McDonald's Ownership | Who Owns McDonald's?

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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 75.30% institutional investors, 0.26% insiders, and 24.44% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.15% of MCD shares. Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund, with 3.20% of its assets in McDonald's shares.

MCD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	McDonald's	75.30%	0.26%	24.44%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	206.34%	16.22%	-122.56%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	62.67%	14.27%	23.06%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	65.27%	5.25%	29.48%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	72.35M	10.15%	$22.11B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	55.44M	7.80%	$14.98B
Blackrock	50.18M	6.95%	$12.79B
Vanguard capital management	46.40M	6.53%	$12.54B
State street	36.08M	5.08%	$9.75B
Jpmorgan chase	31.92M	4.49%	$8.53B
Geode capital management	18.11M	2.55%	$4.89B
Morgan stanley	15.03M	2.11%	$4.06B
Bank of america corp /de/	11.00M	1.55%	$2.97B
Norges bank	9.88M	1.39%	$2.67B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	4.25M	37.83%	$1.15B
Benchstone capital management lp	163.35K	6.77%	$49.64M
Winning points advisors	3.96K	5.62%	$5.26M
Savoir faire capital management	31.19K	5.24%	$8.43M
Hook mill capital partners, lp	196.99K	4.94%	$53.25M
Hs management partners	51.09K	4.74%	$13.81M
Baypointe partners	7.14K	4.63%	$1.93M
Rbo	106.27K	4.57%	$28.72M
Stonehage fleming financial services	485.55K	4.48%	$131.25M
Patrick mauro investment advisor	31.27K	4.25%	$8.45M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.88M	0.27%	9.88M
Sixth street partners management company	6.20M	0.22%	6.20M
Ci private wealth	4.49M	0.27%	3.63M
Capital research global investors	8.96M	0.34%	2.07M
Sg americas securities	1.83M	0.28%	863.95K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jpmorgan chase	31.92M	0.47%	-5.73M
Soundwatch capital	-	-	-4.83M
Diamant asset management	8.12K	1.49%	-2.59M
Capital world investors	-	-	-1.55M
Winslow capital management	-	-	-1.21M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.88M	0.27%	9.88M	$2.67B
Sixth street partners management company	6.20M	0.22%	6.20M	$1.68B
Gqg partners	601.38K	0.30%	601.38K	$162.56M
Axa investment managers	257.19K	0.21%	257.19K	$78.16M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	227.57K	0.65%	227.57K	$57.99M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Hurley capital	-1.00
Kessler investment group	-1.00
Caitong asset management	-2.00
Peak6	-2.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	3,525	-3.56%	535,177,929	1.43%	75	1.37%	1,497	-9.71%	1,483	3.34%
Mar 31, 2026	3,554	-2.66%	508,466,963	-3.45%	71	1.31%	1,609	-7.48%	1,400	0.86%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	22.62M	3.20%	63.39K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	22.72M	3.18%	-103.29K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	22.56M	3.17%	-48.01K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	22.56M	3.17%	-48.01K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	18.65M	2.64%	195.43K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	9.59M	1.35%	15.28K
Fidelity 500 Index	9.11M	1.28%	1.13K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	8.92M	1.25%	-130.51K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	8.77M	1.23%	7.42K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	8.68M	1.21%	-45.47K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 10, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$1.49M
May 28, 2026	Ralls-Morrison Desiree	EVP, Chief Legal Officer	Sell	$769.11K
May 26, 2026	Erlinger Joseph M.	President, McDonald's USA	Sell	$93.28K
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

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2029 Q1	-	-
2028 Q1	-	-
2027 Q3	-	-
2027 Q1	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-

MCD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns McDonald's?

McDonald's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.30%, followed by 0.26% insiders and 24.44% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 62.67%, which McDonald's exceeds.

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 (55.44M shares, 7.80%), and Blackrock (50.18M shares, 6.95%). Together, they hold 24.90% 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 37.83% of its assets in 4.25M McDonald's shares, valued at 1.15B$.

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

Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund holder of McDonald's shares, with 3.20% of its total shares outstanding invested in 22.62M McDonald's shares.

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