McDonald's

MCD • NYSE

McDonald's is a restaurants company in the consumer cyclical sector on NYSE, led by Chris Kempczinski, with a market cap of $220.56B. As of Q3 2025, 71% of shares are held by 3,317 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 10.04%.

President and Chief Executive OfficerChris Kempczinski

Market Cap$220.56B

Restaurants

Consumer Cyclical

Employees150.0K

Websiteinvestor.mcdonalds.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in MCD as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $216.86B

All Institutions

Institutions: 3,317
Value Held: $154.55B
Shares Held: 508.8M
Avg Position: $46.6M
Median Position: $1.2M

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 113
Value Held: $3.9B
Shares Held: 12.8M
Avg Position: $34.4M
Median Position: $1.9M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

69.48%

$150.66B

Hedge Funds

1.79%

$3.9B

Retail & Other

28.73%

$62.3B

Based on market cap of $216.86B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in MCD as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$21.8B 0.33% of portfolio	10.04% 71.6M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$15.8B 0.28% of portfolio	7.30% 52.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$10.6B 0.37% of portfolio	4.91% 35.0M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	Jamie Dimon CEO	$10.4B 0.66% of portfolio	4.79% 34.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.56T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$5.1B 0.33% of portfolio	2.38% 17.0M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$4.7B 0.29% of portfolio	2.18% 15.6M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.65T
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ Institution	Brian T. Moynihan CEO	$3.9B 0.29% of portfolio	1.79% 12.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.33T
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	Robert W Sharps President	$2.8B 0.31% of portfolio	1.29% 9.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$912.31B
NORTHERN TRUST CORP Institution	Michael G. O'Grady CEO	$2.6B 0.33% of portfolio	1.18% 8.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$782.01B
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN Institution	Charles W. Scharf CEO	$2.4B 0.50% of portfolio	1.12% 8.0M shares	Q4 2013 Held for 11y 11m	$488.50B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for MCD in Q3 2025

Traded: −$818.0M
Buyers: 1,556
Sellers: 1,397
Total Bought: +$5.5B
Total Sold: −$6.3B
Avg Position: $45.0M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	+$436.3M +1.4M shares	$2.8B 9.2M shares
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Institution	+$358.4M +1.2M shares	$1.3B 4.4M shares
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	+$331.5M +1.1M shares	$629.4M 2.1M shares
Marshall Wace LLP Institution	+$251.5M +827.5K shares	$251.5M 827.5K shares
A Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$238.1M +783.4K shares	$269.1M 885.6K shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$160.7M +529.0K shares	$287.5M 946.1K shares
C CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD Institution	+$135.5M +445.8K shares	$389.5M 1.3M shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$122.4M +402.9K shares	$1.2B 3.9M shares
WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$117.9M +388.1K shares	$117.9M 388.1K shares
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$115.4M +379.8K shares	$115.4M 379.8K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$706.2M −2.3M shares	$102.6M 337.7K shares
UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC Long Only Manager	−$530.1M −1.7M shares	$1.6B 5.2M shares
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	−$473.7M −1.6M shares	$2.3B 7.4M shares
Q Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Institution	−$303.8M −999.5K shares	$37.8M 124.5K shares
D DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main Institution	−$257.3M −846.8K shares	$173.7M 571.4K shares
Capital Research Global Investors RIA/Wealth	−$187.8M −618.0K shares	$1.9B 6.2M shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$180.4M −593.5K shares	$92.3M 303.7K shares
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	−$164.1M −539.9K shares	$21.0M 69.1K shares
VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$157.3M −538.4K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	−$154.3M −507.8K shares	$4.7B 15.6M shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited MCD in Q3 2025

