McDonald's Corporation

MCD stock score: 54/100

$252.63 · +2.59% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
46
Fundamental
63
News
59

The reading

McDonald's (MCD) scores 54 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 58% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 56% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 46, fundamentals 63.

Among the fundamentals, Operating Margins at 100 and Inventory Turnover at 100 score highest, while Price to Sales Ratio at 16 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 54 and contrarian oscillators 34.

News sentiment is neutral at 59; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 48 to 58, and it ends the period where it started.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward MCD’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

63

Pulling it up

  • Operating Margins100

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

  • Inventory Turnover100

    Inventory turnover is how many times a year a company sells through its inventory.

  • EBITDA Margins99

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Holding it back

  • Price to Sales Ratio16

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • Asset Turnover23

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

  • Earnings Estimates25

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

38 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

47

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 50 Cross Up100

    EMA 50 Cross Up detects when price crosses above the 50-period EMA.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (14)0

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Williams %R (7)0

    Williams %R (7-period) places the close within the last 7 periods' high-low range.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
67
Social Sentiment (3D)
54
Social Sentiment (1W)
50

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly611
Daily473
Weekly322
Monthly452
Quarterly502

Composite score, last 90 days

05010054Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 54Jul 26, 2026: 55Jul 27, 2026: 57Jul 28, 2026: 58Jul 29, 2026: 56Jul 30, 2026: 53Jul 31, 2026: 57Aug 1, 2026: 48Aug 2, 2026: 48Aug 3, 2026: 48Aug 4, 2026: 51Aug 5, 2026: 53Aug 6, 2026: 54Aug 7, 2026: 55Aug 8, 2026: 55Aug 9, 2026: 55Aug 10, 2026: 54Aug 11, 2026: 55Aug 12, 2026: 56Aug 13, 2026: 54Aug 14, 2026: 53Aug 15, 2026: 54Aug 16, 2026: 54Aug 17, 2026: 51Aug 18, 2026: 52Aug 19, 2026: 52Aug 20, 2026: 53Aug 22, 2026: 53Aug 23, 2026: 53Aug 24, 2026: 54Aug 25, 2026: 52Aug 26, 2026: 51Aug 27, 2026: 50Aug 28, 2026: 51Aug 29, 2026: 51Aug 30, 2026: 51Aug 31, 2026: 51Sep 1, 2026: 52Sep 2, 2026: 52Sep 3, 2026: 50Sep 4, 2026: 50Sep 5, 2026: 50Sep 6, 2026: 50Sep 7, 2026: 50Sep 8, 2026: 50Sep 9, 2026: 50Sep 10, 2026: 50Sep 11, 2026: 50Sep 12, 2026: 50Sep 13, 2026: 50Sep 14, 2026: 51Sep 15, 2026: 50Sep 16, 2026: 49Sep 17, 2026: 50Sep 18, 2026: 50Sep 19, 2026: 50Sep 20, 2026: 50Sep 21, 2026: 50Sep 22, 2026: 52Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 49Sep 26, 2026: 49Sep 27, 2026: 49Sep 28, 2026: 49Sep 29, 2026: 49Sep 30, 2026: 48Oct 1, 2026: 49Oct 2, 2026: 50Oct 3, 2026: 50Oct 4, 2026: 50Oct 5, 2026: 50Oct 6, 2026: 50Oct 7, 2026: 49Oct 8, 2026: 51Oct 9, 2026: 51Oct 10, 2026: 51Oct 11, 2026: 51Oct 12, 2026: 51Oct 13, 2026: 51Oct 14, 2026: 51Oct 15, 2026: 52Oct 16, 2026: 52Oct 17, 2026: 52Oct 18, 2026: 52Oct 19, 2026: 51Oct 20, 2026: 53Oct 21, 2026: 53Oct 22, 2026: 54
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Key facts

Market cap
$178.8B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Beta
0.45
Risk grade (1–10)
5
Next earnings
Nov 4, 2026

Restaurants peers

CompanyMarket capScore
SBUX Starbucks$116.2B56
YUM Yum! Brands$42.1B63
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill$35.6B51
QSR Restaurant Brands International$35.0B62
DRI Darden Restaurants$24.6B62
YUMC Yum China$15.1B56

Questions

What is MCD's stock score today?

MCD scores 54/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 46, fundamental 63, and news sentiment 59, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is MCD a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 54 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the MCD score calculated?

99 weighted scorers feed it today: 38 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.