McDonald's Corporation MCD

236.50 (0.52) (0.22%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$168.6B
P/E
19.2×
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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) EV/EBITDA

As of 25 September 2026, McDonald's Corporation (MCD) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 13.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.5× (January 2015) to 22.4× (September 2020); the current reading is higher than 11% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 11.5× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 17.8× (0.41%)
FY2024 17.8× (3.23%)
FY2023 18.4× (9.43%)
FY2022 20.3× 7.31%
FY2021 19.0× (11.23%)
FY2020 21.4× 24.64%
FY2019 17.1× 4.65%
FY2018 16.4× 6.91%
FY2017 15.3× 11.71%
FY2016 13.7× (6.85%)

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 15.4× (11.87%)
Mar 2026 17.5× (1.38%)
Dec 2025 17.8× (0.78%)
Sep 2025 17.9× 1.51%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.5× High 22.4×
Ten-year median 17.4×
Current reading's percentile 11

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
YUMC Yum China compare 6.9×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 11.7×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 12.7×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 13.2×
MCD McDonald's Corporation 13.8×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 14.7×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 16.9×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 17.9×
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 25.4×
Restaurants industry median 11.5×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.4×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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