$MCD
MCDONALDS CORP Stock $mcd

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000006390820000022 Filed on February 26, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
Revenue	$5.349B	$21.36B	$5.163B
YoY Change	3.6%	0.5%	-3.32%
Cost Of Revenue	$2.561B	$10.19B	$2.652B
YoY Change	-3.46%	-2.3%	-0.83%
Gross Profit	$2.868B	$11.18B	$2.743B
YoY Change	4.53%	3.19%	2.92%
Gross Profit Margin	53.61%	52.33%	53.13%
Selling, General & Admin	$584.7M	$2.229B	$609.8M
YoY Change	-4.12%	1.33%	-1.26%
% of Gross Profit	20.39%	19.94%	22.23%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$413.6M	$262.5M	$379.0M
YoY Change	9.13%	22.21%	10.56%
% of Gross Profit	14.42%	2.35%	13.82%
Operating Expenses	$653.6M	$2.229B	$609.8M
YoY Change	7.18%	1.33%	-1.26%
Operating Profit	$2.293B	$9.070B	$2.000B
YoY Change	14.66%	2.8%	-6.75%
Interest Expense	-$224.3M	$1.122B	-$207.9M
YoY Change	7.89%	14.34%	24.64%
% of Operating Profit	-9.78%	12.37%	-10.4%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$300.0K	$70.20M	-$4.900M
YoY Change	-106.12%	-377.47%	-49.48%
Pretax Income	$2.027B	$2.159B	$1.751B
YoY Change	15.72%	-2.66%	-7.09%
Income Tax	$417.6M	$1.993B	$360.1M
% Of Pretax Income	20.6%	92.29%	20.56%
Net Earnings	$1.572B	$6.025B	$1.415B
YoY Change	11.09%	1.71%	102.56%
Net Earnings / Revenue	29.39%	28.2%	27.41%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.10	$7.95	$1.84
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.08	$7.88	$1.82
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	749.2M shares	758.1M shares	769.5M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	755.6M shares	764.9M shares	776.6M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$913.0M	$913.0M	$866.0M
YoY Change	5.43%	-12.04%	-64.85%
Cash & Equivalents	$898.5M	$899.0M	$866.0M
Short-Term Investments	$14.00M	$14.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$371.0M	$371.0M	$695.0M
YoY Change	-46.62%	-29.06%	-16.06%
Inventory	$50.20M	$50.00M	$51.10M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$2.224B	$2.224B	$2.442B
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.558B	$3.558B	$4.053B
YoY Change	-12.22%	-12.21%	-23.92%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$24.16B	$37.42B	$22.84B
YoY Change	5.77%	63.82%	1.76%
Goodwill	$2.677B		$2.332B
YoY Change	14.84%		-2.03%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$1.270B	$1.270B	$1.203B
YoY Change	5.57%	5.57%	10.77%
Other Assets	$2.584B	$2.584B	$2.381B
YoY Change	8.53%	8.53%	-7.09%
Total Long-Term Assets	$43.95B	$43.95B	$28.76B
YoY Change	52.84%	52.84%	0.99%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.558B	$3.558B	$4.053B
Total Long-Term Assets	$43.95B	$43.95B	$28.76B
Total Assets	$47.51B	$47.51B	$32.81B
YoY Change	44.8%	44.8%	-2.94%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$988.2M	$988.0M	$1.208B
YoY Change	-18.19%	-18.21%	30.61%
Accrued Expenses	$2.232B	$2.232B	$1.534B
YoY Change	45.5%	45.5%	-9.76%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$59.10M	$59.00M	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.621B	$3.621B	$2.974B
YoY Change	21.78%	21.76%	2.87%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$34.12B	$34.12B	$31.08B
YoY Change	9.79%	9.79%	5.21%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$979.6M	$16.66B	$1.096B
YoY Change	-10.64%	337.95%	-5.03%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$35.10B	$50.78B	$32.17B
YoY Change	9.1%	45.59%	4.82%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.621B	$3.621B	$2.974B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$35.10B	$50.78B	$32.17B
Total Liabilities	$38.72B	$55.72B	$35.15B
YoY Change	10.17%	42.62%	4.66%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$52.93B		$50.49B
YoY Change	4.84%		4.47%
Common Stock	$16.60M		$16.60M
YoY Change	0.0%		0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$66.33B		$61.53B
YoY Change	7.8%		8.89%
Treasury Stock Shares	914.3M shares		893.5M shares
Shareholders Equity	-$8.210B	-$8.210B	-$6.258B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$47.51B	$47.51B	$32.81B
YoY Change	44.8%	44.8%	-2.94%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$1.572B	$6.025B	$1.415B
YoY Change	11.09%	1.71%	102.56%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$413.6M	$262.5M	$379.0M
YoY Change	9.13%	22.21%	10.56%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.889B	$8.122B	$1.512B
YoY Change	24.99%	16.58%	36.27%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$731.9M	$2.394B	-$873.8M
YoY Change	-16.24%	-12.69%	36.45%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$75.10M	$628.5M	-$10.10M
YoY Change	643.56%	107.49%	-127.75%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$807.0M	-$3.071B	-$883.9M
YoY Change	-8.7%	25.09%	46.34%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$4.976B
YoY Change		-4.45%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net		$2.062B
YoY Change		17.18%
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.442B	-$4.995B	-2.311B
YoY Change	-37.62%	-16.05%	209.36%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.889B	$8.122B	1.512B
Cash From Investing Activities	-807.0M	-$3.071B	-883.9M
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.442B	-$4.995B	-2.311B
Net Change In Cash	-359.5M	$32.50M	-1.684B
YoY Change	-78.65%	-102.03%	596.24%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.889B	$8.122B	$1.512B
Capital Expenditures	-$731.9M	$2.394B	-$873.8M
Free Cash Flow	$2.621B	$5.728B	$2.385B
YoY Change	9.89%	35.58%	36.33%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;">NATURE OF BUSINESS</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:2px;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company franchises and operates McDonald’s restaurants in the global restaurant industry. All restaurants are operated either by the Company or by franchisees, including conventional franchisees under franchised arrangements, and developmental licensees or affiliates under license agreements.