McDonalds Cash And Short Term Investments vs Common Stock Analysis

MCD Stock

USD 327.89 0.27 0.08%

McDonalds financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating McDonalds recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether McDonalds is a good investment. Please check the relationship between McDonalds Cash And Short Term Investments and its Common Stock accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in McDonalds. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in services.

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Cash And Short Term Investments vs Common Stock

Cash And Short Term Investments vs Common Stock Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of McDonalds Cash And Short Term Investments account and Common Stock. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak relationship.

The correlation between McDonalds' Cash And Short Term Investments and Common Stock is 0.3. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Cash And Short Term Investments that can explain the historical movement of Common Stock in the same time period over historical financial statements of McDonalds, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of McDonalds' Cash And Short Term Investments and Common Stock is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Cash And Short Term Investments of McDonalds are associated (or correlated) with its Common Stock. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Common Stock has no effect on the direction of Cash And Short Term Investments i.e., McDonalds' Cash And Short Term Investments and Common Stock go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.3

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Weak

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Cash And Short Term Investments

Short Term Investments is an account in the current assets section of McDonalds balance sheet. This account contains McDonalds investments that will expire within one year. These investments include stocks and bonds that can be liquidated by McDonalds fairly quickly. The sum of a company's cash on hand, including bank deposits and short-term, highly liquid investments that are easily convertible to known amounts of cash.

Common Stock

Most indicators from McDonalds' fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into McDonalds current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in McDonalds. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in services.

For information on how to trade McDonalds Stock refer to our How to Trade McDonalds Stock guide.The current year's Enterprise Value is expected to grow to about 227 B, whereas Selling General Administrative is forecasted to decline to about 2.3 B.

	2023	2024	2025	2026 (projected)
Gross Profit	14.6B	14.7B	15.3B	9.1B
Total Revenue	25.5B	25.9B	26.9B	18.8B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

