McDonald's Ownership | Who Owns McDonald's?

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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 18.34% institutional investors, 0.23% insiders, and 81.43% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.15% 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	18.34%	0.23%	81.43%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.27%	14.14%	52.59%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	40.37%	5.27%	54.36%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	72.35M	10.15%	$22.11B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	53.51M	7.51%	$16.35B
Blackrock	50.18M	6.95%	$12.79B
State street	35.02M	4.90%	$10.64B
Jpmorgan chase	31.78M	4.46%	$9.71B
Geode capital management	17.04M	2.39%	$5.20B
Morgan stanley	15.27M	2.14%	$4.67B
Norges bank	9.46M	1.33%	$2.89B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	9.20M	1.29%	$2.79B
Northern trust	8.41M	1.18%	$2.56B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	4.58M	51.08%	$1.39B
Benchstone capital management lp	163.35K	6.77%	$49.64M
Hook mill capital partners, lp	228.81K	6.35%	$69.53M
Rit capital partners	85.60K	5.85%	$26.16M
Winning points advisors	3.96K	5.62%	$5.26M
Rbo	108.30K	5.27%	$33.10M
Pictet bank & trust	11.40K	4.66%	$3.54M
Ckw financial group	134.94K	4.47%	$41.24M
Hutner capital management	34.65K	4.45%	$10.53M
Patrick mauro investment advisor	26.87K	4.29%	$8.21M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.46M	0.31%	9.46M
Diamant asset management	2.60M	1.89%	2.59M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	53.51M	0.28%	1.45M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	9.20M	0.30%	1.44M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	2.07M	0.40%	1.09M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Soundwatch capital	-	-	-4.83M
Jpmorgan chase	31.78M	0.61%	-2.43M
Citadel advisors	61.69K	0.00%	-2.30M
Wellington management group llp	7.43M	0.40%	-1.56M
Janus henderson group	1.53M	0.23%	-1.23M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.46M	0.31%	9.46M	$2.89B
Marshall wace, llp	827.55K	0.26%	827.55K	$251.48M
Worldquant millennium advisors	388.12K	0.51%	388.12K	$117.94M
Holocene advisors, lp	379.78K	0.26%	379.78K	$115.41M
Axa investment managers	257.19K	0.21%	257.19K	$78.16M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Kessler investment group	-1.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-3.00
Robbins farley	-4.00
Fairman group	-4.00
Ridgewood investments	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	2,006	-42.60%	130,746,403	-74.41%	18	0.36%	893	-44.81%	842	-34.06%
Sep 30, 2025	2,267	-34.82%	181,941,343	-64.04%	25	0.51%	1,024	-33.20%	876	-35.87%
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%

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	22.56M	3.17%	38.30K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	18.13M	2.55%	-182.41K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	9.15M	1.29%	-4.98K
Fidelity 500 Index	9.06M	1.28%	14.94K
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
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	8.29M	1.17%	18.63K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	7.63M	1.07%	-84.01K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 23, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$100.81K
Apr 10, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$806.18K
Mar 23, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$104.39K
Mar 18, 2026	Baroni Dario	President, IDL	Sell	$194.26K
Mar 10, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$862.22K

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 18.34%, followed by 0.23% insiders and 81.43% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which McDonald's falls below.

Who owns the most shares of McDonald's?

McDonald's’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (72.35M shares, 10.15%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (53.51M shares, 7.51%), and Blackrock (50.18M shares, 6.95%). Together, they hold 24.61% 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 51.08% of its assets in 4.58M McDonald's shares, valued at 1.39B$.

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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