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McDonald's MCD Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

Starbucks logo
StarbucksSBUX
2.7×-0.4×
Yum! Brands logo
Yum! BrandsYUM
5.1×-0.6×
Chipotle Mexican Grill logo
Chipotle Mexican GrillCMG
3.4×-2.5×
Restaurant Brands International logo
Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR
2.7×+0.2×

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$201.66B-0.8%
Enterprise value$255.37B+0.1%
P/E23.2×-1.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin86.6%
Operating margin46.3%+1.0pp
Net margin31.6%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity45.4%
Debt / equity6.5×
Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from McDonald's’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 price / sales?
McDonald's (MCD) reported price / sales of 8.1× in Q1 2026.
How has McDonald's's price / sales changed year-over-year?
McDonald's's price / sales decreased by 7.1% year-over-year, from 8.7× to 8.1×.
What is the long-term trend for McDonald's's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), McDonald's's price / sales has grown at a -0.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 33.1× to 33×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.