McDONALD’S CORPORATION (MCD) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value 0.63%; Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value 7.88×; Formula and calculation Operating income ÷ reported interest expense..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | (m) | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | 0.63% | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $175.00M ÷ $27.70B × 100 ≈ 0.63% |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | 7.88× | Operating income ÷ reported interest expense. $12.80B ÷ $1.63B ≈ 7.88× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | (m) | |
| Revenue | 27.70B USD | |
| Stock-based compensation | 175.00M USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 12.80B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | 1.63B USD | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: Reported. Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | (m) | $27.70B | $175.00M | $12.80B | $1.63B | (m) | 0.63% | 7.88× | Reported |
| 2026-03-31 | (m) | $27.45B | $180.00M | $12.70B | $1.61B | (m) | 0.66% | 7.91× | Reported |
| 2025-12-31 | (m) | $26.89B | $165.00M | $12.39B | $1.58B | (m) | 0.61% | 7.83× | Reported |
| 2025-09-30 | (m) | $26.26B | $172.00M | $12.11B | $1.55B | (m) | 0.65% | 7.80× | Reported |
| 2025-06-30 | (m) | $26.06B | $173.00M | $11.94B | $1.53B | (m) | 0.66% | 7.82× | Reported |
| 2025-03-31 | (m) | $25.71B | $167.00M | $11.62B | $1.51B | (m) | 0.65% | 7.70× | Reported |
| 2024-12-31 | (m) | $25.92B | $172.00M | $11.71B | $1.51B | (m) | 0.66% | 7.78× | Reported |
| 2024-09-30 | (m) | $25.94B | $165.20M | $11.65B | $1.49B | (m) | 0.64% | 7.84× | Reported |
| 2024-06-30 | (m) | $25.76B | $168.20M | $11.66B | $1.45B | (m) | 0.65% | 8.06× | Reported |
| 2024-03-31 | (m) | $25.76B | $175.20M | $11.85B | $1.40B | (m) | 0.68% | 8.45× | Reported |
| 2023-12-31 | (m) | $25.49B | $175.20M | $11.65B | $1.36B | (m) | 0.69% | 8.56× | Reported |
| 2023-09-30 | (m) | $25.01B | $173.60M | $11.43B | $1.32B | (m) | 0.69% | 8.63× | Reported |
| 2023-06-30 | (m) | $24.19B | $169.00M | $10.98B | $1.29B | (m) | 0.70% | 8.52× | Reported |
| 2023-03-31 | (m) | $23.41B | $162.10M | $9.59B | $1.25B | (m) | 0.69% | 7.68× | Reported |
| 2022-12-31 | (m) | $23.18B | $166.70M | $9.37B | $1.21B | (m) | 0.72% | 7.76× | Reported |
| 2022-09-30 | (m) | $23.27B | $172.20M | $9.19B | $1.18B | (m) | 0.74% | 7.79× | Reported |
| 2022-06-30 | (m) | $23.59B | $168.00M | $9.41B | $1.17B | (m) | 0.71% | 8.06× | Reported |
| 2022-03-31 | (m) | $23.76B | $166.20M | $10.39B | $1.17B | (m) | 0.70% | 8.85× | Reported |
| 2021-12-31 | (m) | $23.22B | $139.20M | $10.36B | $1.19B | (m) | 0.60% | 8.73× | Reported |
| 2021-09-30 | (m) | $22.53B | $126.30M | $10.10B | $1.20B | (m) | 0.56% | 8.42× | Reported |
| 2021-06-30 | (m) | $21.74B | $99.50M | $9.64B | $1.22B | (m) | 0.46% | 7.93× | Reported |
| 2021-03-31 | (m) | $19.62B | $93.80M | $7.91B | $1.24B | (m) | 0.48% | 6.39× | Reported |
| 2020-12-31 | (m) | $19.21B | $92.40M | $7.32B | $1.22B | (m) | 0.48% | 6.01× | Reported |
| 2020-09-30 | (m) | $19.03B | $83.50M | $7.47B | $1.19B | (m) | 0.44% | 6.27× | Reported |
| 2020-06-30 | (m) | $19.12B | $105.80M | $7.36B | $1.16B | (m) | 0.55% | 6.33× | Reported |
| 2020-03-31 | (m) | $20.77B | $103.90M | $8.67B | $1.13B | (m) | 0.50% | 7.69× | Reported |
| 2019-12-31 | (m) | $21.08B | $109.60M | $9.07B | $1.12B | (m) | 0.52% | 8.08× | Reported |
| 2019-09-30 | (m) | $20.89B | $115.50M | $8.78B | $1.09B | (m) | 0.55% | 8.03× | Reported |
| 2019-06-30 | (m) | $20.83B | $121.90M | $8.79B | $1.06B | (m) | 0.59% | 8.27× | Reported |
| 2019-03-31 | (m) | $20.84B | $116.90M | $8.77B | $1.02B | (m) | 0.56% | 8.61× | Reported |
| 2018-12-31 | (m) | $21.03B | $125.10M | $8.82B | $981.20M | (m) | 0.60% | 8.99× | Reported |
| 2018-09-30 | (m) | $21.20B | $133.70M | $8.97B | $962.20M | (m) | 0.63% | 9.32× | Reported |
