McDonald's (MCD) Competitors $296.87 -3.50 (-1.17%) Closing price 07/18/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$297.00 +0.13 (+0.04%) As of 07/18/2025 07:59 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. DPZ, PEP, PZZA, SBUX, TSLA, WEN, CMG, QSR, YUM, and YUMCShould you be buying McDonald's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McDonald's include Domino's Pizza (DPZ), PepsiCo (PEP), Papa John's International (PZZA), Starbucks (SBUX), Tesla (TSLA), Wendy's (WEN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Yum China (YUMC). McDonald's vs. Its Competitors Domino's Pizza PepsiCo Papa John's International Starbucks Tesla Wendy's Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant Brands International Yum! Brands Yum China Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations. Do analysts rate DPZ or MCD? Domino's Pizza presently has a consensus target price of $487.84, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. McDonald's has a consensus target price of $319.72, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Given McDonald's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe McDonald's is more favorable than Domino's Pizza.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Domino's Pizza 2 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54McDonald's 2 Sell rating(s) 14 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is DPZ or MCD a better dividend stock? Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. McDonald's pays an annual dividend of $7.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McDonald's pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Domino's Pizza has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and McDonald's has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. McDonald's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DPZ or MCD? 94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is DPZ or MCD more profitable? McDonald's has a net margin of 31.75% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.84%. Domino's Pizza's return on equity of -15.45% beat McDonald's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Domino's Pizza12.84% -15.45% 33.56% McDonald's 31.75%-195.27%15.21% Does the media favor DPZ or MCD? In the previous week, McDonald's had 75 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for McDonald's and 23 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat McDonald's' score of 0.59 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Domino's Pizza 7 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive McDonald's 59 Very Positive mention(s) 7 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 5 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings and valuation, DPZ or MCD? McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than Domino's Pizza. McDonald's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domino's Pizza, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDomino's Pizza$4.71B3.39$584.17M$17.4426.72McDonald's$25.92B8.19$8.22B$11.3326.20 Which has more risk and volatility, DPZ or MCD? Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDomino's Pizza beats McDonald's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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 MCD 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'sRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$212.27B$11.72B$26.57B$20.82BDividend Yield2.38%3.78%177.11%3.65%P/E Ratio26.2038.3029.8627.57Price / Sales8.192.126.0459.26Price / Cash20.1717.5717.0917.94Price / Book-56.0110.315.674.66Net Income$8.22B$400.87M$879.47M$995.01M7 Day Performance-1.65%-1.00%-0.31%-0.38%1 Month Performance3.53%1.08%5.64%6.21%1 Year Performance15.39%2.80%23.83%11.21% McDonald's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCDMcDonald's4.5474 of 5 stars$296.87-1.2%$319.72+7.7%+15.4%$212.27B$25.92B26.20150,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastDPZDomino's Pizza3.3887 of 5 stars$472.34+1.7%$487.84+3.3%+15.3%$16.17B$4.71B27.0810,700PEPPepsiCo4.5171 of 5 stars$135.69+0.3%$158.19+16.6%-15.4%$185.96B$91.85B19.95319,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPZZAPapa John's International3.1664 of 5 stars$47.51+1.0%$51.25+7.9%+8.9%$1.55B$2.06B20.1911,400News CoveragePositive NewsSBUXStarbucks4.177 of 5 stars$93.39-1.6%$98.73+5.7%+18.3%$106.10B$36.18B33.83361,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastTSLATesla4.6816 of 5 stars$315.98+0.8%$300.19-5.0%+37.8%$1.02T$97.69B173.29125,665Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsWENWendy's4.9816 of 5 stars$10.96-0.6%$16.13+47.3%-40.7%$2.10B$2.25B11.6514,500Analyst ForecastCMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.7232 of 5 stars$54.62-2.5%$61.21+12.1%+0.6%$73.61B$11.31B48.35130,504Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionQSRRestaurant Brands International4.3784 of 5 stars$67.22-0.2%$76.39+13.7%-4.8%$22.02B$8.41B22.7837,600Analyst ForecastYUMYum! Brands4.4943 of 5 stars$147.95-1.2%$159.86+8.1%+17.4%$41.14B$7.55B29.4840,000Positive NewsYUMCYum China4.6826 of 5 stars$47.56-0.1%$48.70+2.4%+54.6%$17.66B$11.30B19.90351,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Domino's Pizza Competitors PepsiCo Competitors Papa John's International Competitors Starbucks Competitors Tesla Competitors Wendy's Competitors Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors Restaurant Brands International Competitors Yum! 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