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McDonald's Corp. (MCD)

Sector:

Food Products

Index:

Dow Jones I.A.

Market Cap

$69,394m

Change Today

Price Up$2.50 (4.38%)

Share Price

$59.55

MCD Overview

Fast-food chain, McDonalds, is one of the world’s most recognisable brands and the world's leading food service retailer, with more than 30,000 restaurants in 119 countries serving 47m customers every day. The company also operates other restaurant concepts, predominantly in the United States, under its partner brands: Boston Market, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Donatos Pizzeria. McDonalds also has an interest in UK-based Pret A Manger.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.5% 2.8%
Div Cover 1.3 2.2
Op Mrgn 17.0% 25.3%
ROCE 16.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 29.5 16.5
PEG n/a 0.2
Pr/Revenue 3.0 2.9
Pr/Book 4.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 9.1% 3.9%
PBT -14.0% 67.8%
EPS -29.6% 79.2%
DPS 50.0% 9.5%

MCD Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 17,140.50 2,346.40 116.00¢ 21.4 0.3 +66% 40.00¢ 1.6%
31-Dec-04 19,064.70 3,202.40 181.00¢ 17.7 0.3 +56% 55.00¢ 1.7%
31-Dec-05 19,832.50 3,674.40 205.00¢ 16.4 1.3 +13% 67.00¢ 2.0%
31-Dec-06 20,895.20 4,154.40 287.00¢ 15.4 0.4 +40% 100.00¢ 2.3%
31-Dec-07 22,786.60 3,572.10 202.00¢ 29.2 n/a -30% 150.00¢ 2.5%

MCD Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 23,675.84 5,994.56 362.07¢ 16.4 0.2 +79% 164.25¢ 2.8%
31-Dec-09 23,578.92 6,089.26 382.64¢ 15.6 2.7 +6% 211.22¢ 3.6%

Covering analysts: Actual, Argus Research, Bank of America Securities, Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Standard & Poors, Stifel Nicolaus, Wachovia Securities, Zurcher Kantonalbank

MCD ShareCast News

October sales up at McDonald's 10-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Europe lifts McDonald's sales growth 09-Sep-2008 ShareCast
US close: Panic selling of financial stocks 24-Jul-2008 ShareCast

MCD Top Newspaper Links

McDonald's double cheeseburger will cost $1.19 26-Nov-2008 Chicago Tribune
McDonald's to mothers: Healthy fast food is not ... 26-Nov-2008 LA Times
McDonald's to raise price of $1 double cheesebur... 26-Nov-2008 LA Times

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

MCD Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $59.55  
Change Today $2.50
52 Week High $66.00
52 Week Low $50.75
Volume 13,456,093
Shares Issued 1,165.30m
Market Cap $69,394m
Beta 0.62
RiskGrade 235

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 1
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 17
buy
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MCD Dividends

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Time Volume / Share Price
16:00 2,200 @ $59.55
15:59 200 @ $59.60
15:59 800 @ $59.64
15:59 400 @ $59.65
15:59 300 @ $59.62

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