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MCD Financials McDonald's

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 7.0% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (12.6% vs 7.0% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 46.1% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 9.2% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($40.8B) exceeds cash ($774M); net debt is $40.0B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (1.7% vs 7.0% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 7.8× in the latest year, up from 6.0× 5 years ago.
  • Total debt is 3.2× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 59.7% of earnings and 71.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 6.4% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $14B $28B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 23% 46% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $4B $7B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $20B $41B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$11B -$356M $11B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $26.9B $8.6B 0.0% 46.1% $7.2B $40.8B $774M
2024 $25.9B $8.2B 0.0% 45.2% $6.7B $39.2B $1.1B
2023 $25.5B $8.5B 0.0% 45.7% $7.3B $39.7B $4.6B
2022 $23.2B $6.2B 0.0% 40.4% $5.5B $35.9B $2.6B
2021 $23.2B $7.5B 0.0% 44.6% $7.1B $35.6B $4.7B
2020 $19.2B $4.7B 0.0% 38.1% $4.6B $37.4B $3.4B
2019 $21.4B $6.0B 0.0% 42.5% $5.7B $34.2B $899M
2018 $21.3B $5.9B 0.0% 41.5% $4.2B $31.1B $866M
2017 $22.8B $5.2B 0.0% 41.9% $3.7B $29.5B $2.5B
2016 $24.6B $4.7B 0.0% 31.5% $4.2B $26.0B $1.2B
2015 $25.4B $4.5B 0.0% 28.1% $4.7B $24.1B $7.7B
2014 $27.4B $4.8B 0.0% 29.0% $4.1B $14.9B $2.1B
2013 $28.1B $5.6B 0.0% 31.2% $4.3B $14.1B $2.8B
2012 $27.6B $5.5B 0.0% 31.2% $3.9B $13.6B $2.3B
2011 $27.0B $5.5B 0.0% 31.6% $4.4B $12.5B $2.3B

Valuation over time

How the market has priced MCD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 17.2 34.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 4.6 9.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.4 2.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is MCD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, McDonald's's revenue has grown 7.0% per year, and net income grown 12.6% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does MCD have?

As of FY2025, McDonald's reported $40.8B of total debt against $774M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 7.8×.

What is MCD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 46.1%, and net margin 31.9%.

What is MCD's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, McDonald's traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 22.0× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.