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McDonald's (CHIX:MDOD) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 8.57 (As of May. 29, 2025)


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What is McDonald's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-29), McDonald's's current share price is €275.40. McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €32.12. McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 8.57.

The historical rank and industry rank for McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:MDOd' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.86   Med: 7.2   Max: 9.17
Current: 8.88

During the past years, McDonald's's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 9.17. The lowest was 3.86. And the median was 7.20.

CHIX:MDOd's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
96.65% of 209 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 0.71 vs CHIX:MDOd: 8.88

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

McDonald's's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €7.704. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is €32.12 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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McDonald's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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McDonald's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

McDonald's Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.28 8.51 7.94 8.69 8.28

McDonald's Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.12 7.31 8.70 8.28 8.80

Competitive Comparison of McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Restaurants subindustry, McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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McDonald's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=275.40/32.12
=8.57

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

McDonald's's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, McDonald's's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=7.704/134.9266*134.9266
=7.704

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

McDonald's Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 6.046 100.684 8.102
201509 6.305 100.392 8.474
201512 6.325 99.792 8.552
201603 5.915 100.470 7.944
201606 6.400 101.688 8.492
201609 6.752 101.861 8.944
201612 6.891 101.863 9.128
201703 6.431 102.862 8.436
201706 6.573 103.349 8.581
201709 5.935 104.136 7.690
201712 5.614 104.011 7.283
201803 5.218 105.290 6.687
201806 5.823 106.317 7.390
201809 5.902 106.507 7.477
201812 6.105 105.998 7.771
201903 5.762 107.251 7.249
201906 6.228 108.070 7.776
201909 6.540 108.329 8.146
201912 6.468 108.420 8.049
202003 5.683 108.902 7.041
202006 4.462 108.767 5.535
202009 6.133 109.815 7.535
202012 5.816 109.897 7.141
202103 5.732 111.754 6.921
202106 6.498 114.631 7.648
202109 7.004 115.734 8.165
202112 7.077 117.630 8.118
202203 6.881 121.301 7.654
202206 7.291 125.017 7.869
202209 8.020 125.227 8.641
202212 7.599 125.222 8.188
202303 7.490 127.348 7.936
202306 8.167 128.729 8.560
202309 8.571 129.860 8.905
202312 8.074 129.419 8.418
202403 7.819 131.776 8.006
202406 8.351 132.554 8.500
202409 8.602 133.029 8.725
202412 8.479 133.157 8.592
202503 7.704 134.927 7.704

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


McDonald's  (CHIX:MDOd) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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McDonald's Business Description

Address
110 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60607
McDonald's is the largest restaurant owner-operator in the world, with 2024 system sales of $131 billion across more than 43,000 stores and 115 markets. McDonald's pioneered the franchise model, building its footprint through partnerships with independent restaurant franchisees and master franchise partners around the globe. The firm earns roughly 60% of its revenue from franchise royalty fees and lease payments, with most of the remainder coming from company-operated stores across its three core segments: the United States, internationally operated markets, and international developmental/licensed markets.

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