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McDonald's Corporation
MCD
316.74 (0.16%) 0.52
226.49(B)
Consumer Discretionary
Hotels Restaurants and Leisure
McDonald's Corporation owns operates and franchises restaurants under the McDonald’s brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages including hamburgers and cheeseburgers various chicken sandwiches fries shakes desserts sundaes soft serve cones cookies pies soft drinks coffee and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates franchised restaurants under various structures including conventional franchise developmental license or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago Illinois.
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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) price target and intrinsic value estimate

MCD's fair price estimate is $224.1

This valuation is based on a fair P/E of 17.5 and EPS estimates of $12.82

The median analyst price target for MCD is $335.0.

Analyst price targets range from $292.0 to $360.0

Is MCD overvalued or undervalued?

MCD is currently trading at $316.74

MCD is overvalued by 29% using the pevaluation method.

MCD is undervalued by 6% compared to median analyst price targets.

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Valuation

PEvaluation

29% overvalued
Low
$168
Median
$224
High
$280
$317
Fair P/E
Margin of safety

Analyst Valuation

6% undervalued
Low
$292
Median
$335
High
$360
$317
Strong Buy7
Buy17
Hold14
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Discounted Cash Flow Valuation

N/A
Negative FCF or FCF estimates
Discount rateNaN%
Growth rate10.0%
Terminal rate6.0%
Shares outstan...ROICRevenue growthDebt/FCFAssets/Liabili...
Economic moat: Wide
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Overview

Market cap:$226.49(B)
Enterprise value:$277.36(B)
Total Equity:$-3.80(B)
Div. yield:2.14%
P/S:8.78
P/E:27.66
P/FCF:33.95
P/B:N/A
EPS:$11.4
FCF per share:$9.3
Dividend per share:$6.8
ROIC:17.3%
ROA:14.8%
ROE:N/A%

Income (TTM)

RevenueGrossNet
Revenue$25.92(B)
Gross profit$14.71(B)
EBITDA$13.95(B)
Net income$8.22(B)
Gross margin56.8%
Operating margin45.7%
Net margin31.7%
Shares outstanding:715.07(M)

Balance sheet

Cash & ST inv.Other ST assetsLong term assetsEquityCurrent liabilitiesLong term debtOther LT liabilities
Total assets$55.18(B)
Current assets$4.60(B)
Total liabilities$58.98(B)
Current liabilities$3.86(B)
Cash & Short-term inv.$1.12(B)
Long-term debt$38.46(B)
Total intangibles$4.05(B)
PP&E$38.63(B)

Cash flow (TTM)

CFOCFICFF
FCF$6.67(B)
CapEx$-2.77(B)
Dividends paid$-4.87(B)
Stock issued$328.00(M)
Stock repurchased$-2.82(B)
Stock-based comp.$172.00(M)
Debt issued$2.71(B)
Debt repaid$-2.78(B)

Per Share Data

x1
Price: $317
Revenue: $36.1 (8.8x | 11.4%) Gross profit: $20.6 (15.4x | 6.5%) Earnings: $11.4 (27.7x | 3.6%)
FCF: $9.33 (33.9x | 2.9%) Stock-based Comp.: $0.24 (1316.8x | 0.1%) CapEx.: $3.88 (81.6x | 1.2%) Dividend: $6.78 (46.7x | 2.1%)
Total Assets: $77.2 (4.1x | 24.4%) Total Liabilities: $82.5 (3.8x | 26.0%) Book Value: $-5.31 (-59.6x | -1.7%) Cash & ST inv.: $1.56 (202.4x | 0.5%) Debt: $53.8 (5.9x | 17.0%)
Earnings FY+1: $12.3 (25.7x | 3.9%) Earnings FY+2: $13.3 (23.8x | 4.2%) Earnings FY+3: $14.6 (21.7x | 4.6%) Earnings FY+4: $16.3 (19.5x | 5.1%) Earnings FY+5: $18.3 (17.3x | 5.8%)
FCF FY+1: $15.8 (20.1x | 5.0%) FCF FY+2: $16.9 (18.7x | 5.4%) FCF FY+3: $19.0 (16.7x | 6.0%)

Growth Estimates

Revenue

CAGR: 6.1%
FY+1FY+2FY+3FY+4FY+5
FY+1$26.57(B)
FY+2(+5.3%)$27.99(B)
FY+3(+6.5%)$29.81(B)
FY+4(+6.1%)$31.64(B)
FY+5(+6.3%)$33.62(B)

Net Income

CAGR: 7.4%
FY+1FY+2FY+3FY+4FY+5
FY+1$8.77(B)
FY+2(+6.9%)$9.38(B)
FY+3(+7.9%)$10.12(B)
FY+4(+7.0%)$10.83(B)
FY+5(+7.8%)$11.67(B)

EPS

CAGR: 10.5%
FY+1FY+2FY+3FY+4FY+5
FY+1$12.31
FY+2(+8.2%)$13.32
FY+3(+9.6%)$14.60
FY+4(+11.4%)$16.26
FY+5(+12.7%)$18.32

FCF per share

CAGR: 9.7%
FY+1FY+2FY+3
FY+1$15.77
FY+2(+7.5%)$16.95
FY+3(+12.0%)$18.99

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Historical Financials

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Income
FY2005FY2006FY2007FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
FY2005FY2006FY2007FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024TTM5Y avg5Y CAGR
Revenue19.21(B)23.22(B)23.18(B)25.50(B)25.92(B)25.92(B)23.41(B)8%
COGS9.46(B)10.64(B)9.97(B)10.93(B)11.21(B)11.21(B)10.44(B)4%
Gross Profit9.75(B)12.58(B)13.21(B)14.56(B)14.71(B)14.71(B)12.96(B)11%
Total OpEx.2.55(B)2.71(B)2.86(B)2.82(B)2.86(B)2.86(B)2.76(B)3%
  R&D0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00N/A%
  SG&A2.25(B)2.38(B)2.49(B)2.44(B)2.41(B)2.41(B)2.39(B)2%
Operating Income7.21(B)9.87(B)10.35(B)11.75(B)11.85(B)11.85(B)10.20(B)13%
Interest Expense-1.22(B)-1.19(B)-1.21(B)-1.36(B)-1.51(B)-1.51(B)-1.30(B)5%
Interest Income18.00(M)9.00(M)44.00(M)187.00(M)103.00(M)103.00(M)72.20(M)55%
Pre-tax income6.14(B)9.13(B)7.83(B)10.52(B)10.35(B)10.35(B)8.79(B)14%
Income tax-1.41(B)-1.58(B)-1.65(B)-2.05(B)-2.12(B)-2.12(B)-1.76(B)11%
Net Income4.73(B)7.55(B)6.18(B)8.47(B)8.22(B)8.22(B)7.03(B)15%
Cash flow
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Balance sheet
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Total AssetsTotal LiabilitiesCurrent assetsCash and EquivalentsShort-term investmentsInventoriesReceivablesNon-current assetsNet PP&EIntangible AssetsGoodwillCurrent liabilitiesAccounts payableNon-current liabilitiesLong-Term DebtTotal Equity
Per share data
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Returns
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