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McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Payout Ratio

Annual Payout Ratio:

59.22%+5.70%(+10.65%)
December 31, 2024

Summary

  • As of today (October 5, 2025), MCD annual payout ratio is 59.22%, with the most recent change of +5.70% (+10.65%) on December 31, 2024.
  • During the last 3 years, MCD annual payout ratio has risen by +7.28% (+14.02%).
  • MCD annual payout ratio is now -25.35% below its all-time high of 79.33%, reached on December 31, 2020.

Performance

1-Year Change

+10.65%

3-Year Change

+14.02%

5-Year Change

-0.39%

15-Year Change

-0.47%

MCD Payout Ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector Percentile

91.03%
MCD annual payout ratio is higher than 91.03% of companies in Consumer Cyclical sector

Range

All-Time High

79.33%
MCD annual payout ratio is currently -25.35% below its historical high of 79.33%

3-Year Low

51.94%
MCD annual payout ratio is currently +14.02% 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

OtherMCDdividend metrics

Annual Dividend Per Share

$6.78
MCD annual dividend per share is $6.78

Annual Dividend Yield

2.25%
MCD annual dividend yield is 2.25%

Annual Dividends Paid

$4.87B
MCD annual dividends paid is $4.87 billion

Annual Net Income

$8.22B
MCD annual net profit is $8.22 billion

TTM Payout Ratio:

60.64%0.00%(0.00%)
October 3, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (October 5, 2025), MCD TTM payout ratio is 60.64%, unchanged on October 3, 2025.
  • Over the past year, MCD TTM payout ratio has increased by +2.00% (+3.41%).
  • MCD TTM payout ratio is now -53.67% below its all-time high of 130.89%.

Performance

3-Month Change

+1.42%

1-Year Change

+3.41%

3-Year Change

-12.8%

5-Year Change

-20.55%

MCD TTM Payout Ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector Percentile

91.53%
MCD TTM payout ratio is higher than 91.53% of companies in Consumer Cyclical sector

Range

All-Time High

130.89%
MCD TTM payout ratio is currently -53.67% below its historical high of 130.89%

3-Year Low

53.57%
MCD TTM payout ratio is currently +13.20% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last Quarterly Earnings Report Date

N/A
MCD has not yet announced its earnings

Next Quarterly Earnings Report Date

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

OtherMCDdividend metrics

TTM Dividend Per Share

$7.08
MCD TTM dividend per share is $7.08

TTM Dividend Yield

2.35%
MCD TTM dividend yield is 2.35%

TTM Dividends Paid

$5.00B
MCD TTM dividends paid is $5.00 billion

TTM Net Income

$8.39B
MCD TTM net profit is $8.39 billion

Quarterly Payout Ratio:

56.10%-11.67%(-17.22%)
June 30, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (October 5, 2025), MCD quarterly payout ratio is 56.10%, with the most recent change of -11.67% (-17.22%) on June 30, 2025.
  • Over the past year, MCD quarterly payout ratio has dropped by -3.20% (-5.40%).
  • MCD quarterly payout ratio is now -70.81% below its all-time high of 192.17%, reached on June 30, 2020.

Performance

3-Month Change

-17.22%

1-Year Change

-5.4%

3-Year Change

-34.46%

5-Year Change

-70.81%

MCD Quarterly Payout Ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector Percentile

90.53%
MCD quarterly payout ratio is higher than 90.53% of companies in Consumer Cyclical sector

Range

All-Time High

192.17%
MCD quarterly payout ratio is currently -70.81% below its historical high of 192.17%

3-Year Low

47.68%
MCD quarterly payout ratio is currently +17.66% 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

Nov 5, 2025
MCD next earnings announcement is scheduled for Nov 5, 2025

OtherMCDdividend metrics

Dividend Per Share

$1.77
MCD last dividend was $1.77 per share, with an ex-dividend date of September 2, 2025

TTM Dividend Yield

2.35%
MCD TTM dividend yield is 2.35%

Quarterly Dividends Paid

$1.26B
MCD quarterly dividends paid is $1.26 billion

Quarterly Net Income

$2.25B
MCD quarterly net profit is $2.25 billion

Payout Ratio Formula

Payout Ratio =  Dividends Paid
Net Income x 100%

Annual Payout Ratio

59.22%
MCD annual payout ratio is 59.22%

Annual Dividends Paid

$4.87B
MCD annual dividends paid is $4.87 billion

Annual Net Income

$8.22B
MCD annual net profit is $8.22 billion

MCD Payout Ratio Trends

PeriodPeriodAnnualAnnualTTMTTMQuarterlyQuarterly
1Y1 Year+10.7%+3.4%-5.4%
3Y3 Years+14.0%-12.8%-34.5%
5Y5 Years-0.4%-20.6%-70.8%

