McDonald's Ownership | Who Owns McDonald's?

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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 74.36% institutional investors, 0.23% insiders, and 25.42% 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	74.36%	0.23%	25.42%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	60.16%	14.23%	25.61%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	71.15%	11.83%	17.02%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	65.11%	6.04%	28.85%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	70.17M	9.79%	$20.34B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	51.86M	7.26%	$15.15B
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
Norges bank	9.40M	1.31%	$2.73B
Northern trust	8.35M	1.16%	$2.13B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	4.70M	53.16%	$1.37B
Rbo	112.05K	5.30%	$32.48M
Hs management partners	123.06K	4.86%	$37.40M
Ckw financial group	135.54K	4.83%	$39.29M
Pictet bank & trust	13.00K	4.75%	$3.95M
Lansing street advisors	52.48K	4.57%	$15.33M
Hutner capital management	34.35K	4.57%	$10.04M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	23.27K	4.25%	$7.07M
Birmingham capital management co inc/al	31.87K	4.12%	$9.31M
Focused investors	410.75K	3.93%	$120.01M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.40M	0.36%	9.40M
Jpmorgan chase	32.76M	0.71%	6.40M
Soundwatch capital	4.83M	0.82%	4.83M
Viking global investors lp	3.13M	2.64%	1.97M
Amundi	4.03M	0.41%	1.97M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Citadel advisors	61.69K	0.00%	-2.30M
Capital research global investors	6.87M	0.40%	-1.87M
Legal & general group	4.35M	0.33%	-1.55M
Janus henderson group	1.53M	0.23%	-1.23M
Capital world investors	1.53M	0.06%	-1.22M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.40M	0.36%	9.40M	$2.73B
Soundwatch capital	4.83M	0.82%	4.83M	$4.80M
Qube research	1.12M	0.33%	1.12M	$328.42M
Point72 asset management	897.27K	0.51%	897.27K	$262.15M
Leigh baldwin	473.97K	0.41%	473.97K	$473.97M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Kessler investment group	-1.00
Centiva capital, lp	-1.00
Compass wealth management	-4.00
Robbins farley	-4.00
Fairman group	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	3,422	-1.50%	531,267,437	2.01%	74	1.40%	1,505	-5.41%	1,345	-0.22%
Mar 31, 2025	3,421	-0.44%	518,619,308	0.04%	72	1.39%	1,565	-6.68%	1,330	7.17%
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%

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	22.46M	3.15%	-520.65K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	17.70M	2.48%	-2.59M
Fidelity 500 Index	9.06M	1.27%	3.89K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	8.92M	1.25%	-130.51K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	8.68M	1.21%	-45.47K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	8.63M	1.21%	106.26K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	8.60M	1.21%	-
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	7.50M	1.05%	27.53K
SPDR® Dow Jones Industrial Avrg ETF Tr	5.33M	0.75%	-9.22K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 02, 2025	Flatley Edith Morgan	EVP - Global CMO	Sell	$315.00K
Aug 20, 2025	Flatley Edith Morgan	EVP - Global CMO	Sell	$1.48M
Aug 20, 2025	Flatley Edith Morgan	EVP - Global CMO	Sell	$7.56K
Aug 19, 2025	Banner Jonathan	EVP - Chief Impact Officer	Sell	$310.00K
Aug 06, 2025	Ralls-Morrison Desiree	EVP, Chief Legal Officer	Sell	$770.97K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2028 Q1	-	-
2027 Q3	-	-
2027 Q1	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q3	-	11

MCD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns McDonald's?

McDonald's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 74.36%, followed by 0.23% insiders and 25.41% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 71.15%, 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 (51.86M shares, 7.26%), and Blackrock (50.18M shares, 6.95%). Together, they hold 24.00% 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?

Gallagher fiduciary advisors is McDonald's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 53.16% of its assets in 4.7M McDonald's shares, valued at 1.37B$.

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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