$840,000 of MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to nutrition, food quality, and food ingredients. Issues related to corporate, individual, and international tax reform. Issues related to OECD tax proposals. Issues related to franchising, workforce development, National Labor Relations Act/National Labor Relations Board, and H.R.5267 - American Franchise Act. Issues related to workforce access to education. Issues related to food quality, ingredients, nutrition, and conservation. Monitor issues relating to U.S. Agriculture and food supply chain. Monitor the Farm Bill reauthorization process. Monitor labor, animal health, and other supply chain-related issues within animal agriculture. Monitor agriculture-related provisions in P.L.119-21. Tariff issues affecting the restaurant supply chain."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MCD Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MCD stock 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MCD stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $150,000 on 09/10, 07/29, 06/25 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 08/14.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN purchased up to $15,000 on 06/24.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER sold up to $15,000 on 06/20.
- REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT FRANKLIN sold up to $50,000 on 06/16.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN sold up to $50,000 on 06/02.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $50,000 on 05/12.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MCD Insider Trading Activity
MCD insiders have traded $MCD stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 12 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MCD stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- EDITH MORGAN FLATLEY (EVP - Global CMO) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 7,692 shares for an estimated $2,396,756.
- MANUEL JM STEIJAERT (EVP - President, IOM) sold 6,000 shares for an estimated $1,917,960
- JOSEPH M. ERLINGER (President, McDonald's USA) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 3,756 shares for an estimated $1,147,063.
- DESIREE RALLS-MORRISON (EVP, Chief Legal Officer) sold 2,487 shares for an estimated $770,970
- JONATHAN BANNER (EVP - Chief Impact Officer) sold 1,000 shares for an estimated $310,000
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MCD Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,509 institutional investors add shares of MCD stock to their portfolio, and 1,481 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- SOUNDWATCH CAPITAL LLC added 4,833,039 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $1,412,069,004
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 3,424,331 shares (-9.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $1,000,486,788
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 2,864,145 shares (-24.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $836,817,244
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC added 2,608,742 shares (+4957.5%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $762,196,150
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 2,170,566 shares (-14.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $634,174,268
- VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP added 1,974,998 shares (+171.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $577,035,165
- AMUNDI added 1,974,751 shares (+96.0%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $576,962,999
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MCD Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MCD in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/16/2025
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 10/14/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 09/17/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 08/08/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/07/2025
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/07/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/07/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MCD, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MCD forecast page.
MCD Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MCD recently. We have seen 20 analysts offer price targets for $MCD in the last 6 months, with a median target of $323.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Zachary Fadem from Wells Fargo set a target price of $340.0 on 10/16/2025
- Jake Bartlett from Truist Securities set a target price of $350.0 on 10/14/2025
- Gregory Francfort from Guggenheim set a target price of $295.0 on 10/10/2025
- Logan Reich from RBC Capital set a target price of $320.0 on 10/09/2025
- Jon Tower from Citigroup set a target price of $381.0 on 09/17/2025
- Andrew Strelzik from BMO Capital set a target price of $360.0 on 09/04/2025
- Chris O'Cull from Stifel set a target price of $315.0 on 08/22/2025
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