McDonald's Ownership | Who Owns McDonald's?

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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 66.15% institutional investors, 0.54% insiders, and 33.31% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.79% of MCD shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.18% of its assets in McDonald's shares.

MCD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	McDonald's	66.15%	0.54%	33.31%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	48.44%	13.23%	38.33%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	61.96%	11.29%	26.75%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	60.51%	6.01%	33.48%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	70.17M	9.79%	$20.34B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	52.36M	7.31%	$15.18B
Blackrock	50.18M	6.95%	$12.79B
State street	34.61M	4.80%	$8.82B
Jpmorgan chase	32.76M	4.57%	$9.50B
Geode capital management	16.07M	2.24%	$4.65B
Wellington management group llp	14.02M	1.96%	$4.06B
Morgan stanley	13.45M	1.86%	$3.43B
Capital research global investors	10.65M	1.49%	$3.09B
Norges bank	9.40M	1.31%	$2.73B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Rbo	112.05K	5.30%	$32.48M
Lansing street advisors	50.57K	5.11%	$14.66M
Ckw financial group	135.54K	4.83%	$39.29M
Consulta	250.00K	4.75%	$72.47M
Hutner capital management	32.63K	4.57%	$9.46M
Cadinha	90.30K	4.34%	$26.18M
Hs management partners	211.95K	4.22%	$61.44M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	24.41K	4.10%	$6.22M
Paragon capital management	26.22K	4.07%	$7.60M
Windle wealth	24.87K	3.99%	$7.21M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.40M	0.36%	9.40M
Jpmorgan chase	32.76M	0.71%	6.40M
Raymond james financial	2.43M	0.26%	2.43M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	52.36M	0.31%	2.14M
Franklin resources	4.05M	0.33%	794.54K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
International assets investment management	7.70K	0.19%	-2.31M
Citadel advisors	61.69K	0.00%	-2.30M
Capital world investors	2.53M	0.11%	-2.21M
Legal & general group	4.35M	0.33%	-1.55M
Janus henderson group	1.53M	0.23%	-1.23M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.40M	0.36%	9.40M	$2.73B
Raymond james financial	2.43M	0.26%	2.43M	$703.07M
Holocene advisors, lp	601.36K	0.56%	601.36K	$174.33M
Leigh baldwin	473.97K	0.41%	473.97K	$473.97M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	334.90K	0.23%	334.90K	$97.08M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial connections group	-11.00
Richardson capital management	-13.00
Mfa wealth advisors	-15.00
Mizuho securities	-20.00
Contravisory investment management	-20.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	3,061	-4.79%	474,084,593	-6.13%	66	1.33%	1,482	3.56%	1,109	-13.56%
Sep 30, 2024	3,168	1.73%	503,905,504	-0.47%	70	1.42%	1,414	5.92%	1,260	-3.67%
Jun 30, 2024	3,056	-4.26%	505,508,731	0.98%	70	1.46%	1,311	-6.49%	1,286	-0.23%
Mar 31, 2024	3,192	-1.18%	500,584,145	-1.52%	69	1.41%	1,402	-13.78%	1,289	13.77%
Dec 31, 2023	3,230	6.32%	508,301,714	4.16%	70	1.56%	1,626	19.65%	1,133	-0.96%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	22.72M	3.18%	-103.29K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	22.61M	3.16%	76.09K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	19.87M	2.78%	135.16K
Fidelity 500 Index	8.98M	1.26%	39.97K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	8.92M	1.25%	-130.51K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	8.74M	1.22%	25.32K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	8.68M	1.21%	-45.47K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	8.58M	1.20%	-143.98K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	7.33M	1.03%	5.68K
Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv	6.54M	0.91%	-240.86K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 24, 2025	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$287.62K
Feb 27, 2025	Boyd Tiffanie L.	EVP - Chief People Officer	Sell	$309.27K
Feb 24, 2025	Steijaert Manuel JM	EVP - Chief Customer Officer	Sell	$3.23M
Feb 24, 2025	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$286.39K
Feb 21, 2025	Gross Marion K.	EVP-Chief Supply Chain Officer	Sell	$334.87K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2027 Q3	-	-
2027 Q1	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q3	-	11
2024 Q2	-	4

MCD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns McDonald's?

McDonald's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 66.15%, followed by 0.54% insiders and 33.31% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 61.96%, which McDonald's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of McDonald's?

McDonald's’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (70.17M shares, 9.79%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (52.36M shares, 7.31%), and Blackrock (50.18M shares, 6.95%). Together, they hold 24.05% of McDonald's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own McDonald's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.95% of McDonald's, totaling 50.18M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.29% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 12.79B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -608K shares, a -1.20% change.

Who is McDonald's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Rbo is McDonald's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 5.30% of its assets in 112.05K McDonald's shares, valued at 32.48M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of McDonald's shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of McDonald's shares, with 3.18% of its total shares outstanding invested in 22.72M McDonald's shares.

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