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Cash on Hand for McDonald's (MCD)

As of · Reported

Metric

Latest period

$1.17B

YoY change

-28.7%

5Y CAGR

-25.8%

Peak year (2015)

$7.69B

Cash on Hand history chart for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: $774.00M

Cash on Hand growth chart for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: -28.7%

Cash on Hand history table for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

  • 2025$774.00M-28.7%
  • 2024$1.08B-76.3%
  • 2023$4.58B+77.2%
  • 2022$2.58B-45.1%
  • 2021$4.71B+36.5%
  • 2020$3.45B+283.9%
  • 2019$898.50M+3.8%
  • 2018$866.00M-64.9%
  • 2017$2.46B+101.4%
  • 2016$1.22B-84.1%
  • 2015$7.69B+269.9%
  • 2014$2.08B-25.8%
  • 2013$2.80B+19.8%
  • 2012$2.34B+0.0%
  • 2011$2.34B-2.1%
  • 2010$2.39B+32.9%
  • 2009$1.80B-13.0%
  • 2008$2.06B+4.1%
  • 2007$1.98B-6.9%
  • 2006$2.13B-50.1%
  • 2005$4.26B+208.8%
  • 2004$1.38B+180.0%
  • 2003$492.80M+49.2%
  • 2002$330.40M-21.0%
  • 2001$418.10M-0.9%
  • 2000$421.70M+0.5%
  • 1999$419.50M+40.2%
  • 1998$299.20M-12.4%
  • 1997$341.40M+3.5%
  • 1996$329.90M-1.5%
  • 1995$334.80M+86.1%
  • 1994$179.90M-3.2%
  • 1993$185.80M-57.4%
  • 1992$436.50M+98.2%
  • 1991$220.20M+54.2%
  • 1990$142.80M+4.2%
  • 1989$137.00M-25.7%
  • 1988$184.40M+0.7%
  • 1987$183.20M-10.7%
  • 1986$205.10M+32.0%
  • 1985$155.40M—

Cash on Hand values are taken from McDonald's's reported balance sheets (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Cash on Hand at McDonald's (MCD)

According to McDonald's's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported cash and short-term investments is $1.17B. Cash on hand here is cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments reported at the end of each period — the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Compare with total debt for net leverage and total assets for the share of assets held in cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, McDonald's (MCD) reported cash and short-term investments of $774.00M – declined 28.7% year-over-year.

Across 2020–2025 (5 years), McDonald's cash and short-term investments produced a CAGR of -25.8% – with a net decline across the window.

McDonald's cash and short-term investments peaked at $7.69B in 2015; the latest annual figure is $774.00M in 2025 (89.9% below peak).

$7.69B stands as the all-time-high annual cash and short-term investments, posted in 2015, against a low of $137.00M during 1989.

McDonald's Cash on Hand by Year

McDonald's Cash on Hand 2025: $774.00M

McDonald's cash and short-term investments in 2025 was $774.00M, declined 28.7% below 2024.

McDonald's Cash on Hand 2024: $1.08B

2024's cash and short-term investments for McDonald's came in at $1.08B, plunged 76.3% below 2023.

McDonald's Cash on Hand 2023: $4.58B

McDonald's posted cash and short-term investments of $4.58B in 2023, surged 77.2% from 2022.

McDonald's Cash on Hand 2022: $2.58B

In 2022, McDonald's reported cash and short-term investments of $2.58B, plunged 45.1% below 2021.

McDonald's Cash on Hand 2021: $4.71B

McDonald's cash and short-term investments in 2021 was $4.71B.

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