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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 72.54% institutional investors, 0.23% insiders, and 27.23% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.79% of MCD shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.21% of its assets in McDonald's shares.

MCD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	McDonald's	72.54%	0.23%	27.23%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	39.72%	14.40%	45.88%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	48.62%	12.40%	38.98%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	47.84%	6.08%	46.09%

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
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
Focused investors	429.85K	3.94%	$124.61M

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
Leigh baldwin	473.97K	0.41%	473.97K	$473.97M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	334.90K	0.23%	334.90K	$97.08M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	227.57K	0.65%	227.57K	$57.99M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Centiva capital, lp	-1.00
Fairman group	-4.00
Disciplina capital management	-9.00
Financial connections group	-11.00
Richardson capital management	-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Mar 31, 2024	3,192	-1.18%	500,584,145	-1.52%	69	1.41%	1,402	-13.78%	1,289	13.77%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	22.93M	3.21%	341.53K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	22.72M	3.18%	-103.29K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	20.24M	2.83%	323.84K
Fidelity 500 Index	8.99M	1.26%	15.51K
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	8.60M	1.20%	32.42K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	8.31M	1.16%	-3.81K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	7.47M	1.04%	69.28K
SPDR® Dow Jones Industrial Avrg ETF Tr	5.51M	0.77%	-79.87K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 23, 2025	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$295.85K
May 20, 2025	Steijaert Manuel JM	EVP - President, IOM	Sell	$1.92M
Apr 23, 2025	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$299.07K
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

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 72.54%, followed by 0.23% insiders and 27.23% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 48.62%, 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 Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of McDonald's shares, with 3.21% of its total shares outstanding invested in 22.93M McDonald's shares.

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