISI, Gordon Haskett, Guggenheim, HSBC Holdings plc, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Loop Capital, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank of Canada, Stephens, Stifel Nicolaus, StockNews.com, TD Cowen, Tigress Financial, Truist Financial Co., UBS Group AG, Wedbush, and Wells Fargo & Company.
View the latest analyst ratings for MCD.
What is the current price target for McDonald's?: 29 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for McDonald's in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $319.72, suggesting a possible upside of 18.4%. Loop Capital has the highest price target set, predicting MCD will reach $383.00 in the next twelve months. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $278.00 for McDonald's in the next year.
View the latest price targets for MCD.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for McDonald's?: McDonald's currently has 8 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Moderate Buy."
View the latest ratings for MCD.
What other companies compete with McDonald's?: Other companies that are similar to McDonald's include Chipotle Mexican Grill, PDD, Lowe's Companies, Booking and TJX Companies. Learn More about companies similar to McDonald‘s.
How do I contact McDonald's' investor relations team?: McDonald's' physical mailing address is 110 NORTH CARPENTER STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60607. The fast-food giant's listed phone number is (630) 623-3000. The official website for McDonald's is corporate.mcdonalds.com. Learn More about contacing McDonald‘s investor relations.

McDonald's - MCD Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for MCD

Current Consensus is Moderate Buy

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.32 (Hold)

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What other companies compete with McDonald's?

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