MCD Payout Ratio Highs & Lows

PeriodPeriodAnnual vs HighAnnual vs HighAnnual vs LowAnnual vs LowTTM vs HighTTM vs HighTTM vs LowTTM vs LowQuarter. vs HighQuarter. vs HighQuarter. vs LowQuarter. vs Low
3Y3-Year-12.2%+14.0%-14.9%+13.2%-17.2%+17.7%
5Y5-Year-25.4%+14.0%-24.7%+15.9%-39.6%+29.2%
All-TimeAll-Time-25.4%+340.0%-53.7%>+9999.0%-70.8%>+9999.0%

MCD Payout Ratio History

DateAnnualTTMQuarterly
Oct 2025
-
60.64%(+1.4%)
-
Jun 2025
-
59.79%(-1.5%)
56.10%(-17.2%)
Mar 2025
-
60.69%(+2.0%)
67.77%(+7.8%)
Dec 2024
59.22%(+10.7%)
59.51%(+1.5%)
62.87%(+18.4%)
Sep 2024
-
58.64%(+2.6%)
53.08%(-10.5%)
Jun 2024
-
57.15%(+5.5%)
59.30%(-5.2%)
Mar 2024
-
54.19%(+0.6%)
62.52%(+5.5%)
Dec 2023
53.52%(-20.7%)
53.87%(+0.6%)
59.25%(+24.3%)
Sep 2023
-
53.57%(-2.0%)
47.68%(-0.6%)
Jun 2023
-
54.68%(-12.2%)
47.99%(-22.2%)
Mar 2023
-
62.25%(-8.2%)
61.65%(+5.6%)
Dec 2022
67.47%(+29.9%)
67.83%(-2.5%)
58.40%(+14.0%)
Sep 2022
-
69.54%(+3.9%)
51.21%(-40.2%)
Jun 2022
-
66.91%(+18.6%)
85.60%(-7.8%)
Mar 2022
-
56.42%(+7.8%)
92.82%(+47.8%)
Dec 2021
51.94%(-34.5%)
52.32%(-1.8%)
62.80%(+40.1%)
Sep 2021
-
53.26%(-4.5%)
44.83%(+3.3%)
Jun 2021
-
55.76%(-24.5%)
43.41%(-30.7%)
Mar 2021
-
73.87%(-7.6%)
62.60%(-10.3%)
Dec 2020
79.33%(+33.4%)
79.94%(+4.7%)
69.82%(+32.2%)
Sep 2020
-
76.32%(-2.0%)
52.81%(-72.5%)
Jun 2020
-
77.86%(+23.3%)
192.17%(+128.6%)
Mar 2020
-
63.14%(+5.2%)
84.08%(+41.4%)
Dec 2019
59.45%(+8.2%)
60.02%(-1.4%)
59.48%(+9.1%)
Sep 2019
-
60.89%(+3.3%)
54.54%(-6.3%)
Jun 2019
-
58.96%(+2.5%)
58.21%(-12.8%)
Mar 2019
-
57.55%(+3.6%)
66.76%(+5.9%)
Dec 2018
54.96%(-7.6%)
55.57%(-9.4%)
63.06%(+32.4%)
Sep 2018
-
61.31%(+5.2%)
47.63%(-9.3%)
Jun 2018
-
58.30%(-1.2%)
52.54%(-9.4%)
Mar 2018
-
59.00%(-2.0%)
57.98%(-49.5%)
Dec 2017
59.50%(-8.8%)
60.22%(+11.0%)
114.76%(+186.2%)
Sep 2017
-
54.26%(-10.6%)
40.10%(-26.5%)
Jun 2017
-
60.72%(-6.1%)
54.58%(-14.0%)
Mar 2017
-
64.66%(-2.9%)
63.43%(-2.1%)
Dec 2016
65.26%(-8.5%)
66.61%(-1.0%)
64.77%(+10.9%)
Sep 2016
-
67.30%(-0.8%)
58.42%(-15.9%)
Jun 2016
-
67.82%(+1.3%)
69.48%(-2.2%)
Mar 2016
-
66.92%(-6.4%)
71.07%(+5.3%)
Dec 2015
71.32%(+5.5%)
71.52%(-2.6%)
67.48%(+12.0%)
Sep 2015
-
73.43%(-5.6%)
60.27%(-10.6%)
Jun 2015
-
77.78%(+4.5%)
67.45%(-32.9%)
Mar 2015
-
74.44%(+9.6%)
100.59%(+34.5%)
Dec 2014
67.60%(+21.2%)
67.91%(+6.9%)
74.79%(+0.8%)
Sep 2014
-
63.53%(+9.8%)
74.22%(+28.6%)
Jun 2014
-
57.87%(+0.9%)
57.72%(-13.3%)
Mar 2014
-
57.35%(+2.2%)
66.54%(+15.6%)
Dec 2013
55.76%(+5.2%)
56.12%(+0.9%)
57.54%(+14.1%)
Sep 2013
-
55.60%(+0.7%)
50.42%(-8.7%)
Jun 2013
-
55.23%(+1.2%)
55.22%(-9.2%)
Mar 2013
-
54.55%(+1.9%)
60.79%(+10.0%)
Dec 2012
53.00%(+11.8%)
53.54%(+1.5%)
55.24%(+14.2%)
Sep 2012
-
52.73%(+3.7%)
48.37%(-8.1%)
Jun 2012
-
50.84%(+4.0%)
52.66%(-6.3%)
Mar 2012
-
48.88%(+2.0%)
56.23%(+8.2%)
Dec 2011
47.42%(-2.6%)
47.92%(+0.4%)
