McDonald’s Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| 20.8 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 26.6 | 23.3 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 24.8 | 21.4 | 29.0 | 33.4 | 34.1 | 32.6 | 25.2 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 31.4 | 29.9 | 27.4 | 23.1 | 25.5 | 23.8 | 22.1 | 26.6 | 25.4 | 27.5 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 21.9 | |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.0 | |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.4 | |
| 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 19.2 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 15.5 | |
| 20.1 | 24.0 | 26.7 | 31.8 | 37.8 | 37.4 | 34.0 | 34.7 | 32.2 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 40.1 | 38.7 | 34.9 | 31.7 | 24.5 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 30.5 | 29.4 | 35.3 | 36.3 | 33.0 | 26.8 | 29.7 | 28.5 | 25.9 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 30.4 | 29.5 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 24.8 | |
| 5.0% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 4.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40.7% | 41.4% | 42.3% | 43.2% | 44.7% | 46.5% | 48.1% | 49.8% | 50.7% | 51.3% | 51.7% | 52.0% | 52.2% | 52.4% | 52.2% | 50.9% | 51.0% | 50.8% | 51.4% | 53.2% | 53.7% | 54.2% | 54.5% | 55.3% | 56.1% | 57.0% | 57.5% | 57.5% | 57.2% | 57.1% | 57.0% | 57.0% | 56.6% | 56.8% | 56.8% | 57.0% | 57.4% | 57.4% | 57.4% | 57.4% | |
| 30.7% | 31.5% | 32.8% | 34.9% | 39.9% | 41.9% | 43.4% | 44.6% | 42.3% | 42.0% | 42.0% | 41.9% | 41.6% | 42.6% | 41.3% | 38.1% | 38.8% | 38.1% | 40.3% | 44.3% | 44.8% | 44.6% | 43.7% | 39.9% | 39.5% | 40.4% | 41.0% | 45.4% | 45.7% | 45.7% | 46.0% | 45.3% | 44.9% | 45.2% | 45.2% | 45.8% | 46.1% | 46.1% | 46.0% | 45.8% | |
| 18.8% | 19.0% | 19.6% | 21.0% | 24.2% | 22.8% | 24.0% | 25.3% | 24.6% | 28.2% | 28.1% | 28.1% | 27.8% | 28.3% | 27.7% | 24.7% | 25.6% | 24.6% | 26.3% | 31.7% | 32.3% | 32.5% | 29.9% | 25.8% | 25.4% | 26.6% | 29.4% | 33.1% | 33.3% | 33.2% | 33.4% | 32.3% | 31.8% | 31.7% | 31.7% | 32.2% | 32.0% | 31.9% | 31.6% | 31.7% | |
| 19.5% | 17.1% | 16.4% | 16.3% | 14.3% | 16.2% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 19.1% | 20.1% | 22.2% | 25.0% | 24.7% | 26.9% | 25.2% | 17.8% | 22.1% | 24.1% | 27.1% | 32.6% | 29.5% | 30.6% | 29.8% | 25.5% | 24.9% | 23.7% | 24.2% | 27.4% | 28.8% | 28.5% | 27.9% | 27.5% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 26.5% | 28.1% | 26.7% | 25.6% | 28.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14.5% | 15.1% | 14.9% | 15.5% | 17.5% | 15.4% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 15.3% | 18.1% | 12.6% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 11.5% | 9.6% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 10.1% | 13.3% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% | 15.9% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 16.1% | 15.4% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 14.1% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 14.5% | 14.7% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23,818 | 24,732 | 24,795 | 25,968 | 25,947 | 27,651 | 28,565 | 29,356 | 29,521 | 30,355 | 31,371 | 32,263 | 32,376 | 33,900 | 34,461 | 36,188 | 34,867 | 34,693 | 33,422 | 33,094 | 31,524 | 31,619 | 32,345 | 33,394 | 32,693 | 33,981 | 34,089 | 34,772 | 34,446 | 35,454 | 37,215 | 38,387 | 39,033 | 37,975 | 38,350 | 40,213 | 39,568 | 39,893 | 39,642 | 39,731 | |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | |
| -5.0% | -7.1% | -6.3% | -6.1% | -10.7% | -9.7% | -14.0% | -17.9% | -19.9% | -19.1% | -14.1% | -14.7% | -18.8% | -17.3% | -18.4% | -18.9% | -16.7% | -14.9% | -14.2% | -11.2% | -10.8% | -8.5% | -11.8% | -12.9% | -13.5% | -11.9% | -11.1% | -9.9% | -9.3% | -8.4% | -9.0% | -9.0% | -9.2% | -6.9% | -6.1% | -4.6% | -3.6% | -3.0% | -2.1% | -1.7% | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.54 | 5.65 | 5.79 | 6.20 | 6.99 | 6.47 | 6.70 | 6.93 | 6.68 | 7.63 | 7.62 | 7.67 | 7.68 | 7.97 | 7.73 | 6.37 | 6.57 | 6.30 | 6.87 | 9.17 | 9.68 | 10.04 | 9.51 | 8.20 | 8.00 | 8.39 | 9.35 | 10.89 | 11.39 | 11.64 | 11.84 | 11.51 | 11.45 | 11.42 | 11.36 | 11.69 | 11.75 | 11.99 | 12.16 | 12.32 | |
| 29.41 | 29.68 | 29.56 | 29.51 | 28.90 | 28.42 | 27.90 | 27.43 | 27.20 | 27.07 | 27.10 | 27.28 | 27.62 | 28.17 | 27.94 | 25.82 | 25.66 | 25.58 | 26.12 | 28.91 | 29.93 | 30.90 | 31.79 | 31.80 | 31.46 | 31.50 | 31.84 | 32.95 | 34.19 | 35.03 | 35.49 | 35.67 | 36.03 | 36.02 | 35.79 | 36.32 | 36.69 | 37.64 | 38.47 | 38.83 | |
| -1.92 | -2.66 | -2.46 | -2.44 | -4.27 | -4.07 | -5.91 | -7.43 | -8.71 | -8.06 | -8.49 | -8.86 | -11.26 | -10.87 | -12.38 | -12.64 | -11.30 | -10.42 | -9.63 | -7.72 | -7.54 | -6.12 | -8.01 | -8.58 | -8.88 | -8.16 | -7.85 | -6.81 | -6.64 | -6.47 | -6.66 | -6.68 | -7.19 | -5.27 | -4.81 | -3.85 | -3.02 | -2.51 | -1.80 | -1.43 | |
| 5.73 | 5.08 | 4.85 | 4.82 | 4.15 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.52 | 5.20 | 5.44 | 6.01 | 6.81 | 6.82 | 7.58 | 7.04 | 4.60 | 5.67 | 6.16 | 7.08 | 9.42 | 8.84 | 9.45 | 9.47 | 8.10 | 7.84 | 7.46 | 7.71 | 9.04 | 9.84 | 9.97 | 9.89 | 9.83 | 9.14 | 9.27 | 9.33 | 9.61 | 10.30 | 10.06 | 9.87 | 10.88 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 8, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.