All In On McDonald's Stock? Social Media User Wants Advice on Fast Food Giant, Investors Aren't Lovin' It

Shares of fast food giant McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) are trading at levels last seen four years ago in September 2022. The drop in the stock price of the well known restaurant company has one investor asking social media if he should go all in.

Social Media User Wants McDonald’s Stock Advice

At a recent investor day event, McDonald’s discussed ways the company plans to renew its growth going forward. That has entrepreneur Nik Hulewsky (@cofoundersnik on X) asking about buying McDonald’s stock.

"Someone talk me out of putting my entire net-worth into McDs??! It’s trading at 5 year lows," the user tweeted.

Among the reasons Hulewsky highlighted a potential investment in McDonald’s are:

• Revenue up 40%
• Operating income up 70%
• Dividend yield 3.3% with 50 years of increases
• 46,000 stores, 95% franchises.

"I freaking LOVE McDonalds but what am I missing?"  

A community note has been added to the post that says revenue was up around 16% from 2021-2025 and operating income up 22% over the same time period. The note says the 40% and 70% figures refer to the gains from 2020 pandemic lows.

Here are some of the responses received to the social media post on whether Nik should invest in McDonald’s stock:

• "GLP-1s" (@thesmarmybum)
• "Not enough AI implementation" (@zacgawn)
• "Are you trying to buy a falling knife" (@lg6)
• "Look at NKE. Consumer tastes have moved and found better, cheaper products elsewhere" (@taycan_pulse)
• "I’d rather go for growth stocks that are for off their high" (@blockinvests)
• "Bottom 50% is broke and no one is paying $10 for a McDonald’s hamburger" (@block1capital)
• "It’s so expensive now" (@mlondon83)
• "Lost its magic. US guest count is down" (@vickers9)
• "Overpriced fast food" (@jgmagnus)

The comments mainly focused on consumer preferences changing to other restaurant options, McDonald’s prices being too high and consumers not having as much money to spend out on restaurants. Weight loss drugs were also frequently mentioned as a negative for the fast food sector and companies like McDonald’s.

Did He Buy McDonald’s Stock?

Hulewsky later tweeted that the world answered his question and that he isn’t ready to go all in on the stock.

"Still love the brand & dividend but learned a few things," the user tweeted.

The entrepreneur shared that while he didn’t go all in, he did buy 10 McDonald’s shares with an average price of $231.30.

Investors may follow the McDonald’s call out based on another time Hulewsky asked about going all in on a stock. On July 28, 2025, the entrepreneur asked if he should put everything into Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock.

That thought was based on the net income, growth and price to earnings ratio of Alphabet compared to peers.

"The market thinks Google is worth less than the average S&P 500 company!"

Based on the highest price for Alphabet stock the day of that post, shares are up 76% over the last 14 months.

Photo courtesy: Sombat Muycheen / Shutterstock.com