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Key TakeawaysCFO Ian Borden told investors on the Q2 2026 call that McDonald’s generated more than $4. 28 billion in restaurant margins and called franchisee financial health “still quite healthy,” citing ample borrowing capacity across the system.
The restaurant giant raised its dividend again, extending a streak that now spans half a century.
McDonald's shares are sitting at two-year lows while Darden just handed investors an 8% raise, and that shifting math forces a hard question about which restaurant dividend a retiree can actually count on when the bills come due.
Investors need to pay close attention to MCD stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
McDonald's, Starbucks, and Dutch Bros Face a New Investor Test
Burger King just posted its strongest quarter in years while McDonald's U.S. traffic turned negative in July, and the gap between these two fast food giants now raises a serious question about which stock actually belongs in your portfolio.
McDonald's (MCD) stock fell 14.2% over the past 12 months, versus roughly 14.3% for the S&P 500, and now sits near its 52-week low. Over roughly the same stretch, management changed how it explains weak traffic. It used to point at customers outside its control. It now points at its own restaurants, and that makes the stock a different bet.
McDonald’s told franchisees it will spend the coming weeks building a “longer-term” value plan aimed at price-sensitive customers, Bloomberg reported.
Investing.com -- McDonald's Corp. is developing a new value strategy with franchisees after posting its weakest US sales growth in over a year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
McDonald's is supposed to be the stock that holds up when consumers fall apart, so why is it trading like the crisis is already here while retail spending hits record highs? The answer exposes a fracture in the American consumer that most portfolios are not priced for.
Three longtime Dividend Aristocrats are closing in on a milestone only a handful of US companies have ever reached, but only one of them is genuinely standing on the doorstep of joining the most exclusive income-investing club in the market.
Chili’s went after fast-food burgers, and now it wants to take a bite out of to-go Mexican. Executives from Chili’s parent Brinker International said Thursday that the chain plans on developing new spins on tacos and quesadillas.
Dutch Bros' growth is supported by shop expansion, digital adoption and higher 2026 guidance, but its premium valuation and rising costs add risk.
SBUX plans 600-650 net new stores in fiscal 2026, leaning on international growth, licensing and disciplined development to expand globally.
Walmart is facing pressure from struggling lower-income shoppers while gas prices climb, yet the family that owns nearly half the company has never been wealthier. Here is how the Waltons are faring as the retailer they inherited navigates turbulent ground.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) trades at about 28.4 times its trailing adjusted earnings, the basis that adds stock-based compensation back to normalized net income. That is a steep price for a chain whose existing restaurants are guided to low single-digit sales growth for 2026. On what analysts expect Chipotle to earn by 2027, the same price is about 24.1 times. Those forward multiples sit on analyst-consensus earnings, which are not defined the same way as the trailing adjusted figure, so part
Investors need more than ambitious long-term growth targets
Stocks that are most closely tied to the health of the US consumer have trailed the broader market badly this year. A potential Federal Reserve interest-rate hike Wednesday may add to the segment’s stress.
Seaport sees different trends across the restaurant stocks, with CAVA offering strong growth potential, while Wendy’s, Chipotle, Starbucks and McDonald’s face concerns around traffic, valuation and business performance.
On September 11, an Investing Club member asked whether McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was a buy, sell, or hold after the stock fell nearly 20% over the previous 12 months, noting that higher beef prices were a factor. Mad Money host Jim Cramer stated: Okay, I want you to buy it here. Let me tell you […]
WEN's turnaround targets traffic, value and restaurant economics as weak sales, cost inflation and investment pressure weigh on EBITDA recovery.
CAVA's loyalty base grows faster than restaurant openings as traffic gains and menu innovation deepen customer engagement.
Mixue sells 45-cent ice cream cones out of 47,000 stores. The blueprint came from watching how Dollar General beat Walmart.
LeBron James invested in Mike Red's Tacos, which has three corporate stores open and franchise commitments for about 300 more.
An employee at a Greensboro, North Caroliona, McDonald’s was physically attacked in June by a group of juvenile girls. They were fighting among themselves in the restaurant and turned on her when she asked them to leave. In January, a routine refund dispute sparked explicit death threats by an aggressive customer against a crew of Paul’s Drive In in […]
In recent weeks, McDonald's outlined progress in its Accelerating the Arches plan, highlighting a global delivery platform generating about US$20.00 billion in systemwide sales across 90% of its restaurants and an upcoming investor day focused on addressing demand pressures and digital growth. A key development is the company's push to route 30% of delivery sales through its own app by the end of 2027, underscoring how digital ordering and unified technology systems are becoming central to...
The latest trading day saw McDonald's (MCD) settling at $257.49, representing a +1.96% change from its previous close.
McDonald's is slashing Big Mac meal prices to lure back customers at the same moment diesel costs shatter records, leaving franchisees caught between a value-hungry public and a supply chain bleeding money at every mile.
McDonald's (MCD) investor day on Sept. 23 will likely flesh out the strategies the fast food giant h