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MCDONALDS CORP

Retail-Eating Places

Company overview

MCDONALDS CORP is an SEC-reporting issuer listed on NYSE under MCD. Its SEC industry description is Retail-Eating Places. This profile organizes annual financial disclosures for research; sector labels are editorial groupings, not GICS classifications.

Retailers, consumer brands and service platforms balance demand, price, unit volume and operating costs.

Business segments

Segment-level revenue is not included in this standardized dataset. Consult the business and segment notes in the linked annual filing for the issuer’s actual reporting segments.

Selected fundamentals

Annual reporting currency: USD. Financial amounts are in millions, except per-share figures and ratios.

Latest period 2025-12-31 · prior period 2024-12-31
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31Source filed
RevenueUSD 26,885mUSD 25,920m2026-02-24
Operating incomeUSD 12,393mUSD 11,712m2026-02-24
Net incomeUSD 8,563mUSD 8,223m2026-02-24
Diluted EPSUSD 11.95USD 11.392026-02-24
Operating cash flowUSD 10,551mUSD 9,447m2026-02-24
Capital expenditureUSD 3,365mUSD 2,775m2026-02-24
Free cash flowUSD 7,186mUSD 6,672m2026-02-24
Gross marginNot availableNot available2026-02-24
Operating margin46.10%45.19%2026-02-24

FCF = operating cash flow − purchases of property, plant and equipment. Missing tags remain unavailable. Standardized cash-flow comparisons are particularly limited for financial businesses.

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Annual earnings trend

Reported fiscal periods, not a live price chart.

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Period endRevenueNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31USD 26,885mUSD 8,563mUSD 11.95
2024-12-31USD 25,920mUSD 8,223mUSD 11.39
2023-12-31USD 25,494mUSD 8,469mUSD 11.56
2022-12-31USD 23,183mUSD 6,177mUSD 8.33

Valuation context

This release does not quote price-based multiples because it does not include synchronized market prices. A financial denominator must be paired with a clearly dated market value.

MeasureInterpretation
P/EPrice divided by EPS; identify annual, trailing or forward basis.
P/S & P/BMarket capitalization divided by sales or book equity.
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value and EBITDA need consistent definitions.
FCF yieldFree cash flow divided by dated market capitalization.

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Selected filing notes

10-KFiled 2026-02-24Period 2025-12-31

MCD filed this 10-K on 2026-02-24 for the reported period 2025-12-31. Reading focus: Unit volumes, comparable sales, inventory, pricing and operating leverage. This is a metadata-based reading guide; it does not assert that a particular event or risk change occurred in the document.

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Risks & what to monitor

Consumer affordability, input inflation, competitive promotions and discretionary demand.

Unit volumes, comparable sales, inventory, pricing and operating leverage.

Sources & dates