--- title: "Weekly Recap | McDonald's -1.24%, hits a 52-week low" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298792712.md" description: "McDonald’s (MCD) closed the week at $252.53, down 1.24%. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% over the same period, so MCD lagged the benchmark by about 0.44 percentage points. The stock had a bumpy week across four trading sessions: it briefly touched $256.805 on Tuesday before slipping through Wednesday and Thursday, then finished Friday near the week’s low at $252.53. The intraday low of $252.15 on Friday marked the bottom of the recent range. Weekly amplitude was only 1." datetime: "2026-09-12T06:15:43.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298792712.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298792712.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298792712.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | McDonald's -1.24%, hits a 52-week low ## The Week McDonald’s (MCD) closed the week at $252.53, down 1.24%. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% over the same period, so MCD lagged the benchmark by about 0.44 percentage points. The stock had a bumpy week across four trading sessions: it briefly touched $256.805 on Tuesday before slipping through Wednesday and Thursday, then finished Friday near the week’s low at $252.53. The intraday low of $252.15 on Friday marked the bottom of the recent range. Weekly amplitude was only 1.83%, and average daily volume came in 1.75% below the 60-day median, pointing to a quiet tape. ## Key Events Two themes stood out this week. The first was the resilience of franchise models in a divided restaurant space; McDonald’s was repeatedly cited as a franchise-heavy operator, and on 8 September one note argued the stock offered a reasonable valuation after the recent pullback. The second theme was the 52-week low. On 9 September MCD hit a 52-week low during regular trading, appearing alongside Nike and Constellation Brands in coverage of names slumping to fresh lows, with commentary also noting divergence within the quick-service restaurant group. On the company front, Meituan and McDonald’s opened China’s first dedicated drone-delivery route for a restaurant brand on 11 September, one of the few concrete corporate developments this week. ## Analyst Ratings As of 11 September, 35 institutions cover McDonald’s: 15 rate it buy, 4 rate it overweight, 14 rate it hold, 1 rates it sell, and 1 has no opinion. Combined, 19 institutions sit at buy or overweight, forming the majority. The consensus rating is buy, and the consensus target is $314.81, about 24.66% above the latest close. The target range runs from $250.00 to $407.00, a wide spread that points to meaningful disagreement about the upside. Within the restaurant industry, McDonald’s ranks third out of 46 names by analyst rating. ## The Week Ahead The macro calendar is busy next week. On 15 September the New York Fed manufacturing index is due, with a prior reading of 20.6 and a forecast of 14.75. On 16 September a batch of US data lands: retail sales, retail sales ex-autos, import prices, the NAHB housing market index, and EIA crude inventories. Retail sales carry a prior of -0.6 against a 0.9 forecast, while ex-autos retail sales show a prior of -0.3 against a 0.6 forecast. Consumer-facing data could shape sentiment for restaurant stocks, making retail sales a key read on household spending. McDonald’s itself has no earnings scheduled, so attention is likely to stay on macro numbers and broader rotation. ## In Short MCD traded lower this week even as the sell-side backdrop stayed constructive: the consensus rating is buy and the consensus target sits roughly a quarter above spot, though the wide target range suggests analysts are not aligned on how much room there is. On the latest trading day, large-lot money was a net seller while small and medium flows leaned the other way, a split direction. Valuation sits near the lower end of its recent range at about 20.34x earnings. The question ahead is whether retail data can steady consumer-stock sentiment and whether the $252 area holds as support. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [MCD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MCD.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [McDONALD'S MARKS 50 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF DIVIDEND INCREASES, JOINING THE RANKS OF DIVIDEND KINGS | MCD Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299365809.md) - [Krispy Kreme Investigation Initiated: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates the Officers and Directors of Krispy Kreme, Inc. - DNUT](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298954333.md) - [Why did NKE, MCD, STZ stocks slump to 52-week lows today?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298399162.md) - [McDonald's Stock (MCD) Hits 52-Week Low. Here's What's Holding Back the Burger Chain](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298057026.md) - [Levin Capital Strategies L.P. 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