51.97%(+24.9%)
Sep 2011
-
47.75%(-0.7%)
41.61%(-7.2%)
Jun 2011
-
48.08%(-2.0%)
44.82%(-14.7%)
Mar 2011
-
49.05%(-0.6%)
52.53%(+1.4%)
Dec 2010
48.68%(-0.9%)
49.34%(+1.6%)
51.80%(+23.2%)
Sep 2010
-
48.57%(-0.8%)
42.03%(-12.5%)
Jun 2010
-
48.97%(-1.1%)
48.06%(-11.5%)
Mar 2010
-
49.53%(-0.7%)
54.32%(+11.4%)
Dec 2009
49.12%(+16.2%)
49.88%(-3.5%)
48.74%(+13.6%)
Sep 2009
-
51.68%(+3.9%)
42.92%(-14.3%)
Jun 2009
-
49.73%(+8.8%)
50.09%(-11.3%)
Mar 2009
-
45.69%(+6.0%)
56.50%(-0.2%)
Dec 2008
42.27%
43.10%(-35.0%)
56.60%(+61.4%)
Sep 2008
-
66.29%(+12.0%)
35.06%(-1.0%)
Jun 2008
-
59.21%(-31.8%)
35.41%(-21.4%)
DateAnnualTTMQuarterly
Mar 2008
-
86.81%(+14.0%)
45.07%(-67.5%)
Dec 2007
75.61%(+120.3%)
76.14%(+45.4%)
138.67%(>+9900.0%)
Sep 2007
-
52.36%(-11.0%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Jun 2007
-
58.82%(+74.7%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Mar 2007
-
33.67%(-5.7%)
0.00%(-100.0%)
Dec 2006
34.32%(+5.4%)
35.71%(+21.5%)
159.81%(>+9900.0%)
Sep 2006
-
29.39%(-4.4%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Jun 2006
-
30.73%(-11.5%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Mar 2006
-
34.72%(+5.7%)
0.00%(-100.0%)
Dec 2005
32.55%(+6.7%)
32.84%(+11.7%)
138.37%(>+9900.0%)
Sep 2005
-
29.41%(+1.6%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Jun 2005
-
28.95%(+2.6%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Mar 2005
-
28.21%(-8.2%)
0.00%(-100.0%)
Dec 2004
30.50%(-8.6%)
30.73%(-8.6%)
-
Dec 2003
33.38%(+11.3%)
33.61%(+10.1%)
-
Dec 2002
29.98%(+70.5%)
30.52%(+70.9%)
-
Dec 2001
17.58%(+23.8%)
17.86%(+22.1%)
-
Dec 2000
14.20%(+4.5%)
14.63%(+343.3%)
62.10%(>+9900.0%)
Sep 2000
-
3.30%(-50.6%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Jun 2000
-
6.68%(-34.3%)
0.00%(0.0%)
Mar 2000
-
10.17%(-27.0%)
0.00%(-100.0%)
Dec 1999
13.59%(-12.4%)
13.94%(-14.4%)
13.57%(+10.5%)
Sep 1999
-
16.29%(-1.9%)
12.28%(-3.6%)
Jun 1999
-
16.60%(-8.8%)
12.74%(-22.6%)
Mar 1999
-
18.20%(+1.2%)
16.46%(-5.9%)
Dec 1998
15.52%(+2.9%)
17.99%(+19.4%)
17.50%(+37.9%)
Sep 1998
-
15.07%(-0.1%)
12.69%(-26.5%)
Jun 1998
-
15.08%(+7.7%)
17.27%(+10.5%)
Mar 1998
-
14.00%(+0.6%)
15.63%(+4.6%)
Dec 1997
15.08%(+2.2%)
13.91%(+1.5%)
14.94%(+5.1%)
Sep 1997
-
13.70%(+1.6%)
14.21%(-2.4%)
Jun 1997
-
13.49%(+0.7%)
14.56%(-14.6%)
Mar 1997
-
13.39%(-0.2%)
17.04%(+17.6%)
Dec 1996
14.75%(-7.1%)
13.42%(+0.2%)
14.49%(+5.4%)
Sep 1996
-
13.39%(-0.2%)
13.75%(-1.2%)
Jun 1996
-
13.42%(-0.2%)
13.92%(-21.5%)
Mar 1996
-
13.45%(+1.8%)
17.74%(+16.4%)
Dec 1995
15.87%(-9.9%)
13.21%(-1.6%)
15.24%(+8.5%)
Sep 1995
-
13.43%(-1.3%)
14.05%(-10.8%)
Jun 1995
-
13.60%(-1.4%)
15.75%(-19.0%)
Mar 1995
-
13.79%(-2.1%)
19.45%(+9.8%)
Dec 1994
17.62%(-5.2%)
14.08%(-3.5%)
17.71%(+13.0%)
Sep 1994
-
14.59%(+0.1%)
15.67%(-8.8%)
Jun 1994
-
14.57%(+0.2%)
17.19%(-17.6%)
