Shares outstanding · 2011–2025

McDonald's shares outstanding

710M−0.6% · FY2025

McDonald's (MCD) reported 710M in shares outstanding for fiscal 2025, −0.6% year on year.

1.0B20111.0B2012990M2013961M2014902M2015819M2016794M2017765M2018745M2019746M2020744M2021731M2022722M2023714M2024710M2025
McDonald's — Shares outstanding, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearShares outstandingChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-31710M−0.6%Open →
FY20242025-01-31714M−1.1%Open →
FY20232024-01-31722M−1.3%Open →
FY20222023-01-31731M−1.6%Open →
FY20212022-01-31744M−0.3%Open →
FY20202021-01-31746M+0.0%Open →
FY20192020-01-31745M−2.6%Open →
FY20182019-01-31765M−3.7%Open →
FY20172018-01-31794M−3.0%Open →
FY20162017-01-31819M−9.2%Open →
FY20152016-01-31902M−6.2%Open →
FY20142015-01-31961M−2.9%Open →
FY20132014-01-31990M−1.3%Open →
FY20122013-01-311.0B−1.5%Open →
FY20112012-01-311.0B—Open →

Shares outstanding — Shares outstanding is the number of shares in issue at the reporting date. A falling count usually means the company is buying back stock; a rising one means it is issuing.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −2.5%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000063908-26-000035 · February 24, 2026

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