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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Gross margin

annual gross margin:

56.33%-0.21%(-0.37%)
December 31, 2024

Summary

  • As of today (August 18, 2025), MCD annual gross profit margin is 56.33%, with the most recent change of -0.21% (-0.37%) on December 31, 2024.
  • During the last 3 years, MCD annual gross margin has risen by +2.46% (+4.57%).
  • MCD annual gross margin is now -26.44% below its all-time high of 76.58%, reached on December 31, 1993.

Performance

1-year change

-0.37%

3-year change

+4.57%

5-year change

+8.02%

15-year change

+21.04%

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Highlights

Sector rank

87.14%
MCD annual gross profit margin is higher than 87.14% of companies in Consumer Cyclical sector

Range

All-time high

76.58%
MCD annual gross profit margin is currently -26.44% below its historical high of 76.58%

3-year low

53.87%
MCD annual gross profit margin is currently +4.57% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last annual earnings report date

Dec 31, 2024
MCD previous annual earnings announcement was published on Dec 31, 2024

Next annual earnings report date

N/A
MCD next annual earnings announcement has not yet been scheduled

OtherMCDprofitability metrics

Annual revenue

$25.92B
MCD annual revenue is $25.92 billion

Annual gross profit

$14.60B
MCD annual gross profit is $14.60 billion

annual operating margin

2.09%
MCD annual operating profit margin is 2.09%

annual net margin

31.72%
MCD annual net profit margin is 31.72%

quarterly gross margin:

58.53%+1.95%(+3.45%)
June 30, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (August 18, 2025), MCD quarterly gross profit margin is 58.53%, with the most recent change of +1.95% (+3.45%) on June 30, 2025.
  • Over the past year, MCD quarterly gross margin has increased by +1.73% (+3.05%).
  • MCD quarterly gross margin is now -71.93% below its all-time high of 208.48%, reached on December 31, 1990.

Performance

3-month change

+3.45%

1-year change

+3.05%

3-year change

+2.45%

5-year change

+28.19%

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Highlights

Sector rank

88.39%
MCD quarterly gross profit margin is higher than 88.39% of companies in Consumer Cyclical sector

Range

All-time high

208.48%
MCD quarterly gross profit margin is currently -71.93% below its historical high of 208.48%

3-year low

55.24%
MCD quarterly gross profit margin is currently +5.96% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last quarterly earnings report date

Jun 30, 2025
MCD previous earnings announcement was published on Jun 30, 2025

Next quarterly earnings report date

Oct 28, 2025
MCD next earnings announcement is scheduled for Oct 28, 2025

OtherMCDprofitability metrics

Quarterly revenue

$6.84B
MCD quarterly revenue is $6.84 billion

quarterly gross profit

$4.00B
MCD quarterly gross profit is $4.00 billion

quarterly operating margin

47.65%
MCD quarterly operating profit margin is 47.65%

Quarterly net margin

32.92%
MCD quarterly net profit margin is 32.92%

Gross margin Formula

Gross Margin =  Gross Profit
Revenue ✕ 100%

annual gross margin

56.33%
MCD annual gross profit margin is 56.33%

Annual gross profit

$14.60B
MCD annual gross profit is $14.60 billion

Annual revenue

$25.92B
MCD annual revenue is $25.92 billion

MCD Gross margin Trends

PeriodPeriodAnnualAnnualQuarterlyQuarterly
1 y1 year-0.4%+3.0%
3 y3 years+4.6%+2.5%
5 y5 years+8.0%+28.2%

MCD Gross margin Highs & Lows

PeriodPeriodAnnual vs highAnnual vs highAnnual vs lowAnnual vs lowQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs lowQuarter. vs low
3 y3-year-0.4%+4.6%at high+6.0%
5 y5-year-0.4%+11.3%at high+28.2%
alltimeall time-26.4%+79.1%-71.9%+100.5%

