McDonald's Corporation
NYSEMcDonald's has dropped 7% in a month and now faces its September 23 earnings print with the Street actively trimming expectations — a setup that puts execution squarely under the microscope. The positioning story is not particularly charged, but it has moved this week. Short interest climbed roughly 10% over the past week to 1.7% of the free float — still a modest absolute level…
MCD cost to borrow surges 175.5% over one week to 0.39%, though still remains near historic lows with availability exceeding 3,200% of short interest.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumMcDonald's has dropped 7% in a month and now faces its September 23 earnings print with the Street actively trimming expectations — a setup that puts execution squarely under the microscope. The positioning story is…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
McDonald's heads into the final week of August as the odd one out in a restaurant sector that has spent the past week moving decisively higher. The peer divergence is sharp enough to demand attention. YUM gained nearly…
McDonald'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…
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…
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