McDonald's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 24 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for McDonald's stock have an average target of 323.38, with a low estimate of 265 and a high estimate of 360. The average target predicts an increase of 3.42% from the current stock price of 312.69.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$265	$323.38	$335	$360
Change	-15.25%	+3.42%	+7.13%	+15.13%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for McDonald's stock from 25 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25
Strong Buy	9	9	8	8	8	8
Buy	10	10	10	9	9	9
Hold	11	11	8	9	9	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	30	30	26	26	26	25

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
David Tarantino Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $310 → $300	Hold	Maintains	$310 → $300	-4.06%	Apr 7, 2025
Jon Tower Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $360 → $353	Strong Buy	Maintains	$360 → $353	+12.89%	Apr 3, 2025
John Glass Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $340 → $335	Buy	Maintains	$340 → $335	+7.13%	Mar 17, 2025
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $342 → $340	Strong Buy	Maintains	$342 → $340	+8.73%	Feb 11, 2025
Brian Harbour Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $336 → $340	Buy	Maintains	$336 → $340	+8.73%	Feb 11, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

26.77B

from 25.92B

3.26%

from 25.92B

Revenue Next Year

28.18B

from 26.77B

5.28%

from 26.77B

EPS This Year

12.45

from 11.39

9.32%

from 11.39

EPS Next Year

13.49

from 12.45

8.37%

from 12.45

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	19.21B	23.22B	23.18B	25.49B	25.92B	26.77B	28.18B	30.02B
Revenue Growth	-10.09%	20.90%	-0.17%	9.97%	1.67%	3.26%	5.28%	6.51%
EPS	6.31	10.04	8.33	11.56	11.39	12.45	13.49	14.85
EPS Growth	-19.92%	59.11%	-17.03%	38.78%	-1.47%	9.32%	8.37%	10.07%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	25.11	23.17	21.05
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	39	37	15

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	28.9B	30.8B	32.9B
Avg	26.8B	28.2B	30.0B
Low	25.5B	26.7B	27.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	11.4%	15.1%	16.9%
Avg	3.3%	5.3%	6.5%
Low	-1.4%	-0.1%	-1.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	13.86	14.83	16.43
Avg	12.45	13.49	14.85
Low	11.64	12.54	13.67

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	21.7%	19.1%	21.8%
Avg	9.3%	8.4%	10.1%
Low	2.2%	0.7%	1.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.