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McDonald's

NYSE:MCD US5801351017
96
  • Value
    72
  • Growth
    69
  • Safety
    Safety
    61
  • Combined
    96
  • Sentiment
    97
  • 360° View
    360° View
    96
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Company Description

McDonald's Corporation is a global foodservice retailer. Its main businesses include operating and franchising restaurants with a menu featuring hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, and other items. It operates in the U.S., International Operated Markets (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom), and International Developmental Licensed Markets & Corporate (including China and Japan). In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $214238 million, profits of $14710 million, revenue of $25920 million, and 150000 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 96 (better than 96% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock McDonald's are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for McDonald's. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 61, which means that the share price of McDonald's is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 61% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 69, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 72. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 97. ...read more

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Country USA
Industry Restaurants
Size XX-Large
Website mcdonalds.comusen-us.html
Index
Dow Jones
Dividends USA
Diversity USA
S&P US Luxury
S&P 500
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
61 73 65 73
Growth
69 65 63 53
Safety
Safety
72 79 73 65
Sentiment
97 78 100 84
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96 96 100 87
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
39 65 83 71
Opinions Change
89 9 83 69
Pro Holdings
n/a 76 82 22
Market Pulse
100 100 100 98
Sentiment
97 78 100 84
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
61 73 65 73
Growth
69 65 63 53
Safety Safety
72 79 73 65
Combined
96 96 91 84
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
29 44 32 42
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
2 2 3 3
Price vs. Book (P/B)
100 97 94 95
Dividend Yield
79 78 80 78
Value
61 73 65 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
62 52 59 25
Profit Growth
46 48 51 37
Capital Growth
71 69 68 69
Stock Returns
63 57 41 73
Growth
69 65 63 53
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
24 27 16 22
Refinancing
72 74 80 49
Liquidity
90 89 84 90
Safety Safety
72 79 73 65

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