The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

MCD

Concerning the House

McDonald's Corporation owns, 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, frozen desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, 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 franchised restaurants under various structures, including conventional franchise, developmental license, or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

United States · www.mcdonalds.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$26.89B+1.1%
Operating income$12.39B+4.2%
Net income$8.56B+4.0%
Cash from ops$10.55B+3.7%
Quotation

$275.70

+1.55 (+0.6%)

52w hi$336.88
52w lo$262.80
Vol4.30M
As ofAug 12
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.67

Short-0.70
Medium-0.81
Long-0.32

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

McDonald's Corporation

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

Market cap$195.10B
Enterprise value$247.78B
Trailing P/E22.40x
Forward P/E19.70x
EV / EBITDA16.60x
P / S (ttm)7.04x
Profit margin31.7%
Return on equity
Revenue growth+3.7%
Earnings growth+5.7%
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.18
Corr SPX0.16
Annual vol18.5%
Annual ret+2.9%
Sharpe0.16
Max DD-22.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.26
Sector+0.01
Technical-0.40
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 12$271.93$276.20$268.76$275.704.30M
Aug 11$273.23$274.21$271.32$274.153.03M
Aug 10$274.14$275.75$270.36$273.724.74M
Aug 7$274.51$276.87$273.29$274.484.91M
Aug 6$276.00$276.83$271.76$276.264.21M