All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
MCD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MCD returned −14.81% over the past year and −13.64% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 5, 1966, MCD is up +620,874.47% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.63%/yr, and is currently −21.97% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Thu Aug. 20, 2026
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Thu 2026-08-20 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
+620,874.47%
+15.63%/yr |
+17.36%/yr
R2=0.911 |
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| McDonald’s Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Thu 2026-08-20 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
$10,000.00
1966-07-05 |
$62,097,446.88
2026-08-20 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| MCD × | −13.64% | −14.81% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
−21.97%
on 2026-08-20 from 2026-02-27 peak |
−79.28%
on 1969-07-29 from 1968-05-07 peak |
| Period ending Thu 2026-08-20 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × | −14.81% |
−7.07% −3.60%/yr |
−6.07% −2.07%/yr |
+3.45% +0.68%/yr |
+114.32% +7.92%/yr |
| Year | MCD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −13.64% |
| 2025 | +5.07% |
| 2024 | −2.66% |
| 2023 | +11.33% |
| 2022 | −5.60% |
| 2021 | +19.39% |
| 2020 | +9.80% |
| 2019 | +11.43% |
| 2018 | +3.80% |
| 2017 | +42.05% |
| 2016 | +4.05% |
| 2015 | +29.48% |
| 2014 | −0.85% |
| 2013 | +11.91% |
| 2012 | −10.81% |
| 2011 | +30.78% |
| 2010 | +25.07% |
| 2009 | +1.21% |
| 2008 | +8.49% |
| 2007 | +31.03% |
| 2006 | +31.36% |
| 2005 | +3.78% |
| 2004 | +27.37% |
| 2003 | +53.93% |
| 2002 | −39.84% |
| 2001 | −22.68% |
| 2000 | −17.87% |
| 1999 | +2.70% |
| 1998 | +59.20% |
| 1997 | +4.15% |
| 1996 | −2.08% |
| 1995 | +51.52% |
| 1994 | +0.76% |
| 1993 | +14.71% |
| 1992 | +25.79% |
| 1991 | +27.97% |
| 1990 | −19.57% |
| 1989 | +38.43% |
| 1988 | +8.52% |
| 1987 | +11.39% |
| 1986 | +32.85% |
| 1985 | +97.51% |
| 1984 | +64.41% |
| 1983 | +76.67% |
| 1982 | +162.40% |
| 1981 | +145.44% |
| 1980 | +82.46% |
| 1979 | −16.20% |
| 1978 | −17.06% |
| 1977 | −9.03% |
| 1976 | −12.76% |
| 1975 | +86.19% |
| 1974 | −54.27% |
| 1973 | −31.33% |
| 1972 | +94.78% |
| 1971 | +137.99% |
| 1970 | +3.49% |
| 1969 | −37.99% |
| 1968 | −28.83% |
| 1967 | +196.60% |
| 1966 | −15.55% |