MCD Gross margin History

DateAnnualQuarterly
Jun 2025
-
58.53%(+3.4%)
Mar 2025
-
56.58%(+2.0%)
Dec 2024
56.33%(-0.4%)
55.45%(-1.5%)
Sep 2024
-
56.28%(-0.9%)
Jun 2024
-
56.80%(+2.8%)
Mar 2024
-
55.24%(-0.7%)
Dec 2023
56.54%(+0.2%)
55.63%(-2.9%)
Sep 2023
-
57.31%(+0.8%)
Jun 2023
-
56.83%(+2.3%)
Mar 2023
-
55.56%(-0.8%)
Dec 2022
56.43%(+4.8%)
55.98%(-3.6%)
Sep 2022
-
58.07%(+1.6%)
Jun 2022
-
57.13%(+6.8%)
Mar 2022
-
53.48%(+1.2%)
Dec 2021
53.87%(+6.5%)
52.83%(-4.1%)
Sep 2021
-
55.09%(+1.2%)
Jun 2021
-
54.43%(+4.9%)
Mar 2021
-
51.90%(-0.4%)
Dec 2020
50.60%(-3.0%)
52.11%(-2.6%)
Sep 2020
-
53.49%(+17.1%)
Jun 2020
-
45.66%(-7.8%)
Mar 2020
-
49.51%(-5.9%)
Dec 2019
52.15%(+1.7%)
52.62%(-0.4%)
Sep 2019
-
52.82%(+0.8%)
Jun 2019
-
52.40%(+2.4%)
Mar 2019
-
51.18%(-2.0%)
Dec 2018
51.30%(+10.2%)
52.23%(-0.6%)
Sep 2018
-
52.56%(+2.7%)
Jun 2018
-
51.17%(+4.0%)
Mar 2018
-
49.19%(-1.4%)
Dec 2017
46.54%(+12.3%)
49.91%(+1.9%)
Sep 2017
-
48.96%(+9.4%)
Jun 2017
-
44.77%(+4.6%)
Mar 2017
-
42.80%(+0.9%)
Dec 2016
41.45%(+7.6%)
42.43%(-0.8%)
Sep 2016
-
42.76%(+3.6%)
Jun 2016
-
41.28%(+5.3%)
Mar 2016
-
39.19%(-0.9%)
Dec 2015
38.52%(+1.1%)
39.53%(+0.9%)
Sep 2015
-
39.17%(+2.2%)
Jun 2015
-
38.33%(+3.8%)
Mar 2015
-
36.94%(-1.9%)
Dec 2014
38.10%(-1.8%)
37.64%(-1.9%)
Sep 2014
-
38.37%(-1.0%)
Jun 2014
-
38.77%(+3.2%)
Mar 2014
-
37.55%(-2.9%)
Dec 2013
38.79%(-1.1%)
38.67%(-2.7%)
Sep 2013
-
39.74%(+1.8%)
Jun 2013
-
39.04%(+3.8%)
Mar 2013
-
37.61%(-4.2%)
Dec 2012
39.24%(-0.8%)
39.24%(-1.7%)
Sep 2012
-
39.91%(+1.6%)
Jun 2012
-
39.27%(+2.1%)
Mar 2012
-
38.46%(-3.3%)
Dec 2011
39.57%(-1.1%)
39.77%(-1.9%)
Sep 2011
-
40.56%(+2.8%)
Jun 2011
-
39.47%(+3.1%)
Mar 2011
-
38.30%(-3.8%)
Dec 2010
40.03%(+3.6%)
39.82%(-3.7%)
Sep 2010
-
41.34%(+2.6%)
Jun 2010
-
40.31%(+4.7%)
Mar 2010
-
38.50%(-2.3%)
Dec 2009
38.65%(+5.2%)
39.40%(-1.1%)
Sep 2009
-
39.83%(+3.7%)
Jun 2009
-
38.42%(+4.9%)
Mar 2009
-
36.64%(-1.8%)
Dec 2008
36.73%(+5.9%)
37.30%(-1.1%)
Sep 2008
-
37.71%(+3.0%)
Jun 2008
-
36.62%(+4.1%)
Mar 2008
-
35.18%(-1.8%)
Dec 2007
34.69%(+4.6%)
35.81%(-0.4%)
Sep 2007
-
35.95%(+7.6%)
Jun 2007
-
33.41%(+5.4%)
Mar 2007
-
31.69%(-3.3%)
Dec 2006
33.18%
32.76%(-3.8%)
Sep 2006
-
34.07%(+6.9%)
Jun 2006
-
31.86%(+3.2%)
DateAnnualQuarterly
Mar 2006
-
30.88%(-0.7%)
Dec 2005
31.45%(-42.8%)
31.09%(-1.5%)
Sep 2005
-
31.55%(+1.8%)
Jun 2005
-
30.99%(+3.6%)
Mar 2005
-
29.91%(-3.4%)
Dec 2004
55.00%(+0.1%)
30.97%(-17.1%)
Sep 2004
-
37.34%(+21.7%)
Jun 2004
-
30.69%(-14.1%)
Mar 2004
-
35.74%(-0.9%)
Dec 2003
54.92%(+0.6%)
36.08%(-2.3%)
Sep 2003
-
36.94%(+2.9%)
Jun 2003
-
35.90%(+5.7%)
Mar 2003
-
33.96%(-1.3%)
Dec 2002
54.59%(-0.6%)
34.39%(+17.8%)
Sep 2002
-
29.19%(-2.4%)
Jun 2002
-
29.92%(-16.4%)
Mar 2002
-
35.80%(+0.5%)
Dec 2001
54.92%(-2.2%)
35.63%(+18.4%)
Sep 2001
-
