McDonald's (MCD) Competitors $309.84 +3.06 (+1.00%) Closing price 04/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$309.86 +0.02 (+0.01%) As of 04/11/2025 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MCD vs. SBUX, CMG, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, and PZZAShould you be buying McDonald's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McDonald's include Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), and Papa Johns International (PZZA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. McDonald's vs. Starbucks Chipotle Mexican Grill Yum! Brands Darden Restaurants Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings. Does the media favor SBUX or MCD? In the previous week, McDonald's had 15 more articles in the media than Starbucks. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for McDonald's and 67 mentions for Starbucks. Starbucks' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat McDonald's' score of 0.67 indicating that Starbucks is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Starbucks 34 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive McDonald's 43 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 22 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SBUX or MCD? 72.3% of Starbucks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Starbucks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher earnings and valuation, SBUX or MCD? McDonald's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Starbucks. McDonald's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starbucks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStarbucks$36.15B2.68$3.76B$3.1027.56McDonald's$25.92B8.54$8.22B$11.3927.20 Is SBUX or MCD more profitable? McDonald's has a net margin of 31.73% compared to Starbucks' net margin of 9.73%. Starbucks' return on equity of -44.97% beat McDonald's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Starbucks9.73% -44.97% 11.47% McDonald's 31.73%-181.63%15.48% Which has more risk and volatility, SBUX or MCD? Starbucks has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate SBUX or MCD? Starbucks presently has a consensus target price of $104.68, indicating a potential upside of 22.53%. McDonald's has a consensus target price of $322.87, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Starbucks' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Starbucks is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Starbucks 2 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.69 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBUX or MCD? Starbucks received 27 more outperform votes than McDonald's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.25% of users gave Starbucks an outperform vote while only 71.93% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStarbucksOutperform Votes211376.25% Underperform Votes65823.75% McDonald'sOutperform Votes208671.93% Underperform Votes81428.07% Is SBUX or MCD a better dividend stock? Starbucks pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. McDonald's pays an annual dividend of $7.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Starbucks pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McDonald's pays out 62.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starbucks has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and McDonald's has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. SummaryStarbucks and McDonald's tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get McDonald's News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MCD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MCD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMcDonald'sEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$221.37B$8.77B$23.10B$18.30BDividend Yield2.36%5.24%170.22%4.23%P/E Ratio27.2025.7821.6630.73Price / Sales8.541.833.6925.97Price / Cash22.9919.1719.4117.54Price / Book-58.465.395.534.25Net Income$8.22B$318.00M$781.29M$1.02B7 Day Performance3.39%0.27%5.85%1.36%1 Month Performance4.17%-6.30%-3.87%-6.18%1 Year Performance15.88%-4.89%-1.76%-1.30% McDonald's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCDMcDonald's3.9399 of 5 stars$309.84+1.0%$322.87+4.2%N/A$221.37B$25.92B27.20150,000SBUXStarbucks4.409 of 5 stars$80.00-2.6%$105.12+31.4%N/A$91.08B$36.15B25.87402,000Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageCMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.3387 of 5 stars$46.78-1.1%$66.10+41.3%N/A$63.40B$11.31B42.14105,000YUMYum! Brands3.8394 of 5 stars$146.01-1.2%$151.60+3.8%N/A$40.75B$7.55B27.9736,000Analyst ForecastDRIDarden Restaurants4.1725 of 5 stars$190.76-0.8%$201.38+5.6%N/A$22.48B$11.76B21.98179,000Positive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza2.5857 of 5 stars$441.31-0.7%$503.04+14.0%N/A$15.14B$4.71B27.1111,000Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.9981 of 5 stars$155.71-2.6%$192.23+23.5%N/A$10.39B$5.37B24.1791,000News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownEATBrinker International3.5963 of 5 stars$138.22+2.3%$140.18+1.4%N/A$6.14B$4.83B23.9568,852Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownWENWendy's4.782 of 5 stars$13.23-0.5%$18.08+36.7%N/A$2.66B$2.25B13.9714,500Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap DownCAKECheesecake Factory4.3927 of 5 stars$44.66-2.2%$52.13+16.7%N/A$2.32B$3.58B14.0247,900PZZAPapa Johns International3.9857 of 5 stars$35.01-3.6%$55.25+57.8%N/A$1.15B$2.06B12.2112,000Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Starbucks Competitors Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors Yum! 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