Quick Look at McDonald's (MCD)

By Kent Smith • Thursday, October 27 12:00 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at McDonald's today, as its shares have moved 3.5% compared to -0.4% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

McDonald's has moved 4.5% over the last year compared to -16.7% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 21.2%
MCD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -4.01% away from its mean target price of $276.77 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (Eps) is $8.12
McDonald's has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (Eps) is $8.12 and its forward P/E ratio is 25.5
MCD has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 4.08, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
McDonald's is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.11 and an average P/B of 3.11
McDonald's has on average reported free cash flows of $5,419,825,000.00 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 23.3%
MCD's gross profit margins have averaged 52.1 % over the last four years, during which time they had a growth rate of 2.1 % and a coefficient of variability of 3.0 %.

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