Mar 1994
-
14.54%(+0.4%)
20.87%(+8.9%)
Dec 1993
18.59%(+11.1%)
14.48%(-1.0%)
19.17%(+17.5%)
Sep 1993
-
14.62%(-1.0%)
16.31%(-7.6%)
Jun 1993
-
14.77%(-1.1%)
17.66%(-21.0%)
Mar 1993
-
14.93%(-1.1%)
22.35%(+28.6%)
Dec 1992
16.74%(-3.0%)
15.09%(-1.2%)
17.38%(+22.0%)
Sep 1992
-
15.27%(-1.2%)
14.25%(-12.1%)
Jun 1992
-
15.46%(-1.3%)
16.21%(-21.1%)
Mar 1992
-
15.66%(+0.3%)
20.54%(+7.5%)
Dec 1991
17.25%(+3.9%)
15.62%(+0.3%)
19.11%(+29.1%)
Sep 1991
-
15.58%(+0.3%)
14.80%(-8.9%)
Jun 1991
-
15.54%(+0.3%)
16.25%(-19.5%)
Mar 1991
-
15.49%(+0.4%)
20.18%(+10.5%)
Dec 1990
16.61%(+5.0%)
15.43%(+0.5%)
18.26%(+30.1%)
Sep 1990
-
15.36%(-1.5%)
14.04%(-10.9%)
Jun 1990
-
15.59%(+0.5%)
15.76%(-20.4%)
Mar 1990
-
15.52%(+0.5%)
19.80%
Dec 1989
15.82%(-0.3%)
15.45%(>+9900.0%)
-
Dec 1988
15.87%(-6.9%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1987
17.04%(-5.0%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1986
17.93%(-3.3%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1985
18.55%(+3.1%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1984
17.99%(+6.2%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1983
16.94%(+7.8%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1982
15.72%(+8.9%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1981
14.44%(+7.3%)
0.00%(0.0%)
-
Dec 1980
13.46%
0.00%
-

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What is McDonald's Corporation annual payout ratio?

The current annual payout ratio of MCD is 59.22%

What is the all-time high annual payout ratio for McDonald's Corporation?

McDonald's Corporation all-time high annual payout ratio is 79.33%

What is McDonald's Corporation annual payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, MCD annual payout ratio has changed by +5.70% (+10.65%)

What is McDonald's Corporation TTM payout ratio?

The current TTM payout ratio of MCD is 60.64%

What is the all-time high TTM payout ratio for McDonald's Corporation?

McDonald's Corporation all-time high TTM payout ratio is 130.89%

What is MCD TTM payout ratio year-to-date change?

McDonald's Corporation TTM payout ratio has changed by +1.13% (+1.90%) since the beginning of the year

What is McDonald's Corporation TTM payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, MCD TTM payout ratio has changed by +2.00% (+3.41%)

What is McDonald's Corporation quarterly payout ratio?

The current quarterly payout ratio of MCD is 56.10%

What is the all-time high quarterly payout ratio for McDonald's Corporation?

McDonald's Corporation all-time high quarterly payout ratio is 192.17%

What is McDonald's Corporation quarterly payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, MCD quarterly payout ratio has changed by -3.20% (-5.40%)
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