McDonald’s EVP Steijaert sells $2m in shares after option exercise

Published 02/12/2025, 17:06
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Manuel JM Steijaert, EVP - President, IOM at McDonald’s CORP (NASDAQ:MCD), sold 6,567 shares of common stock on December 1, 2025, for a total of $2,006,218. The sales were executed in multiple trades ranging from $303.45 to $309.00 per share. McDonald’s, with a substantial market capitalization of $215.6 billion, currently trades at $302.82, near its InvestingPro Fair Value estimate.

On the same day, Steijaert exercised options to acquire 6,567 shares of McDonald’s common stock at a price of $266.2 per share, totaling $1,748,135.

Following these transactions, Steijaert directly owns 4,606.1 shares of McDonald’s CORP. The company has maintained dividend payments for 50 consecutive years, with a current yield of 2.45% and trades at a P/E ratio of 25.8. InvestingPro analysis shows McDonald’s generally trades with low price volatility, with additional insights available in the comprehensive Pro Research Report covering what matters most for investors.

In other recent news, McDonald’s reported its third-quarter 2025 earnings, revealing an earnings per share of $3.22, which fell short of the consensus estimate of $3.33. The shortfall was attributed to non-operating income and interest expenses, according to BMO Capital. Despite this, Truist Securities noted that McDonald’s beat adjusted EBITDA expectations and maintained its Buy rating with a $350.00 price target. BMO Capital also reiterated its Outperform rating with a $360.00 price target, while KeyBanc Capital Markets maintained an Overweight rating with a $335.00 price target, citing strong execution despite the earnings miss.

Guggenheim raised its price target for McDonald’s to $310.00, maintaining a Neutral rating, and highlighted the company’s strong same-store sales in the U.S. Bernstein SocGen Group reiterated its Market Perform rating with a $320.00 price target, expecting McDonald’s to enter 2026 from a position of relative strength in the U.S. market. The company reported a 2.3% growth in U.S. same-store sales for the third quarter and management indicated a marginally improving two-year same-store sales growth stack for the fourth quarter. These developments reflect a mixed but generally positive outlook for McDonald’s, as various analyst firms maintain or adjust their ratings and price targets based on recent performance and future expectations.

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