MCD

McDonald's Corp
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MCD

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McDonald's Corp cash flow statement 1989–2026

McDonald's Corp's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 7.76B USD: operating cash flow of 11.35B USD less 3.59B USD of capital spending. That is 28.0% of its revenue and 10.87 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Jun 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
8.79B8.56B8.22B8.47B6.18B7.55B4.73B6.03B5.92B5.19B4.69B
Depreciation and amortization
2.27B2.20B2.10B1.98B1.87B1.87B1.75B1.62B1.48B1.36B1.52B
Stock-based compensation
175.00M165.00M172.00M175.20M167.00M139.20M92.40M109.60M125.10M117.50M131.30M
Change in working capital
511.00M106.00M-438.00M-108.00M-644.60M454.20M-212.10M298.50M-472.70M-980.50M167.00M
Change in receivables
—231.00M10.00M-161.00M-264.10M309.90M-6.80M27.00M-479.40M-340.70M-159.00M
Change in inventory
—-140.00M71.00M16.70M5.60M-62.20M-68.60M128.80M-1.90M-37.30M28.10M
Change in payables
—100.00M-10.00M50.40M31.30M225.00M-137.50M-26.80M129.40M-59.70M89.80M
Change in other working capital
511.00M-85.00M-509.00M-14.10M-417.40M-18.50M800.00K169.50M-120.80M-542.80M208.10M
Other non-cash items
-355.00M-356.00M-33.00M-216.30M161.60M-436.90M-103.40M-79.00M-194.60M-105.10M96.90M
Operating cash flow
11.35B10.55B9.45B9.61B7.39B9.14B6.27B8.12B6.97B5.55B6.06B
Operating cash flow growth
+15.87%+11.69%-1.72%+30.12%-19.20%+45.91%-22.86%+16.58%+25.50%-8.39%-7.33%
Capital expenditure
-3.59B-3.37B-2.78B-2.36B-1.90B-2.04B-1.64B-2.39B-2.74B-1.85B-1.82B
Acquisitions
123.00M244.00M-2.20B-246.00M-322.20M-178.00M37.60M-48.90M589.50M2.49B866.10M
Purchases of investments
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Sales and maturities of investments
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Other investing
-366.00M-701.00M-376.00M-581.20M-456.70M52.30M57.40M-628.50M-302.90M-79.10M-26.60M
Investing cash flow
-3.83B-3.82B-5.35B-3.18B-2.68B-2.17B-1.55B-3.07B-2.46B562.00M-981.60M
Debt issued (repaid)
-1.11B-72.00M-71.00M2.99B1.20B-1.07B2.24B3.24B2.13B2.03B2.67B
Shares issued
239.00M285.00M0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
-2.33B-2.06B-2.82B-3.05B-3.90B-845.50M-907.80M-4.98B-5.21B-4.69B-11.17B
Dividends paid
-5.23B-5.12B-4.87B-4.53B-4.17B-3.92B-3.75B-3.58B-3.26B-3.09B-3.06B
Other financing
-223.00M-167.00M270.00M220.00M286.40M239.00M173.50M327.00M383.20M436.30M296.40M
Financing cash flow
-8.64B-7.13B-7.50B-4.37B-6.58B-5.60B-2.25B-4.99B-5.95B-5.31B-11.26B
Net change in cash
-1.05B-311.00M-3.49B2.00B-2.13B1.26B2.55B32.50M-1.60B1.24B-6.46B
7.76B7.19B6.67B7.25B5.49B7.10B4.62B5.73B4.23B3.70B4.24B
Free cash flow growth
+12.53%+7.70%-8.03%+32.20%-22.73%+53.57%-19.27%+35.58%+14.27%-12.76%-10.30%
Free cash flow margin
28.02%26.73%25.74%28.46%23.67%30.58%24.08%27.18%20.09%16.20%17.21%
Free cash flow per share
10.8710.039.249.917.409.456.177.495.384.534.92
Free cash flow per share growth
+13.26%+8.53%-6.70%+33.83%-21.63%+53.22%-17.68%+39.25%+18.62%-7.88%-1.61%
Interest paid
——1.52B1.29B1.18B1.20B1.14B1.07B959.60M885.20M873.50M
Income taxes paid
—0.002.97B2.99B3.02B2.40B1.44B1.59B1.73B2.79B2.39B

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about McDonald's Corp's cash flow

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