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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$318.15
+2.1%
$303.38
$243.53
$326.32
$227.31B0.713.52 million shs7.02 million shs
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$151.37
+1.5%
$149.32
$141.51
$183.41
$207.58B0.495.91 million shs8.21 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
-0.60%-0.54%+2.63%+6.56%+12.22%
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
-0.37%+0.32%-4.40%-0.73%-13.02%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
4.2375 of 5 stars
2.33.04.21.13.32.51.3
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
4.644 of 5 stars
3.15.04.21.53.01.71.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
2.69
Moderate Buy$323.301.62% Upside
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
2.26
Hold$169.8812.23% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MCD and PEP Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/3/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$360.00 ➝ $353.00
3/27/2025
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
KeyCorp
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$335.00 ➝ $340.00
3/18/2025
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
Barclays
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DowngradeOverweight ➝ Equal Weight$168.00 ➝ $156.00
3/17/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Erste Group Bank
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UpgradeHold ➝ Strong-Buy
3/17/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$340.00 ➝ $335.00
3/12/2025
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
Jefferies Financial Group
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DowngradeBuy ➝ Hold$171.00 ➝ $170.00
3/6/2025
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PEP
PepsiCo
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$153.00 ➝ $168.00
2/11/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$336.00 ➝ $340.00
2/11/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Truist Financial
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$342.00 ➝ $340.00
2/11/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
BMO Capital Markets
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$335.00 ➝ $340.00
2/11/2025
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MCD
McDonald's
Bank of America
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$312.00 ➝ $316.00
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
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MCD
McDonald's
$25.92B8.77$13.84 per share22.99($5.30) per share-60.03
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$91.85B2.26$11.15 per share13.58$13.25 per share11.42
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$8.22B$11.3927.9323.993.1031.73%-181.63%15.48%5/1/2025 (Estimated)
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$9.58B$6.9521.7817.123.0910.43%58.87%11.28%4/24/2025 (Estimated)

Latest MCD and PEP Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/1/2025N/A
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$2.68N/AN/AN/A$6.17 billionN/A
4/24/2025N/A
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$1.52N/AN/AN/A$17.81 billionN/A
2/10/2025Q4 2024
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$2.83$2.83N/A$2.80$6.48 billionN/A
2/4/2025Q4 2024
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$1.94$1.96+$0.02$1.11$27.89 billion$27.78 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
$7.082.23%+8.90%62.16%49 Years
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$5.423.58%+7.86%77.99%53 Years

Latest MCD and PEP Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
2/5/2025
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
quarterly$1.35503.72%3/7/20253/7/20253/31/2025
2/6/2025
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
quarterly$1.772.41%3/3/20253/3/20253/17/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
N/A
1.19
0.77
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
2.05
0.82
0.65

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
70.29%
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
73.07%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
0.23%
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
0.15%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
McDonald's Co. stock logo
MCD
McDonald's
150,000714.46 million714.97 millionOptionable
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
315,0001.37 billion1.37 billionOptionable

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McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$318.15 +6.57 (+2.11%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$317.80 -0.35 (-0.11%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

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PepsiCo NASDAQ:PEP

$151.37 +2.25 (+1.51%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$151.47 +0.10 (+0.07%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; dairy products; and sparkling water makers and related products, as well as distributes alcoholic beverages under Hard MTN Dew brand. The company offers its products primarily under the Lay's, Doritos, Fritos, Tostitos, BaiCaoWei, Cheetos, Cap'n Crunch, Life, Pearl Milling Company, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, Rice-A-Roni, Aquafina, Bubly, Emperador, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade Zero, Crush, Propel, Dr Pepper, Schweppes, Marias Gamesa, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas, Tostitos, 7UP, Diet 7UP, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi Black, Pepsi Max, San Carlos, Toddy, Walkers, Chipsy, Kurkure, Sasko, Spekko, White Star, Smith's, Sting, SodaStream, Lubimyj Sad, Agusha, Chudo, Domik v Derevne, Lipton, and other brands. It serves wholesale and other distributors, foodservice customers, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, discount/dollar stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, hard discounters, e-commerce retailers and authorized independent bottlers, and others through a network of direct-store-delivery, customer warehouse, and distributor networks, as well as directly to consumers through e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is based in Purchase, New York.