McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) saw a downside of -0.26% to $288.83 after subtracting -$0.75 on Wednesday. The 5-day average trading volume is 1,840,733 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $292.82 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 2,291,923 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 2,397,705.
MCD’s 1-month performance is -2.01% or -$3.30 on its low of $286.76 reached on 08/04/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $230.58 and high of $299.35, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/21/23. YTD, MCD has achieved 9.60% or $25.27 and has reached a new high 29 times. However, the current price is down -3.51% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
MCD stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Jul 21.Erlinger Joseph M. (President, McDonald’s USA) most recently sold 4,487 shares at $297.87 per share on Jul 21. This transaction cost the insider $1,336,543. President, McDonald’s USA, Erlinger Joseph M., sold 4,487 shares at a price of $291.35 on Jun 23. Then, on Jun 06, EVP & CFO Borden Ian Frederick sold 5,796 shares at a price of $289.86 per share. This transaction amounted to $1,680,029.
Valuation Metrics
MCD stock has a beta of 0.64. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 8.84 while the price to cash flow ratio at 93.24.
McDonald’s Corporation’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.30, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.30. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 57.50%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 52.73% while for the period ending June 29, McDonald’s Corporation’s operating margin was 45.40%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $13.21 billion against revenue of $23.18 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 48.58% to $2.31 billion, while revenue of $1.8 billion was 21.99% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected MCD to announce $2.79 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $3.17, representing a 13.60% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $3.6 billion. MCD stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 55.44 billion, with total debt at $48.56 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $728.76 million.
Let’s look briefly at McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 08 August was 40.94% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 14.15%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $289.56, reflecting a -0.28% or -$0.82 change from its current price. MCD is currently trading -2.30% above its 20-day SMA, +6.74% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +0.96% and SMA200 by+15.63%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 25.15% and 21.98% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 3.62. The RSI (14) points at 43.22%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 16.20% with the period’s ATR at 3.58. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.71 and -1.93 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD), KeyBanc Capital Markets reiterated its an Overweight rating for the company but lifted their price target by $320 to $330. Analysts offering their rating for MCD stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate MCD as a “sell,”, while 10 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 5 rates the stock as overweight while 20 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is MCD’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $300.00 and a high of $383.00, with their median price target at $330.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) stock is $330.80.
