McDonald's
OverviewSuggest Edit
McDonald's Corporation is an international chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, which operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants worldwide. Its restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages, as well as the breakfast menu. Its menu also includes salads, fish, wraps, smoothies, and seasoned fries.
| Type | Public | |
| Founded | 1955 | |
| HQ | Chicago, US | Map |
| Website | mcdonalds.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More | |
| Culture score | C+ | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- 'It's life or death': Worker unrest, a shifting America, and internal tensions amid the coronavirus outbreak could forever change McDonald's
- McDonald's Just Gave Customers Truly Worrying News
- McDonald's Wrote A Startling Letter That Should Really Worry Customers
- Coronavirus: Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonald's serve meal to medical, frontline staff at govt hospitals
Key People/Management at McDonald's
Chris Kempczinski
President and CEO
Lucy Brady
Chief Digital Customer Engagement Officer, Senior Vice President
Joe Erlinger
President, McDonald's USA
Francesca DeBiase
Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain and Sustainability Officer
Mário Barbosa
President East, McDonald's USA
Jerry Krulewitch
Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary
McDonald's Office Locations
McDonald's has offices in Chicago, Oak Brook, Bethesda, Indianapolis and in 44 other locations
Chicago, US (HQ)
110 N Carpenter St
Oak Brook, US (HQ)
2915 Jorie Blvd
Bethesda, US
Bethesda, MD, USA
Indianapolis, US
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Kansas City, US
Kansas City
San Francisco, US
San Francisco
McDonald's Financials and Metrics
McDonald's Revenue
McDonald's's revenue was reported to be $21.08 b in FY, 2019
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q1, 2020) | 4.7b |
Gross profit (Q1, 2020) | 4.2b |
Gross profit margin (Q1, 2020), % | 88.2% |
Net income (Q1, 2020) | 1.1b |
EBIT (Q1, 2020) | 1.7b |
Market capitalization (22-May-2020) | 137.1b |
Closing stock price (22-May-2020) | 184.4 |
Cash (31-Mar-2020) | 5.4b |
EV | 183.9b |
McDonald's's current market capitalization is $137.1 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2010 | Q2, 2010 | Q3, 2010 | Q1, 2011 | Q2, 2011 | Q3, 2011 | Q1, 2012 | Q2, 2012 | Q3, 2012 | Q1, 2013 | Q2, 2013 | Q3, 2013 | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 5.6b | 5.9b | 6.3b | 6.1b | 6.9b | 7.2b | 6.5b | 6.9b | 7.2b | 6.6b | 7.1b | 7.3b | 6.7b | 7.2b | 7.0b | 6.0b | 6.5b | 6.6b | 5.9b | 6.3b | 6.4b | 5.7b | 6.0b | 5.8b | 5.1b | 5.4b | 5.4b | 5.0b | 5.3b | 5.4b | 4.7b |
Cost of goods sold | 4.2b | 4.4b | 4.3b | 3.8b | 4.0b | 4.0b | 2.3b | 3.7b | 3.7b | 3.2b | 3.3b | 2.9b | 2.6b | 2.1b | 544.7m | 559.5m | 554.2m | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 2.5b | 2.8b | 2.7b | 2.2b | 2.5b | 2.6b | 3.6b | 2.6b | 2.7b | 2.4b | 2.7b | 2.8b | 2.5b | 3.2b | 4.8b | 4.9b | 4.2b | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit Margin, % | 38% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 39% | 61% | 41% | 43% | 43% | 45% | 49% | 49% | 60% | 90% | 90% | 88% |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 2.7b | 3.7b | 2.8b | 1.6b | 4.0b | 2.5b | 3.3b | 3.1b | 2.3b | 2.4b | 2.4b | 2.7b | 2.5b | 1.6b | 2.6b | 2.3b | 1.1b | 1.2b | 5.4b |
Accounts Receivable | 1.2b | 1.3b | 1.2b | 1.1b | 1.2b | 1.1b | 1.2b | 1.3b | 1.3b | 1.3b | 1.5b | 1.6b | 2.0b | 2.2b | 2.3b | 2.0b | 2.0b | 1.7b | |
Prepaid Expenses | 756.6m | 837.9m | 645.4m | 767.4m | 692.8m | 804.6m | 485.7m | 564.1m | 595.1m | 552.0m | 597.5m | 495.9m | 435.9m | 465.3m | 669.9m | 641.8m | 681.7m | 379.7m | 442.7m |
Inventories | 106.2m | 110.7m | 105.0m | 98.8m | 102.3m | 99.3m | 93.7m | 87.4m | 90.5m | 56.8m | 56.7m | 54.2m | 53.8m | 49.6m | 41.9m | 40.8m | 44.2m | 42.6m | 39.1m |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 1.2b | 2.6b | 3.7b | 811.5m | 2.0b | 3.3b | 1.1b | 2.2b | 3.5b | 1.2b | 2.6b | 4.5b | 1.4b | 2.9b | 1.3b | 2.8b | 4.5b | 1.1b | |
Depreciation and Amortization | 410.4m | 823.6m | 1.2b | 386.1m | 778.3m | 1.2b | 383.7m | 767.0m | 1.1b | 325.3m | 664.8m | 1.0b | 362.9m | 727.9m | 392.6m | 790.9m | 1.2b | 421.3m | |
Cash From Operating Activities | 1.9b | 3.4b | 5.2b | 1.7b | 3.2b | 5.2b | 1.7b | 3.0b | 5.2b | 1.5b | 2.8b | 4.4b | 1.6b | 5.5b | 2.0b | 3.9b | 6.2b | ||
Purchases of PP&E | (1.2b) | (1.9b) | (1.1b) | (1.7b) | (482.5m) |
| USD | Y, 2020 |
|---|---|
EV/EBIT | 108.6 x |
McDonald's Operating Metrics
McDonald's's Daily Active Users was reported to be 68 m in Mar, 2019.