McDonalds fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Good Will	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Common Stock
Total Assets		0.74	0.48	0.81	-0.4	0.82	0.72	0.75	0.31	0.8	0.64	0.3	0.73	-0.88	0.76	-0.14	0.16	-0.56	0.8	0.56	-0.1	0.31	0.62	0.88	0.67	0.67
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.74		0.37	0.58	-0.64	0.88	0.91	0.88	0.28	0.88	0.76	0.21	0.81	-0.75	0.94	-0.33	-0.02	-0.33	0.93	0.43	-0.18	0.1	0.27	0.56	0.83	0.49
Other Current Liab	0.48	0.37		0.42	-0.03	0.28	0.19	0.5	0.46	0.28	0.06	0.45	0.42	-0.67	0.26	0.22	0.62	-0.37	0.29	0.7	0.25	0.12	0.51	0.65	0.13	0.8
Total Current Liabilities	0.81	0.58	0.42		-0.36	0.68	0.6	0.59	0.36	0.65	0.54	0.35	0.64	-0.71	0.61	-0.14	0.23	-0.53	0.68	0.58	-0.14	0.22	0.41	0.68	0.55	0.56
Total Stockholder Equity	-0.4	-0.64	-0.03	-0.36		-0.45	-0.75	-0.45	0.13	-0.43	-0.49	0.14	-0.62	0.55	-0.73	0.9	0.03	0.53	-0.75	-0.04	0.68	0.16	0.04	-0.03	-0.43	-0.04
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.82	0.88	0.28	0.68	-0.45		0.92	0.93	0.12	0.99	0.87	0.05	0.85	-0.76	0.93	-0.11	0.04	-0.26	0.92	0.3	-0.24	0.26	0.45	0.73	0.91	0.62
Net Debt	0.72	0.91	0.19	0.6	-0.75	0.92		0.89	-0.03	0.92	0.89	-0.1	0.89	-0.75	0.99	-0.47	0.04	-0.32	0.98	0.17	-0.5	0.02	0.29	0.52	0.9	0.41
Retained Earnings	0.75	0.88	0.5	0.59	-0.45	0.93	0.89		0.1	0.95	0.83	0.02	0.92	-0.82	0.91	-0.09	0.24	-0.24	0.89	0.34	-0.23	0.07	0.53	0.74	0.88	0.71
Cash	0.31	0.28	0.46	0.36	0.13	0.12	-0.03	0.1		0.09	-0.08	0.99	-0.01	-0.21	0.07	0.27	-0.12	-0.24	0.11	0.92	0.58	0.34	0.11	0.26	0.0	0.32
Non Current Assets Total	0.8	0.88	0.28	0.65	-0.43	0.99	0.92	0.95	0.09		0.9	0.02	0.85	-0.75	0.93	-0.1	0.06	-0.21	0.91	0.28	-0.25	0.19	0.46	0.73	0.94	0.6
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.64	0.76	0.06	0.54	-0.49	0.87	0.89	0.83	-0.08	0.9		-0.16	0.74	-0.54	0.87	-0.28	0.07	-0.08	0.84	0.07	-0.47	-0.07	0.29	0.5	0.97	0.29
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.3	0.21	0.45	0.35	0.14	0.05	-0.1	0.02	0.99	0.02	-0.16		-0.06	-0.19	0.0	0.25	-0.11	-0.31	0.06	0.92	0.59	0.35	0.11	0.24	-0.09	0.3
Net Receivables	0.73	0.81	0.42	0.64	-0.62	0.85	0.89	0.92	-0.01	0.85	0.74	-0.06		-0.87	0.89	-0.28	0.17	-0.44	0.9	0.27	-0.39	-0.04	0.6	0.66	0.77	0.67
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.88	-0.75	-0.67	-0.71	0.55	-0.76	-0.75	-0.82	-0.21	-0.75	-0.54	-0.19	-0.87		-0.79	0.22	-0.34	0.67	-0.82	-0.53	0.22	-0.22	-0.64	-0.81	-0.57	-0.82
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.76	0.94	0.26	0.61	-0.73	0.93	0.99	0.91	0.07	0.93	0.87	0.0	0.89	-0.79		-0.43	0.03	-0.36	0.99	0.26	-0.43	0.07	0.33	0.55	0.88	0.48
Inventory	-0.14	-0.33	0.22	-0.14	0.9	-0.11	-0.47	-0.09	0.27	-0.1	-0.28	0.25	-0.28	0.22	-0.43		0.12	0.4	-0.45	0.18	0.7	0.34	0.26	0.27	-0.19	0.36
Other Current Assets	0.16	-0.02	0.62	0.23	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.24	-0.12	0.06	0.07	-0.11	0.17	-0.34	0.03	0.12		-0.18	0.05	0.17	-0.02	-0.01	0.22	0.35	0.02	0.44
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.56	-0.33	-0.37	-0.53	0.53	-0.26	-0.32	-0.24	-0.24	-0.21	-0.08	-0.31	-0.44	0.67	-0.36	0.4	-0.18		-0.46	-0.49	0.19	-0.24	-0.29	-0.34	-0.05	-0.42
Total Liab	0.8	0.93	0.29	0.68	-0.75	0.92	0.98	0.89	0.11	0.91	0.84	0.06	0.9	-0.82	0.99	-0.45	0.05	-0.46		0.33	-0.42	0.11	0.34	0.58	0.85	0.51
Total Current Assets	0.56	0.43	0.7	0.58	-0.04	0.3	0.17	0.34	0.92	0.28	0.07	0.92	0.27	-0.53	0.26	0.18	0.17	-0.49	0.33		0.44	0.33	0.35	0.52	0.14	0.59
Short Term Debt	-0.1	-0.18	0.25	-0.14	0.68	-0.24	-0.5	-0.23	0.58	-0.25	-0.47	0.59	-0.39	0.22	-0.43	0.7	-0.02	0.19	-0.42	0.44		0.29	0.1	0.12	-0.32	0.16
Intangible Assets	0.31	0.1	0.12	0.22	0.16	0.26	0.02	0.07	0.34	0.19	-0.07	0.35	-0.04	-0.22	0.07	0.34	-0.01	-0.24	0.11	0.33	0.29		0.06	0.34	-0.07	0.42
Accounts Payable	0.62	0.27	0.51	0.41	0.04	0.45	0.29	0.53	0.11	0.46	0.29	0.11	0.6	-0.64	0.33	0.26	0.22	-0.29	0.34	0.35	0.1	0.06		0.78	0.34	0.7
Good Will	0.88	0.56	0.65	0.68	-0.03	0.73	0.52	0.74	0.26	0.73	0.5	0.24	0.66	-0.81	0.55	0.27	0.35	-0.34	0.58	0.52	0.12	0.34	0.78		0.57	0.86
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.67	0.83	0.13	0.55	-0.43	0.91	0.9	0.88	0.0	0.94	0.97	-0.09	0.77	-0.57	0.88	-0.19	0.02	-0.05	0.85	0.14	-0.32	-0.07	0.34	0.57		0.37
Common Stock	0.67	0.49	0.8	0.56	-0.04	0.62	0.41	0.71	0.32	0.6	0.29	0.3	0.67	-0.82	0.48	0.36	0.44	-0.42	0.51	0.59	0.16	0.42	0.7	0.86	0.37

