McDonald's Ownership | Who Owns McDonald's?

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McDonald's Ownership Summary

McDonald's is owned by 71.27% institutional investors, 0.26% insiders, and 28.47% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.15% of MCD shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in McDonald's shares.

MCD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	McDonald's	71.27%	0.26%	28.47%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	249.86%	15.44%	-165.30%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	43.23%	12.62%	44.15%
Idea	NFT Stocks Stocks List	45.01%	4.38%	50.61%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	72.35M	10.15%	$22.11B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	55.35M	7.76%	$17.20B
Blackrock	50.18M	6.95%	$12.79B
Jpmorgan chase	37.66M	5.28%	$11.62B
State street	35.43M	4.97%	$11.01B
Geode capital management	17.96M	2.52%	$5.57B
Morgan stanley	15.62M	2.19%	$4.85B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	9.73M	1.36%	$3.03B
Norges bank	9.46M	1.33%	$2.89B
Northern trust	8.22M	1.15%	$2.56B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	4.33M	52.19%	$1.34B
Benchstone capital management lp	163.35K	6.77%	$49.64M
Winning points advisors	3.96K	5.62%	$5.26M
Rit capital partners	67.50K	5.61%	$20.98M
Stonehage fleming financial services	494.56K	5.59%	$153.71M
Rbo	107.16K	5.38%	$33.30M
Pictet bank & trust	11.40K	4.66%	$3.54M
Ilex capital partners (uk) llp	601.53K	4.61%	$186.95M
St. nicholas private asset management	15.61K	4.54%	$4.85M
Hutner capital management	35.10K	4.48%	$10.91M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.46M	0.31%	9.46M
Jpmorgan chase	37.66M	0.75%	5.87M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.01M	0.32%	4.01M
Diamant asset management	2.60M	1.89%	2.59M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	55.35M	0.30%	1.84M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Soundwatch capital	-	-	-4.83M
J. stern & co. llp	9.34K	0.28%	-2.53M
D. e. shaw	207.58K	0.04%	-1.87M
Capital world investors	-	-	-1.55M
Winslow capital management	-	-	-1.21M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.46M	0.31%	9.46M	$2.89B
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.01M	0.32%	4.01M	$1.25B
Capital investors	1.56M	0.11%	1.56M	$485.75M
Vanguard global advisers	1.56M	0.26%	1.56M	$484.91M
Vanguard asset management	1.44M	0.39%	1.44M	$446.25M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Kessler investment group	-1.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-3.00
Fairman group	-4.00
Robbins farley	-4.00
Safe harbor fiduciary	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Mar 31, 2025	3,421	-0.44%	518,619,308	0.04%	72	1.39%	1,565	-6.68%	1,330	7.17%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	22.64M	3.19%	73.43K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	22.72M	3.18%	-103.29K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	18.47M	2.60%	332.04K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	9.21M	1.30%	27.04K
Fidelity 500 Index	9.09M	1.28%	31.70K
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	8.51M	1.20%	27.74K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	7.67M	1.08%	39.69K

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
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 71.27%, followed by 0.26% insiders and 28.47% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in McDonald's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 43.23%, 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 (55.35M shares, 7.76%), and Blackrock (50.18M shares, 6.95%). Together, they hold 24.86% 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 52.19% of its assets in 4.33M McDonald's shares, valued at 1.34B$.

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 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 22.64M McDonald's shares.

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