Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0000063908 /10-K filed Feb 24, 2026, compared with Feb 25, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
Consumer discretionary peers:
NYSE Consumer discretionary · Restaurants

McDonald's MCD

Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Next results
around Feb 10, 2027
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MCD among Consumer discretionary peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 46 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: 3.7%, above 39% of 46 peers (their median 5.9%) REVENUE GROWTH 3.7% · above 39% Operating margin: 46.9%, above 97% of 39 peers (their median 15.8%) OPERATING MARGIN 46.9% · above 97% Net margin: 32.4%, above 98% of 46 peers (their median 10.8%) NET MARGIN 32.4% · above 98% FCF margin: 27.0%, above 98% of 44 peers (their median 9.2%) FCF MARGIN 27.0% · above 98%
MCD Peer median Below the median

What changed

2 new risk paragraphs. 10-K filed Feb 24, 2026 against Feb 25, 2025.

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

Accounting checks

11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

0facts worth reading about all 11 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables +3.5% vs revenue +3.7% (-0.2 pts)
  • Cash from operations $10.6B vs net income $8.6B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
  • Inventory +8.9% vs revenue +3.7% (+5.2 pts)
8 more checks with nothing to note
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: McDonald's Corporation 2025 Annual Report 65; Measurement of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

2 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 2 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Consumer acceptance of our menu offerings is subject to change for a variety of reasons, and some changes can occur rapidly. For example, health, environmental and other scientific studies and practices (such as changes to dietary guidelines or use of weight-loss medications), continuously evolve and may have contradictory implications,…
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    In addition, the AI tools we are incorporating into certain aspects of our business may not generate the intended efficiencies, may increase our exposure to risks (both known and unknown), and could adversely impact our business results. These risks include potential operational disruptions, data integrity issues, and unintended…

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Consumer discretionary companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$23.2B$25.5B$25.9B$26.9B
Net income$6.2B$8.5B$8.2B$8.6B
Operating cash flow$7.4B$9.6B$9.4B$10.6B
Free cash flow$5.5B$7.3B$6.7B$7.2B

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$26.9B ▲ 3.7% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

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About the company

McDonald's, Chicago, IL · from the 10-K filed Feb 24, 2026

Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Country
United States
Reports in
USD
Listed on
NYSE
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Nov 4, 2026
Incorporated in
DE

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Sources

The 10-K filed Feb 24, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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