What is McDonald's's interest expense?

McDonald's (MCD) reported interest expense of $400M in Q1 2026.

How has McDonald's's interest expense changed year-over-year?

McDonald's's interest expense increased by 6.4% year-over-year, from $376M to $400M.

What is the long-term trend for McDonald's's interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), McDonald's's interest expense has grown at a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.19B to $1.58B.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

McDonald's MCD Interest Expense

Interest Expense at other companies

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$34.11M+8.4%

Nathan's FamousNATH

$653K-14.4%

EAT

Brinker InternationalEAT

$10.1M-23.5%

StarbucksSBUX

$137M+7.6%

Domino's PizzaDPZ

$46.23M+1.4%

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

-$123M+5.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.5B+9.4%

Gross profit$5.8B+9.5%

Operating income$3.0B+11.5%

Net income$2.0B+6.2%

EPS (diluted)$2.78+6.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B-5.5%

Total debt$54.9B+4.0%

Total equity-$1.3B+62.8%

Total assets$60.0B+6.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.4B-0.7%

CapEx$682.0M+23.8%

Free cash flow$1.7B-7.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$192.06B-6.0%

Enterprise value$245.77B-4.8%

P/E22.1×-2.2×

P/S7×-0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin86.6%—

Operating margin46.3%+1.0pp

Net margin31.6%-0.1pp

FCF margin25.6%-0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity45.4%—

Debt / equity6.5×—

Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by McDonald's in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.

The official record: McDonald's’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is McDonald's's interest expense?: McDonald's (MCD) reported interest expense of $400M in Q1 2026.
How has McDonald's's interest expense changed year-over-year?: McDonald's's interest expense increased by 6.4% year-over-year, from $376M to $400M.
What is the long-term trend for McDonald's's interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), McDonald's's interest expense has grown at a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.19B to $1.58B.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.