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Latest period

713.50M

YoY change

-0.8%

5Y CAGR

-0.9%

Peak year (1985)

1.53B

Shares Outstanding history chart for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 716.40M

Shares Outstanding growth chart for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: -0.8%

Shares Outstanding history table for McDonald's (MCD) from 1985 to 2025

  • 2025716.40M-0.8%
  • 2024721.90M-1.4%
  • 2023732.30M-1.2%
  • 2022741.30M-1.4%
  • 2021751.80M+0.2%
  • 2020750.10M-1.9%
  • 2019764.90M-2.6%
  • 2018785.60M-3.7%
  • 2017815.50M-5.3%
  • 2016861.20M-8.8%
  • 2015944.60M-4.2%
  • 2014986.30M-2.0%
  • 20131.01B-1.4%
  • 20121.02B-2.4%
  • 20111.04B-3.3%
  • 20101.08B-2.4%
  • 20091.11B-3.4%
  • 20081.15B-5.4%
  • 20071.21B-3.2%
  • 20061.25B-1.8%
  • 20051.27B+0.0%
  • 20041.27B-0.2%
  • 20031.28B-0.4%
  • 20021.28B-2.1%
  • 20011.31B-3.5%
  • 20001.36B-3.4%
  • 19991.40B-0.1%
  • 19981.41B-0.0%
  • 19971.41B-1.7%
  • 19961.43B+1.5%
  • 19951.41B+0.6%
  • 19941.40B-3.9%
  • 19931.46B-1.1%
  • 19921.47B+0.0%
  • 19911.47B+1.0%
  • 19901.46B-3.0%
  • 19891.51B+0.2%
  • 19881.50B+1.5%
  • 19871.48B-0.6%
  • 19861.49B-2.8%
  • 19851.53B

Shares Outstanding values are taken from McDonald's's reported income statements (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 Shares Outstanding at McDonald's (MCD)

According to McDonald's's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported diluted shares outstanding is 713.50M. Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is the share count used to compute per-share metrics like EPS. Buybacks lower it; new issuance, stock-based compensation, and convertible securities raise it. Multiply by the stock price for market capitalization.

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 diluted shares outstanding of 716.40M – edged down 0.8% year-over-year.

McDonald's diluted shares outstanding compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -0.9%, with a net decline across the window.

McDonald's diluted shares outstanding plunged from 1.53B in 1985 to 716.40M in 2025, a 53.2% drawdown.

Across the available history, diluted shares outstanding reached its high of 1.53B in 1985 and its low of 716.40M in 2025.

McDonald's Shares Outstanding by Year

McDonald's Shares Outstanding 2025: 716.40M

McDonald's posted diluted shares outstanding of 716.40M in 2025, edged down 0.8% below 2024. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.

McDonald's Shares Outstanding 2024: 721.90M

In 2024, McDonald's reported diluted shares outstanding of 721.90M, edged down 1.4% below 2023.

McDonald's Shares Outstanding 2023: 732.30M

McDonald's diluted shares outstanding in 2023 was 732.30M, edged down 1.2% below 2022.

McDonald's Shares Outstanding 2022: 741.30M

2022's diluted shares outstanding for McDonald's came in at 741.30M, edged down 1.4% below 2021.

McDonald's Shares Outstanding 2021: 751.80M

McDonald's diluted shares outstanding in 2021 was 751.80M.

See more financial history for McDonald's (MCD).

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