All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
MCD total return snapshot: MCD returned −18.38% over the past year and −18.94% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 5, 1966, MCD is up +219,981.52% in nominal total return, or +13.62%/yr, and is currently −27.36% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
+219,981.52%
+13.62%/yr |
+14.11%/yr
R2=0.981 |
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| McDonald’s Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
$10,000.00
1966-07-05 |
$22,008,152.17
2026-10-16 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| MCD × | −18.94% | −18.38% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
−27.36%
on 2026-10-16 from 2026-02-27 peak |
−77.46%
on 1969-07-22 from 1968-05-07 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × | −18.38% |
−18.50% −9.72%/yr |
+4.51% +1.48%/yr |
+12.69% +2.42%/yr |
+170.80% +10.48%/yr |
| Year | MCD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −18.94% |
| 2025 | +7.89% |
| 2024 | +0.14% |
| 2023 | +15.06% |
| 2022 | +0.51% |
| 2021 | +27.79% |
| 2020 | +11.30% |
| 2019 | +13.97% |
| 2018 | +5.78% |
| 2017 | +45.05% |
| 2016 | +6.21% |
| 2015 | +30.43% |
| 2014 | −0.10% |
| 2013 | +13.59% |
| 2012 | −9.26% |
| 2011 | +34.66% |
| 2010 | +26.94% |
| 2009 | +3.96% |
| 2008 | +8.59% |
| 2007 | +36.38% |
| 2006 | +34.67% |
| 2005 | +7.34% |
| 2004 | +31.52% |
| 2003 | +56.82% |
| 2002 | −38.41% |
| 2001 | −21.49% |
| 2000 | −15.11% |
| 1999 | +5.45% |
| 1998 | +61.77% |
| 1997 | +5.93% |
| 1996 | +1.16% |
| 1995 | +55.37% |
| 1994 | +3.46% |
| 1993 | +17.86% |
| 1992 | +29.43% |
| 1991 | +31.89% |
| 1990 | −14.65% |
| 1989 | +44.87% |
| 1988 | +11.05% |
| 1987 | +9.59% |
| 1986 | +14.10% |
| 1985 | +58.85% |
| 1984 | +11.63% |
| 1983 | +18.57% |
| 1982 | +40.80% |
| 1981 | +36.21% |
| 1980 | +14.23% |
| 1979 | −5.11% |
| 1978 | −9.61% |
| 1977 | −3.15% |
| 1976 | −8.45% |
| 1975 | +98.72% |
| 1974 | −48.46% |
| 1973 | −25.24% |
| 1972 | +101.33% |
| 1971 | +145.04% |
| 1970 | +8.77% |
| 1969 | −33.93% |
| 1968 | −25.21% |
| 1967 | +205.46% |
| 1966 | −13.77% |
