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McDonald's Corporation MCD

Consumer Cyclical  —  Restaurants
236.50 (0.52) (0.22%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$168.6B
P/E
19.2×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y) Revenue Champion (3y)
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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Return on invested capital

McDonald's Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 21.1%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.5% (fiscal 2020) to 25.1% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.14% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 20.7% (1.12)
FY2024 21.8% (2.40)
FY2023 24.2% 3.28
FY2022 20.9% (3.02)
FY2021 24.0% 6.47
FY2020 17.5% (5.12)
FY2019 22.6% (0.41)
FY2018 23.0% (2.06)
FY2017 25.1% 3.59
FY2016 21.5% 2.51

Against its own ten years

Low 17.5% High 25.1%
Ten-year median 21.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 111.8%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 93.0%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 74.8%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 37.6%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 27.3%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 21.1%
MCD McDonald's Corporation 21.1%
YUMC Yum China compare 18.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 9.12%
Restaurants industry median 3.14%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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