Seasonality
MCD seasonality — McDonald's
Over the last 11 years, MCD's strongest month on average has been April (+3.8%) and its weakest September (-2.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.56% | +0.14% | 50% | +8.3% | -3.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.30% | -0.48% | 40% | +8.3% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.63% | +1.17% | 60% | +8.7% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.80% | +4.68% | 80% | +13.4% | -5.5% | 10 |
| May | -1.21% | -1.37% | 30% | +7.8% | -5.2% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.72% | -1.40% | 30% | +4.7% | -6.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.56% | +2.09% | 90% | +6.7% | -1.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.96% | +3.05% | 60% | +9.9% | -4.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.09% | -1.78% | 40% | +5.5% | -12.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.64% | +0.68% | 50% | +18.2% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.62% | +2.08% | 78% | +7.5% | -1.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.40% | -0.61% | 50% | +9.6% | -5.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MCD
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.1 | 8.3 | -8.9 | -5.5 | -4.9 | -3.2 | 0.1 | -2.6 | -12.4 | 11.8 | 7.1 | -9.5% | |
| 2025 | -0.4 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | -1.8 | -6.9 | 2.7 | 4.5 | -3.1 | -1.8 | 4.5 | -2.0 | +5.4% |
| 2024 | -1.3 | -0.1 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -5.2 | -1.6 | 4.1 | 8.8 | 5.5 | -4.1 | 1.3 | -2.1 | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5 | -1.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | -3.6 | 4.7 | -1.8 | -4.1 | -6.3 | -0.5 | 7.5 | 5.2 | +12.5% |
| 2022 | -3.2 | -5.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | -2.1 | 6.7 | -4.2 | -8.5 | 18.2 | 0.1 | -3.4 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | -3.1 | -0.8 | 8.7 | 5.3 | -0.9 | -1.2 | 5.1 | -2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | -0.4 | 9.6 | +24.9% |
| 2020 | 8.3 | -9.2 | -14.8 | 13.4 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 5.3 | 9.9 | 2.8 | -3.0 | 2.1 | -1.3 | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -1.5 | -8.4 | -1.1 | 1.6 | +11.3% |
| 2018 | -0.6 | -7.8 | -0.9 | 7.1 | -4.4 | -2.1 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 6.6 | -5.8 | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.1 | -2.1 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.1 | +41.4% |
| 2016 | 2.0 |