| Q1, 2014 | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | FY, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | FY, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | FY, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | FY, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Mar, 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Restaurants | 35.49 k | 35.68 k | 35.86 k | 36.26 k | 36.29 k | 36.37 k | 36.41 k | 36.53 k | 36.47 k | 36.50 k | 36.62 k | 36.90 k | 36.91 k | 37.01 k | 36.98 k | 37.24 k | 37.29 k | |
Countries | 120 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | |
Daily Active Users | 68 m |
McDonald's Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Apprente | September 09, 2019 | |
| Dynamic Yield | March 26, 2019 | $300 m |
| Boston Market | May 18, 2000 | |
| Donatos Pizza | May 06, 1999 | |
| 3267114 Nova Scotia Company | ||
| Closed Joint Stock Company "Moscow-McDonald's" | ||
| Guangdong Sanyuan McDonald's Food Company Limited | ||
| HanGook McDonald's Co. Ltd. | ||
| Limited Liability Company "McDonald's" | ||
| Lux MC Holdings S.àr.l. |
McDonald's Revenue Breakdown
McDonald's revenue breakdown by business segment: 55.7% from Sales by Company-operated restaurants and 44.3% from Revenues from franchised restaurants
McDonald's revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 35.1% from U.S., 32.2% from International Lead Markets, 24.2% from High Growth Markets and 8.5% from Foundation Markets & Corporate
McDonald's Online and Social Media Presence
171.31k Twitter followers
McDonald's has 171.31k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has decreased 0.3% month over month and decreased 0.4% quarter over quarter
McDonald's's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @McDonaldsCorp
253.5k
Tweets
8.6k
Following
171.3k
Followers
34
Tweets last 30 days
16.9
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
McDonald's Company Culture
Overall Culture
C+
65/100
CEO Rating
C-
64/100
Compensation
D+
56/100
Diversity
C+
66/100
McDonald's News and Updates
June 23, 2017
McDonalds Is Replacing 2,500 Human Cashiers With Digital Kiosks: Here Is Its Math
In a report released this week by Cowen's Andrew Charles, the analyst calculates the jump in sales as a result of the company's new Experience of the Future strategy which anticipates that digital ordering kiosks (shown above) will replace cashiers in at least 2,500 restaurants by the end of 2017 an…
May 13, 2020
'It's life or death': Worker unrest, a shifting America, and internal tensions amid the coronavirus outbreak could forever change McDonald's
McDonald's is facing unprecedented protests during the coronavirus pandemic, as workers seek higher pay and safety protections.
"We're willing to go to jail for our children, for justice," said McDonald's worker Terrace Wise. "McDonald's should be fully aware of that."
Tensions also emerged betwe…
May 02, 2020
McDonald's Just Gave Customers Truly Worrying News
Just as the U.S. begins to emerge from lockdown, a dark reminder of how many businesses are interconnected.
April 18, 2020
McDonald's Wrote A Startling Letter That Should Really Worry Customers
When you choose a business model, make sure it'll be robust when you hit bad times.
April 14, 2020
Coronavirus: Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonald's serve meal to medical, frontline staff at govt hospitals
McDonald's, Pizza Hut and KFC will serve meals to medical and frontline staff at government hospitals as part of their coronavirus relief initiatives.
April 12, 2020
McDonald's Bet Big On This Smart Idea. Now It's Saving Lives
McDonald's didn't invent the drive-through, but it helped make it ubiquitous and tripled down on it as a business model
McDonald's Frequently Asked Questions
When was McDonald's founded?
McDonald's was founded in 1955.
Who are McDonald's key executives?
McDonald's's key executives are Chris Kempczinski, Lucy Brady and Joe Erlinger.
How many employees does McDonald's have?
McDonald's has 205,000 employees.
What is McDonald's revenue?
Latest McDonald's annual revenue is $21.1 b.
What is McDonald's revenue per employee?
Latest McDonald's revenue per employee is $102.8 k.
Who are McDonald's competitors?
Competitors of McDonald's include Yum! Brands, Burger King and Taco Bell.
Where is McDonald's headquarters?
McDonald's headquarters is located at 110 N Carpenter St, Chicago.
Where are McDonald's offices?
McDonald's has offices in Chicago, Oak Brook, Bethesda, Indianapolis and in 44 other locations.
How many offices does McDonald's have?
McDonald's has 48 offices.
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