| 2018-06-30 | (m) | $21.59B | $137.20M | $9.63B | $948.80M | (m) | 0.64% | 10.15× | Reported |
| 2018-03-31 | (m) | $22.28B | $134.60M | $9.66B | $939.50M | (m) | 0.60% | 10.28× | Reported |
| 2017-12-31 | (m) | $22.82B | $117.50M | $9.55B | $921.30M | (m) | 0.51% | 10.37× | Reported |
| 2017-09-30 | (m) | $23.51B | $112.70M | $9.38B | $907.40M | (m) | 0.48% | 10.33× | Reported |
| 2017-06-30 | (m) | $24.18B | $107.50M | $8.44B | $892.10M | (m) | 0.44% | 9.46× | Reported |
| 2017-03-31 | (m) | $24.39B | $113.50M | $8.00B | $885.10M | (m) | 0.47% | 9.04× | Reported |
| 2016-12-31 | (m) | $24.62B | $131.30M | $7.74B | $884.80M | (m) | 0.53% | 8.75× | Reported |
| 2016-09-30 | (m) | $24.93B | $135.40M | $7.66B | $844.50M | (m) | 0.54% | 9.07× | Reported |
| 2016-06-30 | (m) | $25.13B | $130.10M | $7.55B | $784.00M | (m) | 0.52% | 9.63× | Reported |
| 2016-03-31 | (m) | $25.36B | $130.50M | $7.54B | $709.30M | (m) | 0.51% | 10.63× | Reported |
| 2015-12-31 | (m) | $25.41B | $110.00M | $7.15B | $638.30M | (m) | 0.43% | 11.19× | Reported |
| 2015-09-30 | (m) | $25.64B | $114.40M | $7.02B | $605.20M | (m) | 0.45% | 11.59× | Reported |
| 2015-06-30 | (m) | $26.02B | $108.70M | $7.06B | $593.60M | (m) | 0.42% | 11.89× | Reported |
| 2015-03-31 | (m) | $26.70B | $107.50M | $7.40B | $582.30M | (m) | 0.40% | 12.71× | Reported |
| 2014-12-31 | (m) | $27.44B | $112.80M | $7.95B | $570.50M | (m) | 0.41% | 13.93× | Reported |
| 2014-09-30 | (m) | $27.96B | $95.30M | $8.40B | $556.20M | (m) | 0.34% | 15.10× | Reported |
| 2014-06-30 | (m) | $28.30B | $94.70M | $8.74B | $537.40M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.27× | Reported |
| 2014-03-31 | (m) | $28.20B | $91.60M | $8.75B | $529.30M | (m) | 0.32% | 16.53× | Reported |
| 2013-12-31 | (m) | $28.11B | $89.10M | $8.76B | $521.90M | (m) | 0.32% | 16.79× | Reported |
| 2013-09-30 | (m) | $27.96B | $92.10M | $8.76B | $518.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.91× | Reported |
| 2013-06-30 | (m) | $27.79B | $91.90M | $8.63B | $515.60M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.74× | Reported |
| 2013-03-31 | (m) | $27.63B | $89.70M | $8.59B | $515.80M | (m) | 0.32% | 16.65× | Reported |
| 2012-12-31 | (m) | $27.57B | $93.40M | $8.60B | $516.60M | (m) | 0.34% | 16.66× | Reported |
| 2012-09-30 | (m) | $27.44B | $91.10M | $8.53B | $513.90M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.59× | Reported |
| 2012-06-30 | (m) | $27.45B | $89.80M | $8.63B | $509.80M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.94× | Reported |
| 2012-03-31 | (m) | $27.44B | $88.70M | $8.67B | $501.60M | (m) | 0.32% | 17.28× | Reported |
| 2011-12-31 | (m) | $27.01B | $86.20M | $8.53B | $492.80M | (m) | 0.32% | 17.31× | Reported |
| 2011-09-30 | (m) | $26.40B | $83.70M | $8.27B | $482.90M | (m) | 0.32% | 17.12× | Reported |
| 2011-06-30 | (m) | $25.54B | $82.50M | $7.97B | $473.70M | (m) | 0.32% | 16.82× | Reported |
| 2011-03-31 | (m) | $24.58B | $81.20M | $7.62B | $460.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 16.58× | Reported |
| 2010-12-31 | (m) | $24.07B | $83.10M | $7.47B | $450.90M | (m) | 0.35% | 16.57× | Reported |
| 2010-09-30 | (m) | $23.83B | $91.70M | $7.44B | $449.10M | (m) | 0.38% | 16.57× | Reported |
| 2010-06-30 | (m) | $23.58B | $97.60M | $7.28B | $452.10M | (m) | 0.41% | 16.10× | Reported |
| 2010-03-31 | (m) | $23.28B | $108.40M | $7.11B | $463.30M | (m) | 0.47% | 15.36× | Reported |
| 2009-12-31 | (m) | $22.74B | $112.90M | $6.84B | $473.20M | (m) | 0.50% | 14.46× | Reported |
| 2009-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | (m) | $23.52B | $112.50M | $6.44B | $522.60M | (m) | 0.48% | 12.33× | Reported |
| 2008-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2007-12-31 | (m) | $22.79B | $142.40M | $3.88B | $410.10M | (m) | 0.62% | 9.46× | Reported |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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