McDonald's Corporation MCD

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · valued as of 2026-11-02 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$63.20B
Market Cap
$164.22B
Margin of Safety
-159.8%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.38

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

117.03B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

-1.02B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

73.59B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

63.20B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

63.20B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

164.22B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.38×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -159.8% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 117.03B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)167.81B USD
−②Net Debt Today53.82B USD
+③Growth Value3.04B USD
=Value117.03B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

167.81B USD

Net debt today

-53.82B USD

Growth Value

+3.04B USD

Value

117.03B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

167.81B USD

②Net Debt Today

53.82B USD

③Growth Value

3.04B USD

Market value

Market Cap164.22B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-40.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): -1.02B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (no book value at the start of the latest year), so the value is the book value today, -1.02B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap164.22B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety—

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 73.59B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF87.32B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today40.09B USD
−③Net Debt Today53.82B USD
=Value73.59B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

87.32B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

40.09B USD

③Net Debt Today

53.82B USD

Market value

Market Cap164.22B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-123.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 5.81%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.41×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 6.98%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 2.34B USDPretax Income 10.91B USD= 21.42%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 12.49B USD−Pretax Income 10.91B USD= 1.58B USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 1.58B USDTotal Debt 54.65B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 21.42%)= 2.28%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 54.65B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 164.22B USD + 54.65B USD= 24.97%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 75.03%×Cost of Equity 6.98%+Debt Weight 24.97%×Cost of Debt 2.28%= 5.81%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 59.98B USD − Total Liabilities 61.00B USD = Book Value Today -1.02B USD

Total Debt 54.65B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 822.82M USD = Net Debt Today 53.82B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-2.1%at most 5%passes707,641,531 / 722,700,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets3.3%at least -10.0%passes(10.56B USD − 8.57B USD) ÷ 59.98B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today—at most 3×not measured164.22B USD ÷ -1.02B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue46.1%above 10.0%passes12.41B USD ÷ 26.91B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 13.7%above 10.0%does not pass26.91B USD / 25.95B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-32.8%above -30%does not pass(822.82M USD − 54.65B USD) ÷ 164.22B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit80.3%above 25.0%passes12.41B USD ÷ 15.45B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

232 USD

Enterprise value

218.05B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

14.59×

Price / book

-160.32×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

18.83×

Return on equity

—

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

31.7%

Revenue growth

3.7%

Analyst target, mean

298 USD

Analysts

29

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

23.21B25.52B25.95B26.91B

Gross profit

13.22B14.58B14.72B15.45B

Operating income

10.36B11.76B11.86B12.41B

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

10.91B13.87B13.96B14.69B

Pretax income

7.83B10.53B10.36B10.91B

Net income

6.18B8.48B8.23B8.57B

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

6.94B8.67B8.47B8.75B

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

50.49B56.20B55.24B59.57B

Total liabilities

56.50B60.91B59.04B61.37B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

-6.01B-4.71B-3.80B-1.79B

Total debt

48.75B53.14B52.00B54.87B

Cash and equivalents

2.59B4.58B1.09B774.77M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

36.38B38.46B38.67B42.89B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

1.62B1.13B738.74M-198.20M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

7.39B9.62B9.46B10.56B

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-1.90B-2.36B-2.78B-3.37B

Depreciation and amortisation

1.87B1.98B2.10B2.20B

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

5.49B7.26B6.68B7.19B