McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) is a publicly traded restaurants business based in the US which employs around 100,000 staff. McDonalds is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $273.945 is 1.7% down on its price a month ago ($278.62).
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including McDonalds), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
McDonalds is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
| Icon | Fund | 5-year performance | 1-year performance (to October 2023) | Link to invest |
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 | Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP) | 70.17% | 10.90% | Capital at risk |
 | Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX) | 69.98% | 10.83% | Capital at risk |
 | HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX) | 68.59% | 10.87% | Capital at risk |
 | Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA) | 68.24% | 10.73% | Capital at risk |
 | iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1) | 68.20% | 10.73% | Invest with eToroCapital at risk |
 | SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5) | 67.96% | 10.70% | Capital at risk |
April 23, 2024: According to a recent SEC filing, McDonald's US president Joseph Erlinger has sold over 1,000 of his shares to make it a total of over 33,000 in the past year, showcasing a pattern of insider share-selling but no buying.
Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.
Over the last 12 months, McDonalds's shares have ranged in value from as little as $242.8844 up to $300.6793. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while McDonalds's is 0.708. This would suggest that McDonalds's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $273.945
| 1 week (2024-04-18) | 0.72% |
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| 1 month (2024-03-25) | -1.68% |
| 3 months (2024-01-25) | -6.27% |
| 6 months (2023-10-25) | 7.08% |
| 1 year (2023-04-25) | -5.46% |
| 2 years (2022-04-25) | 10.20% |
| 3 years (2021-04-25) | 17.92% |
| 5 years (2019-04-25) | 38.76% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the McDonalds P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
McDonalds's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 24x. In other words, McDonalds shares trade at around 24x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
However, McDonalds's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
McDonalds's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.9285. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into McDonalds's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider McDonalds's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
McDonalds's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $13.7 billion (£11 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a McDonalds's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
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Yes, you can buy shares even if you’re not in business. As long as you have money to invest, you can do it. You can start by comparing trading platforms on this page, take note of their features, and click on the “Go to site” green button to learn more.
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