McDonald's Corporation
MCD Consumer Cyclical Restaurants
McDonald's Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $26.9 billion, up 3.72% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.74%, EPS grew 5.73%, free cash flow grew 57.9% and total debt fell 3.72%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three.
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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Altman Z-score
McDonald's Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 4.92, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.92 | (0.08) |
| FY2024 | 5.00 | 0.13 |
| FY2023 | 4.87 | 0.05 |
| FY2022 | 4.83 | 0.14 |
| FY2021 | 4.68 | 0.84 |
| FY2020 | 3.85 | (0.41) |
| FY2019 | 4.25 | (1.60) |
| FY2018 | 5.85 | (0.09) |
| FY2017 | 5.94 | 0.31 |
| FY2016 | 5.63 | 0.33 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.00 | — | −0.00 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 1.18 | — | 1.65 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.21 | — | 0.69 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 3.56 | — | 2.13 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.45 | — | 0.45 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 4.92 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 5.20 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare | 7.0× |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 5.7× |
| MCD McDonald's Corporation | 4.9× |
| YUMC Yum China compare | 4.0× |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 3.3× |
| DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare | 2.6× |
| YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare | 2.5× |
| SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare | 2.4× |
| QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare | 1.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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