30.10%(+1.7%)
Jun 2001
-
29.59%(-18.1%)
Mar 2001
-
36.12%(-1.6%)
Dec 2000
56.14%(+58.6%)
36.69%(-5.2%)
Sep 2000
-
38.71%(-2.5%)
Jun 2000
-
39.70%(+18.9%)
Mar 2000
-
33.40%(-3.7%)
Dec 1999
35.39%(-14.8%)
34.70%(-3.7%)
Sep 1999
-
36.05%(-1.1%)
Jun 1999
-
36.44%(+6.5%)
Mar 1999
-
34.21%(-39.8%)
Dec 1998
41.54%(-45.1%)
56.85%(+55.6%)
Sep 1998
-
36.54%(-0.7%)
Jun 1998
-
36.80%(+5.0%)
Mar 1998
-
35.06%(-82.1%)
Dec 1997
75.70%(-0.6%)
196.21%(+365.7%)
Sep 1997
-
42.13%(-3.5%)
Jun 1997
-
43.64%(+0.7%)
Mar 1997
-
43.33%(-75.5%)
Dec 1996
76.17%(-0.2%)
177.05%(+259.3%)
Sep 1996
-
49.28%(-1.0%)
Jun 1996
-
49.79%(+1.2%)
Mar 1996
-
49.19%(-56.0%)
Dec 1995
76.32%(+28.9%)
111.76%(+145.1%)
Sep 1995
-
45.59%(-0.2%)
Jun 1995
-
45.68%(+0.9%)
Mar 1995
-
45.28%(-59.2%)
Dec 1994
59.22%(-22.7%)
110.92%(+137.3%)
Sep 1994
-
46.74%(+0.5%)
Jun 1994
-
46.50%(+1.1%)
Mar 1994
-
46.00%(-59.4%)
Dec 1993
76.58%(+0.3%)
113.40%(+140.8%)
Sep 1993
-
47.10%(+1.8%)
Jun 1993
-
46.28%(+2.5%)
Mar 1993
-
45.16%(-77.2%)
Dec 1992
76.33%(+0.3%)
198.08%(+333.8%)
Sep 1992
-
45.66%(+2.0%)
Jun 1992
-
44.76%(+2.0%)
Mar 1992
-
43.90%(-78.0%)
Dec 1991
76.10%(+1.5%)
199.68%(+348.7%)
Sep 1991
-
44.50%(+3.7%)
Jun 1991
-
42.91%(+4.8%)
Mar 1991
-
40.96%(-80.4%)
Dec 1990
75.00%(+9.2%)
208.48%(+387.2%)
Sep 1990
-
42.79%(-0.9%)
Jun 1990
-
43.20%(+6.0%)
Mar 1990
-
40.75%(+0.9%)
Dec 1989
68.67%(+33.4%)
40.38%(-5.5%)
Sep 1989
-
42.75%(+0.0%)
Jun 1989
-
42.74%
Dec 1988
51.47%(-24.1%)
-
Dec 1987
67.78%(-0.3%)
-
Dec 1986
67.96%(+31.6%)
-
Dec 1985
51.64%(+1.0%)
-
Dec 1984
51.14%(+0.8%)
-
Dec 1983
50.72%(+1.7%)
-
Dec 1982
49.87%(+1.3%)
-
Dec 1981
49.21%(+2.6%)
-
Dec 1980
47.98%
-

FAQ

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  • What is McDonald's Corporation annual gross margin year-on-year change?
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What is McDonald's Corporation annual gross profit margin?

The current annual gross margin of MCD is 56.33%

What is the all time high annual gross margin for McDonald's Corporation?

McDonald's Corporation all-time high annual gross profit margin is 76.58%

What is McDonald's Corporation annual gross margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, MCD annual gross profit margin has changed by -0.21% (-0.37%)

What is McDonald's Corporation quarterly gross profit margin?

The current quarterly gross margin of MCD is 58.53%

What is the all time high quarterly gross margin for McDonald's Corporation?

McDonald's Corporation all-time high quarterly gross profit margin is 208.48%

What is McDonald's Corporation quarterly gross margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, MCD quarterly gross profit margin has changed by +1.73% (+3.05%)
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