McDonald's Corp (MCD): stock score 29/100
McDonald's Corp (MCD) scores 29 out of 100 (below average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.
MCD scores 29.2 out of 100 (below average), up 0.1 points from last week. No component raises it much. Its news tone weighs on it most (-7.2 points: average FinBERT sentiment -0.126 over 35 articles). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.
How the score is built
Trend: 15/100 (-7.0 points)
- Price is -3.1% vs its 100-day average → higher than 21% of the comparison group → 21
- 12-1 month momentum -20.5% → higher than 10% of the comparison group → 10
- Average of the two → trend score 15.2
Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.
Stability: 16/100 (-6.9 points)
- Forecast 19.1% vs normal 17.4% → ratio 1.10
- Ratio is higher than 84% of the comparison group → 100 minus 84 → stability 15.7 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)
A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.
Fundamentals: 50/100 (+0.0 points)
- Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +6.4% → higher than 34% of the comparison group → 34
- Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.3 pp → higher than 41% of the comparison group → 41
- Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -2.9 pp → higher than 76% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 76
- Average of available items → fundamentals score 50.1
Not yet tested in our research.
Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)
- VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
- Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
- Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
- Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
- Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)
Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.
News tone: 14/100 (-7.2 points)
- Average FinBERT sentiment -0.126 over 35 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone -0.110
- Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 14.1
Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.
MCD score history (weekly)
| Week ending | Score | Band | Trend | Stability | Fundamentals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 29 | Below average | 15 | 16 | 50 |
| 2026-10-16 | 29 | Below average | 12 | 31 | 51 |
| 2026-10-09 | 31 | Below average | 10 | 15 | 51 |
| 2026-10-02 | 33 | Below average | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 2026-09-25 | 30 | Below average | 8 | 7 | 51 |
| 2026-09-18 | 40 | Below average | 12 | 18 | 51 |
| 2026-09-11 | 35 | Below average | 12 | 29 | 51 |
| 2026-09-04 | 34 | Below average | 12 | 31 | 52 |
| 2026-08-28 | 32 | Below average | 15 | 10 | 53 |
| 2026-08-21 | 36 | Below average | 19 | 26 | 52 |
| 2026-08-14 | 38 | Below average | 15 | 32 | 52 |
| 2026-08-07 | 38 | Below average | 15 | 24 | 53 |
Consumer discretionary stocks compared
- TGT: 52/100
- GM: 50/100
- CVS: 50/100
- NFLX: 49/100
- DIS: 48/100
- AMZN: 46/100
- COST: 45/100
- WMT: 45/100
- LOW: 41/100
- SBUX: 39/100
- HD: 38/100
- F: 33/100
- MCD: 29/100
Questions
What is McDonald's Corp's (MCD) Quantooo score today?
MCD scores 29 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, below average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 94th of 99 overall and 13th of 13 in Consumer discretionary. It was 29 a week earlier.
What raises and lowers MCD's score?
Market backdrop adds the most (51/100, +0.2 points) and news tone weighs on it most (14/100, -7.2 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.
Is MCD stock volatile right now?
Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 19.1% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 17.4% for MCD: bumpier than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 16/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.
How are McDonald's Corp's fundamentals changing?
Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +6.4%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.3 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -2.9 pp. Fundamentals score: 50/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-08-07 (period to 2026-06-30).
Does the score predict MCD's share price?
No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.
Sector: Consumer discretionary. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.