McDonald's Corporation
NYSEMcDonald's has just cleared its Q2 earnings hurdle, and the reaction tells a familiar story: the stock bounced 1.2% on Tuesday to $268.34, but analysts are already marking down their targets in the post-print recalibration. The most telling move came Wednesday morning. RBC Capital trimmed its target to $295 from $305, maintaining a Sector Perform. Keybanc also lowered, cutting to…
MCD short interest surges 20.4% in one week to 1.41% of float, highest level since early May tracking.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumMcDonald's has just cleared its Q2 earnings hurdle, and the reaction tells a familiar story: the stock bounced 1.2% on Tuesday to $268.34, but analysts are already marking down their targets in the post-print…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
McDonald's reports Tuesday with options traders still leaning more bullish than at any point in the past year — even as the stock has lost a further 2% since Thursday's close to $265.23. The options picture remains the…
McDonald's heads into its August 3 earnings release with options traders positioned more bullishly than at any point in the past year — a notable divergence from the cautious analyst tone that has dominated the…
McDonald's heads into its August 3 earnings report with the stock down nearly 5% on the week and analysts quietly walking back their price targets — the tension between a still-bullish Street consensus and a softening…
McDonald's heads into Q3 with options traders their most bullish in a year and the stock up 6% on the week — a sharp divergence from an analyst community that has spent two months trimming targets. The options market…
McDonald's enters the first week of June with a quiet but consistent build in bearish positioning — the stock down 3.6% over the past month to $276.36, yet the market's lean against it has been the most persistent…
McDonald's reported Q1 results on May 20 into a market that had spent two weeks pricing in hope — and the post-print mood tells a more complicated story. The options market had been the loudest pre-earnings signal. The…
McDonald's heads into its May 20 earnings report carrying a month of analyst downgrades, a sharp jump in short interest, and the most bullish options posture it has seen all year. The most striking pre-earnings move…
McDonald's heads into its May 20 Q1 earnings call with a bruised share price, a wall of analyst target cuts, and options traders swinging to their most bullish positioning in a year — a combination that sets up a…
McDonald's is navigating a rough patch after its Q1 earnings miss. Seven analyst firms slashed price targets in two days. Short sellers responded — fast. The wave of analyst target cuts defines this moment. On May 7–8,…
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