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McDonald's results may not impress this quarter, but the company is still a resilient global leader.

McDonald's stock has delivered a 29.7% gain over the past five years, yet its current valuation picture is mixed, with an intrinsic value estimate based on a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model that points to the shares sitting close to fair value while market multiples look more generous. Over five years McDonald's has returned 29.7%, which is a solid outcome but not the kind of performance that clearly signals the stock is either stretched or deeply mispriced. Recent commentary around price...

Corporate earnings from big U.S. companies and closely-watched jobs reports are among the key updates for Wall Street this week. The latest batch of profit updates and forecasts could help give investors a clearer picture of how and where households are spending money amid stubbornly high inflation. Bleach and household products maker Clorox and hotel operator Marriott International report their latest results on Monday.

McDonald's Corporation recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$1.86 per share, payable on September 16, 2026, to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2026, while analysts now expect slower same-store-sales growth amid pressure on lower-income customers ahead of the August 4 earnings release. This mix of a reaffirmed income stream and growing concern over decelerating sales and bearish earnings revisions highlights a tension between McDonald's dividend appeal and questions...

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of McDonald's (MCD) for the quarter ended June 2026 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

Publicis is pairing AI-powered marketing with strong client retention, growing free cash flow, and a major data acquisition. Despite outperforming peers, the shares still trade at a discount.

The fast food industry’s automation push carried a simple promise: Robots would flip burgers, AI would take drive-thru orders, and labor costs would fall.

Dutch Bros (BROS) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Generating $7,000 a month in retirement sounds like a math problem, but for Medicare-eligible investors it's also a tax trap where chasing a higher yield can quietly trigger surcharges that claw back the gains.

Coca-Cola and Boeing are surging together for the first time in years as investors abandon AI darlings, and the catalyst behind each stock tells a very different story about where the market is heading.

Jim Cramer has a name for quality dividend stocks that crash for no good reason, and buying them at the right moment turns a market panic into a windfall. Only one name on his watchlist currently fits the setup.

McDonald's (MCD) same-store-sales growth is expected to slow in Q2 and Q3 as pressure on lower-incom

McDonald's (MCD) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Carillon Tower Advisers, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The second quarter of 2026 was driven by a sharp rally in AI-related stocks, although gains were concentrated in highly cyclical semiconductor, memory and optical companies. The […]

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is among the top dividend stocks in President Trump’s portfolio, according to his disclosures earlier this year. MCD has about 50 years of consecutive dividend increases under its belt. The company is scheduled to announce earnings on August 4. The stock is down about 10% so far this year. Is this an opportunity […]

Chipotle's own management spent billions buying back stock at prices well above where shares trade today, and Wall Street analysts see a 43% bounce ahead of this week's earnings report. The question is whether a traffic slump will overshadow the bull case or set up the buying opportunity of the year.

McDonald's (MCD) has affirmed a quarterly cash dividend of US$1.86 per share, payable on September 16, 2026 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2026, drawing attention to the stock’s income profile. See our latest analysis for McDonald's. The latest dividend announcement comes as McDonald's share price has eased over 2026, with a year to date share price return of down 10.75% and a 1 year total shareholder return of down 7.35%. This signals fading momentum despite a 5 year total...

Wall Street analysts are still pounding the table on McDonald's, Oracle, and Uber even as all three sink toward 52-week lows, but each stock tells a completely different story about why the gap between price and target has grown so wide.

Starbucks has found the perfect mix of digital and human ordering. You can use the company's app to place your complicated order and know it will be made exactly the way you want. And people who don't want to use the app can stand in line or go through the drive-through to order from an actual ...

McDonald's (MCD) closed at $270.67 in the latest trading session, marking a +2.23% move from the prior day.

McDonald's (MCD) is expected to report "sluggish" Q2 same-store sales as weaker consumer spending an

Generating $48,000 a year in dividends sounds like a retirement fantasy until you see how the math actually splits across three very different yield strategies, each demanding a radically different amount of starting capital and carrying its own hidden cost.

McDonald's revolutionized fast-food breakfast with the creation of the Egg McMuffin in 1971 and the item's national rollout in 1975. Herb Peterson, a McDonald's franchisee in Southern California, created the breakfast sandwich, which was meant to be a portable version of Eggs Benedict. "It was ...

Could Greg Abel bring McDonald's back to Berkshire? The Golden Arches still fit Buffett's investing blueprint almost perfectly.

The cyclospora outbreak in the US is directly impacting fast-food chain Taco Bell's sales after the health crisis was linked to fresh produce like lettuce. Placer.ai head of analytical research R.J. Hottovy discusses with Market Domination Host Brooke DiPalma how Taco Bell and its consumer base are both reacting to this health scare. Yum! Brands (YUM) — the parent company of Taco Bell — stock has been trading steadily recently despite this controversy

Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma explains what you need to know about the recent egg recall, Lamb Weston's (LW) quarterly earnings, and Coors Light's (TAP) partnership with Cheez-It on "beer cheese crackers."

Uber just cut a chunk of its customer service workforce in the name of AI efficiency, and it is far from alone. The real question is whether these scattered layoffs signal the early edge of a wave that could reshape employment across entire industries.

SBUX heads into Q3 earnings with improving traffic, loyalty momentum and product innovation, while investors await greater clarity on near-term growth.

New research highlights that easing gas prices are not significantly lifting restaurant traffic, as consumers face falling real wages and thinner savings. McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) is included among chains where customers remain highly price sensitive despite lower fuel costs. The report points to brands that manage menu inflation and respond to demand for healthier options as better placed under ongoing spending pressure. For McDonald's investors, this adds another data point to a year where...