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Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets
McDonald's Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets decreased by 30.7% to $79.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.3%, from $75.00M to $79.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets shows relatively stable performance with a -1.4% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ1 2018
Last reportedQ1 2026May 7, 2026
How to read this metric
An increase suggests investment in infrastructure or technology, while a decrease indicates a focus on maintaining existing asset bases.
Detailed definition
This captures cash outflows for the acquisition of productive assets that fall outside standard property, plant, and equ...
Peer comparison
Varies by company accounting policy; peers may classify these under general capital expenditures or specific technology investments.
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mcd_payments_to_acquire_other_productive_assetsHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $49.40M | $28.60M | $257.50M | $86.70M | $110.50M | $152.30M | $457.50M | $98.00M | $114.00M | $92.00M | $137.00M | $52.00M | $110.00M | $433.00M | $74.00M | $75.00M | $56.00M | $109.00M | $114.00M | $79.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -42.1% | +800.3% | -66.3% | +27.5% | +37.8% | +200.4% | -78.6% | +16.3% | -19.3% | +48.9% | -62.0% | +111.5% | +293.6% | -82.9% | +1.4% | -25.3% | +94.6% | +4.6% | -30.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +123.7% | +432.5% | +77.7% | +13.0% | +3.2% | -39.6% | -70.1% | -46.9% | -3.5% | +370.7% | -46.0% | +44.2% | -49.1% | -74.8% | +54.1% | +5.3% |
Range$28.60M – $457.50M
CAGR+10.4%
Avg YoY Growth+49.6%
Median YoY Growth+4.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is McDonald's's payments to acquire other productive assets?
- McDonald's (MCD) reported payments to acquire other productive assets of $79.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has McDonald's's payments to acquire other productive assets changed year-over-year?
- McDonald's's payments to acquire other productive assets increased by 5.3% year-over-year, from $75.00M to $79.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for McDonald's's payments to acquire other productive assets?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), McDonald's's payments to acquire other productive assets has grown at a -1.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $374.20M to $354.00M.
- What does payments to acquire other productive assets mean?
- Cash spent on acquiring non-standard productive assets needed for operations.