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MCD

MCDONALD S CORP

Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants

$309.48

-1.95%

Vol: 0.2M

Araverus Market Read

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Positive

Q4 earnings beat and value menu expansion position McDonald's for 2,600 new restaurant openings

McDonald's reported Q4 2025 EPS of $3.12 (beating forecast by 2.97%) and revenue of $7.01 billion (exceeding expectations by 2.94%), with global comparable sales up 5.7% and U.S. sales up 6.8%. MCD is trading at $325.00 in pre-market, down 0.40%, with after-hours at $327.00, down 0.21%. The company plans 2,600 new restaurant openings in 2026 and projects system-wide sales growth of 2.5% with capital expenditures of $3.7-$3.9 billion.

Price 50d 200d

Previous Market Reads

2 of 2 days

Sector Peers

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AMZNAMAZON.COM$208.88-0.47%+3.8%22.4x1.42$2.24T
TSLATESLA$380.24-3.19%-7.4%135.3x1.93$1.43T
HDHOME$328.27-0.74%-13.7%20.1x1.04$326.7B
MCDMCDONALD$309.48-1.95%-5.0%21.6x0.50$220.9B
TJXTJX$154.67+1.24%-1.5%27.3x0.74$172.1B
BKNGBOOKING$4,291.70-2.13%+4.0%13.7x1.23$138.4B
LOWLOWE$229.34-0.76%-18.3%16.8x0.94$128.9B
SBUXSTARBUCKS$95.83+3.41%+0.5%32.5x0.93$109.2B
MARMARRIOTT$324.90+0.74%-9.6%25.1x1.10$86.1B

Fundamentals

Market Cap$220.9B
P/E (TTM)25.9
Forward P/E21.6
Beta0.50
Div Yield236.00%
Prev Close$315.65

RSI (14-Day)

15Oversold
0305070100

52-Week Range

$283.47$309.48$341.75
From High-9.4%
From Low+9.2%

Moving Averages

50d SMA
$319.82-3.2%
200d SMA
$305.25+1.4%

Price between 50d and 200d. Testing 50d support.

Returns

1W
-4.5%
1M
-5.1%
3M
-1.1%
6M
+2.7%
1Y
+4.3%
YTD
+2.6%

Volume

Today174K
20d Avg3.0M
Ratio0.06x