MCD Analysis
McDonald's Corporation — is the distribution income, or your own capital coming back?
NAV decline exceeded distributions
Over the last 1Y, MCD distributed 3.4% of its price while NAV fell 10.6%. The decline was larger than everything paid out, so a holder across the full window is down on a total-return basis despite the distributions.
From here, MCD would need a 12% price gain just to return to where it started the window — before any further distributions are counted.
This verdict is generated from fixed thresholds applied to live price and distribution data, not written per fund. Two funds with the same profile always get the same wording.
How MCD generates income
MCD is an income-focused ETF issued by McDonald's. Dividend King with 50 consecutive years of dividend increases (crossed the 50-year threshold and joined the Kings in 2025). Global franchised fast-food operator with 40,000+ restaurants in over 100 countries. Annual dividend around $7.44/share, forward yield ~2.5%, payout ratio ~60%. Three-year dividend growth rate near 9% with the most recent raise around 6%. Typical timing: annual dividend raise declared in October.
The fund is designed for investors who prioritize regular income distributions. The yield comes from a combination of dividends from the underlying holdings and any income-generating strategies the fund employs.
- Income source
- Dividends from underlying holdings
- Issuer
- McDonald's
MCD price return since first distribution
The capital half of total return. Read it against the cumulative distributions below — the two together are what a holder actually earned.
Cumulative price return: -7.69%
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Cumulative distributions collected
Running total of per-share distributions since the first payment on record — 179 payments.
Total collected per share since inception: $99.33
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