New Positions: 47
New Value: $138.7M
Exited Positions: 119
Exited Value: $677.8M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
F Freestone Grove Partners LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$77.2M 254.1K shares
Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Long Only Manager	$37.3M 122.7K shares
Tabor Asset Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$4.5M 14.7K shares
T TEMA ETFS LLC Institution	$4.1M 13.5K shares
Night Squared LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$3.0M 10.0K shares
Retirement Planning Group RIA/Wealth	$1.7M 5.6K shares
BANYAN CAPTIAL MANAGEMENT, INC. RIA/Wealth	$774.6K 2.5K shares
Fiscal Wisdom Wealth Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	$674.8K 2.2K shares
A4 Wealth Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	$598.9K 2.0K shares
Lantern Wealth Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$574.8K 1.9K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$157.3M 538.4K shares
A AXA Institution	$78.7M 269.5K shares
Junto Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$76.8M 262.7K shares
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$68.9M 235.7K shares
B Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd Institution	$39.3M 134.5K shares
Kingstone Capital Partners Texas, LLC RIA/Wealth	$36.5M 124.9K shares
T TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP Hedge Fund•Quant	$35.3M 120.9K shares
Sone Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$17.0M 58.2K shares
CenterBook Partners LP Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	$16.4M 56.1K shares
T TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Institution	$14.6M 50.1K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in MCD as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 67
Call Value: $2.5B
Put Positions: 63
Put Value: $2.4B

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$612.8M 20.2K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$349.0M 11.5K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$256.0M 8.4K contracts
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$139.9M 4.6K contracts
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN Institution	$119.3M 3.9K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$102.8M 3.4K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$92.7M 3.1K contracts
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$80.6M 2.7K contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$75.5M 2.5K contracts
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	$61.0M 2.0K contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$576.7M 19.0K contracts
CITIGROUP INC Institution	$286.9M 9.4K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$282.5M 9.3K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$196.9M 6.5K contracts
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	$168.2M 5.5K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$128.3M 4.2K contracts
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$111.2M 3.7K contracts
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$76.4M 2.5K contracts
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$60.8M 2.0K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$54.2M 1.8K contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with MCD as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC Pension/Endowment	Michael William Johnson President	51.12% $1.4B	0.64% 4.6M shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$2.7B
Benchstone Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Christopher Morgan Leff Founder	6.77% $49.6M	0.02% 163.3K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$733.3M
H Hook Mill Capital Partners, LP Institution	-	6.31% $69.5M	0.03% 228.8K shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$1.1B
RBO & CO LLC RIA/Wealth	John Mason Oliver Managing Partner	5.44% $32.9M	0.02% 108.3K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$605.0M
HS Management Partners, LLC Long Only Manager	Harry William Segalas CIO	4.86% $37.4M	0.02% 123.1K shares	Q2 2015 Held for 10y 5m	$769.6M
B BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA Institution	-	4.78% $475.9M	0.22% 1.6M shares	Q4 2013 Held for 11y 11m	$10.0B
P PICTET BANK & TRUST Ltd Institution	-	4.75% $4.0M	0.00% 13.0K shares	Q3 2017 Held for 8y 2m	$83.2M
CKW FINANCIAL GROUP RIA/Wealth	Lynne Renee Kinney CIO	4.51% $41.1M	0.02% 135.1K shares	Q4 2013 Held for 11y 11m	$911.5M
HUTNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC RIA/Wealth	Daniel Ellsworth Hutner President	4.45% $10.5M	0.00% 34.6K shares	Q3 2016 Held for 9y 2m	$236.4M
Lansing Street Advisors RIA/Wealth	Matthew Topley CEO	4.28% $16.1M	0.01% 52.9K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$375.2M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in MCD

WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerChristopher Lazarus Gust

Portfolio Value: $1.5B
Positions: 859
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in McDonald's

Market Value: $397.2K
Shares Held: 1.3K
Portfolio Weight: 0.03%
Owned Since: 2022-Q3

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McDonald's

Overview

All Institutions

Hedge Funds

Ownership Breakdown

Biggest Investors

Net Capital Flow

Biggest Buyers

Biggest Sellers

Entry and Exit Activity

New Positions

Exited Positions

Options Activity

Call Positions

Put Positions

Most Committed Institutions

Hedge Fund Spotlight

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