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McDonalds Account Relationship Matchups

McDonalds fundamental ratios Accounts

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (projected)
Total Assets	53.9B	50.4B	56.1B	55.2B	59.5B	30.5B
Short Long Term Debt Total	49.3B	48.7B	53.1B	51.9B	59.7B	62.7B
Other Current Liab	1.7B	1.6B	1.9B	1.6B	1.9B	1.4B
Total Current Liabilities	4.0B	3.8B	6.9B	3.9B	4.4B	3.1B
Total Stockholder Equity	(4.6B)	(6.0B)	(4.7B)	(3.8B)	(1.8B)	(1.7B)
Property Plant And Equipment Net	38.3B	36.3B	38.4B	38.6B	44.4B	46.7B
Net Debt	44.6B	46.1B	48.5B	50.9B	58.5B	61.4B
Retained Earnings	57.5B	59.5B	63.5B	66.8B	76.9B	80.7B
Cash	4.7B	2.6B	4.6B	1.1B	1.2B	1.7B
Non Current Assets Total	46.7B	45.0B	48.2B	50.6B	58.2B	61.1B
Non Currrent Assets Other	4.4B	4.7B	5.6B	6.1B	7.0B	7.4B
Cash And Short Term Investments	4.7B	2.6B	4.6B	1.1B	774M	735.3M
Net Receivables	1.9B	2.1B	2.5B	2.4B	2.5B	2.6B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	751.8M	741.3M	732.3M	721.9M	714.2M	937.4M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	53.9B	50.4B	56.1B	55.2B	59.5B	30.5B
Non Current Liabilities Total	54.4B	52.6B	54.0B	55.1B	63.4B	66.6B
Inventory	55.6M	52M	53M	56M	64.4M	86.8M
Other Current Assets	511.3M	673.4M	866M	1.1B	923M	596.6M
Other Stockholder Equity	(59.6B)	(63.1B)	(65.7B)	(68.1B)	(1.8B)	(1.9B)
Total Liab	58.5B	56.4B	60.9B	59.0B	61.3B	64.4B
Total Current Assets	7.1B	5.4B	8.0B	4.6B	4.2B	3.5B
Short Term Debt	705.5M	661.1M	2.9B	636M	731.4M	694.8M
Intangible Assets	3.6B	3.8B	836M	907M	1.0B	1.7B
Accounts Payable	1.0B	980.2M	1.1B	1.0B	1.2B	810.5M
Good Will	2.8B	2.9B	3.0B	3.1B	3.6B	2.3B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	41.9B	41.0B	57.1B	57.5B	66.1B	69.5B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(2.6B)	(2.5B)	(2.5B)	(2.6B)	(2.9B)	(3.1B)
Other Liab	5.2B	5.8B	5.5B	4.5B	5.2B	2.7B
Other Assets	8.2B	8.7B	2M	(1M)	12.5B	13.1B
Long Term Debt	35.6B	35.9B	37.2B	38.4B	40.0B	22.1B
Treasury Stock	(66.3B)	(67.1B)	(67.8B)	(71.6B)	(64.5B)	(61.2B)
Property Plant Equipment	38.3B	36.3B	38.4B	38.6B	42.8B	27.5B
Current Deferred Revenue	702M	738.3M	757.8M	790.1M	711.1M	776.1M
Net Tangible Assets	1.9B	2.7B	(4.6B)	3.2B	2.9B	3.3B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	52.9B	53.9B	57.5B	59.5B	68.5B	47.0B
Short Term Investments	14M	1.3B	300K	4.3M	4.9M	4.7M
Long Term Debt Total	35.6B	35.9B	38.7B	40.2B	40.0B	29.8B
Capital Surpluse	8.2B	8.5B	8.9B	9.3B	10.7B	7.8B
Deferred Long Term Liab	2.0B	2.7B	2.8B	2.8B	3.2B	1.9B

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.083

Dividend Share

7.17

Earnings Share

11.96

Revenue Per Share

37.528

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.097

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McDonalds Cash And Short Term Investments vs Common Stock Analysis

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Cash And Short Term Investments vs Common Stock Correlation Analysis

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Non Current Assets Total	+ 0.99	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Non Current Liabilities Total	+ 0.99	Net Debt
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 0.99	Cash
Total Liab	+ 0.99	Non Current Liabilities Total
Total Liab	+ 0.98	Net Debt
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	+ 0.97	Non Currrent Assets Other

Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.88	Total Assets
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.87	Net Receivables
Common Stock	- 0.82	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Total Liab	- 0.82	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.82	Retained Earnings
Good Will	- 0.81	Common Stock Shares Outstanding