MCD

McDonald's
Restaurants · Consumer Discretionary · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$267.45
+0.2% on the session
1-year return
-11.3%
-17.4% over six months
Volatility
18.1%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-22.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

McDonald's is a restaurants name in the consumer discretionary sector. Over the past year it returned -11.3%, against -4.1% over three months and +1.3% over one. It trades 9.6% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 18.1% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -22.0%, and it has traded a median $1.2B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.02 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Discretionary#29 of 47
Stronger than 39% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#396 of 500

How MCD scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Restaurants.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.2%
1 week-3.0%
1 month+1.3%
3 months-4.1%
6 months-17.4%
1 year-11.3%
12-1 momentum-12.4%
Volatility (1y, annualized)18.1%
Max drawdown (1y)-22.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-9.6%
Return per unit of risk-0.62
Median daily dollar volume$1.2B
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