McDonald's Corporation · MCD · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$274.27 +0.23% on the day, +$0.64
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Yearly payout / yield
$7.44·2.71%
$1.86 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
$1.93/qtr
pays Dec 15 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Dec 1
ex in 18 days ⓘ
Years without a cut
49+ yrs
17 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2000raised2008raised2020raised2022raised
raised through all four
Yield vs history ⓘ
79
Above its usual yield
MCD share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
MCD Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +7.2%3Y +3.7%5Y +6.1%10Y +7.1%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. The enlarge button shows all 179 payments since 1976.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 declared and not yet paid), not a promise.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +5.99% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $7.44 a year would be $9.68 by 2031 - 3.53% on today's $274.27 price.

How Many MCD Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $7.44 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 807 MCD shares, about $221,336 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $274.27. $1,000 a month takes about 1,613 shares, about $442,398. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

McDonald's (MCD) pays $1.86 a share quarterly, $7.44 a year, a 2.71% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $274.27. It has paid since 1976 and raised its annual dividend 17 years in a row, one of the 56 Dividend Kings.

At today’s rate of $1.86 quarterly and the last close of $274.27, this is what MCD pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$1.86$0.62$7.44
100 shares$186.00$62.00$744.00
$10,000 invested (36.5 shares)$67.82$22.61$271.27
807 shares ($500/mo)$1,501.02$500.34$6,004.08
1,613 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.18$1,000.06$12,000.72

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 MCD shares reinvest into 0.68 new shares each payment, about 2.7 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 148 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with MCD’s own history in the MCD DRIP calculator.

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  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

MCD Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

79/100Above its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • MCD yields 2.71% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $274.27.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.35%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
2.02% low3.22% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is MCD’s Next Dividend? December 2026 Ex-Date and Pay Date

MCD’s next dividend is $1.93 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Dec 1, 2026. Own MCD by the close on Nov 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Dec 15, 2026. The latest one, $1.86 a share, went ex on Sep 1, 2026 and paid Sep 3, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does MCD Pay?

MCD pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$7.44 a share, in 4 payments.
+5.1% against the 12 months before ($7.08 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 17 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Dec 1, 2026 - $1.86 to $1.93 (+$0.07, +3.76%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.10 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 58.9% - $7.44 paid / $12.64 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 58.6% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: 70.7% - $7.44 paid / $10.53 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 70.6% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

MCD vs Similar Dividend Stocks (IDEXY, LVMUY...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Consumer Cyclical companies closest to MCD in market value, MCD’s 2.71% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 2.27%, and its raise streak of 17 years is the 2nd longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
MCD $274.27McDonald's $1.86/qtr$7.44/yr fwd 2.71% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 49+ yrsraised 17 yrs in a row
IDEXY $16.54Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. $0.245/half-yr$0.49/yr fwd 2.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 0 yrsno raise streak
LVMUY $89.86LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Société Européenne $1.737/half-yr$3.47/yr fwd 3.87% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 18+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
BABA $94.36Alibaba Group Holding Limited $1.05/qtr$4.20/yr fwd 4.45% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsno raise streak
HESAF $1,502.42Hermes International SCA $15.2274/half-yr$30.45/yr fwd 2.03% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 17+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
HESAY $150.71Hermes International Societe en commandite par actions Unsponsored ADR $1.504/half-yr$3.01/yr fwd 2.00% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 14+ yrsno raise streak
TJX $135.98TJX Companies $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 1.41% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20202000 raised2008 raised2020 stopped2022 raised 4+ yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
TM $209.72Toyota Motor $3.1529/half-yr$6.31/yr fwd 3.01% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Varied, no cut2000 raised2008 varied2020 held2022 held 16 yrsraised 3 yrs in a row
LOW $227.51Lowe's Companies $1.25/qtr$5.00/yr fwd 2.20% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 39+ yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
SBUX $107.25Starbucks $0.63/qtr$2.52/yr fwd 2.35% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 15+ yrsraised 15+ yrs in a row
BKNG $161.19Booking Holdings $0.42/qtr$1.68/yr fwd 1.04% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 0 yrsraised 1+ yr in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: MCD vs IDEXY, MCD vs LVMUY, MCD vs BABA.

MCD Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1976

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Dec 1, 2026Dec 15, 2026$1.93QuarterlyDeclared
Sep 1, 2026Sep 3, 2026$1.86QuarterlyRegular
Jun 2, 2026Jun 4, 2026$1.86QuarterlyRegular
Mar 3, 2026Mar 5, 2026$1.86QuarterlyRegular
Dec 1, 2025Dec 3, 2025$1.86QuarterlyRegular
Sep 2, 2025Sep 4, 2025$1.77QuarterlyRegular
Jun 2, 2025Jun 4, 2025$1.77QuarterlyRegular
Mar 3, 2025Mar 5, 2025$1.77QuarterlyRegular
Dec 2, 2024Dec 4, 2024$1.77QuarterlyRegular
Sep 3, 2024Sep 5, 2024$1.67QuarterlyRegular
The other 169 MCD payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for MCD

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MCD Dividend Questions

How often does MCD pay dividends?

MCD pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Does MCD pay dividends monthly?

No. MCD pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next MCD dividend?

MCD’s next dividend is $1.93 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Dec 1, 2026. Own MCD by the close on Nov 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Dec 15, 2026. The latest one, $1.86 a share, went ex on Sep 1, 2026 and paid Sep 3, 2026. The current rate is $1.86 per share, $7.44 a year.

Does MCD pay a dividend in December 2026?

Yes. MCD declared $1.93 a share with the ex-date on Dec 1, 2026, paying on Dec 15, 2026. Own MCD by the close on Nov 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it.

How much does MCD pay per share?

MCD pays $1.86 a share quarterly, $7.44 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $274.27 that is a 2.71% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.35%.

Has MCD raised its dividend?

Yes. MCD has raised its annual dividend 17 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Dec 1, 2026, took the rate from $1.86 to $1.93 (+3.76%). Over five years the dividend grew 6.1% a year. That makes it one of the 56 Dividend Kings.

Is MCD’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. MCD paid out 59% of its earnings and 71% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 17 years in a row and gone 49+ years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2000, 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes. This is data, not investment advice. The full 13-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my MCD dividends?

Add MCD to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run MCD in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 13 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.