McDonald's Corporation (MCD)
NYSE: MCD · Real-Time Price · USD
305.25
+0.69 (0.23%)
Oct 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed

McDonald's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 24 analysts that cover McDonald's stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $326, which forecasts a 6.80% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $260 and the highest is $381.

Price Target: $326 (+6.80%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$260$326$325$381
Change-14.82%+6.80%+6.47%+24.82%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

RatingMay '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25
Strong Buy867643
Buy988888
Hold91211121213
Sell000000
Strong Sell011111
Total262727272525

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Truist Securities
Truist Securities
Strong Buy
Maintains
$360$350
Strong BuyMaintains$360$350+14.66%Oct 14, 2025
Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Hold
Maintains
$310$295
HoldMaintains$310$295-3.36%Oct 10, 2025
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Hold
Initiates
$320
HoldInitiates$320+4.83%Oct 9, 2025
Citigroup
Citigroup
Strong Buy
Maintains
$373$381
Strong BuyMaintains$373$381+24.82%Sep 17, 2025
BMO Capital
BMO Capital
Buy
Maintains
$350$360
BuyMaintains$350$360+17.94%Sep 4, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
27.04B
from 25.92B
Increased by 4.31%
Revenue Next Year
28.53B
from 27.04B
Increased by 5.51%
EPS This Year
12.47
from 11.39
Increased by 9.51%
EPS Next Year
13.53
from 12.47
Increased by 8.50%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
19.21B23.22B23.18B25.49B25.92B27.04B28.53B
Revenue Growth
-10.09%20.90%-0.17%9.97%1.67%4.31%5.51%
EPS
6.3110.048.3311.5611.3912.4713.53
EPS Growth
-19.92%59.11%-17.03%38.78%-1.47%9.51%8.50%
Forward PE
-----24.4722.56
No. Analysts
-----3838
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue20252026202720282029
High28.5B30.6B
Avg27.0B28.5B
Low25.9B26.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth20252026202720282029
High
10.1%
13.3%
Avg
4.3%
5.5%
Low
-0.0%
-0.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS20252026202720282029
High13.1414.60
Avg12.4713.53
Low11.6112.15

EPS Growth

EPS Growth20252026202720282029
High
15.3%
17.0%
Avg
9.5%
8.5%
Low
1.9%
-2.6%
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.