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:2px;text-indent:24px;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The following table presents restaurant information by ownership type:</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="9"/></tr><tr><td style="width:71%;"/><td style="width:8%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:8%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:8%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;">Restaurants at December 31,</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">2018</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">2017</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Conventional franchised</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>21,837</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>21,685</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>21,366</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Developmental licensed</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>7,648</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>7,225</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>6,945</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Foreign affiliated</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>6,574</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>6,175</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>5,797</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> Total Franchised</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>36,059</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>35,085</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>34,108</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> Company-operated</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>2,636</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>2,770</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>3,133</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;"> Total Systemwide restaurants</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#0075c0;font-weight:bold;"><span>38,695</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>37,855</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px dotted #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><span>37,241</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-indent:24px;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The results of operations of restaurant businesses purchased and sold in transactions with franchisees were not material either individually or in the aggregate to the consolidated financial statements for periods prior to purchase and sale.</span></div>
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	37855	Restaurant
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	37241	Restaurant
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	665400000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	609700000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	535600000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Long Lived Assets Impairment Test Period LongLivedAssetsImpairmentTestPeriod	P12M
CY2019	mcd	Goodiwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Company Restaurant Months From Acquisition GoodiwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfCompanyRestaurantMonthsFromAcquisition	P24M
CY2019	mcd	Fair Value Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Restaurant Minimum Months Company Operated FairValueGoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfRestaurantMinimumMonthsCompanyOperated	P24M
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2331500000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Goodwill Expected Tax Deductible Amount BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount	348800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Period Increase Decrease GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease	95600000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	-99400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	900000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2677400000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	113900000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	15600000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	365800000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	388800000	USD
CY2017	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	532900000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	81500000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	88000000.0	USD
CY2017	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	100200000	USD
CY2019Q4	mcd	Derivative Contract Indexed To Issuers Equity Fair Value DerivativeContractIndexedToIssuersEquityFairValue	179100000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	224700000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	206300000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	-11300000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	-16600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cumulative Changes In Net Gain Loss From Cash Flow Hedges Effect Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeChangesInNetGainLossFromCashFlowHedgesEffectNetOfTax	12000000.0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	109600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	125100000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	117500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Net Of Tax AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax	94200000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Net Of Tax AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax	108100000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Net Of Tax AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax	82000000.0	USD
CY2019	mcd	Effect Of Share Based Compensation On Net Income Per Share EffectOfShareBasedCompensationOnNetIncomePerShare	0.12
CY2018	mcd	Effect Of Share Based Compensation On Net Income Per Share EffectOfShareBasedCompensationOnNetIncomePerShare	0.14
CY2017	mcd	Effect Of Share Based Compensation On Net Income Per Share EffectOfShareBasedCompensationOnNetIncomePerShare	0.10
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized	107500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Period For Recognition1 EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedPeriodForRecognition1	P2Y1M6D
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.027
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.026
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.031
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate	0.189
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate	0.187
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate	0.184
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate	0.025
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate	0.027
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate	0.022
CY2019	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P5Y9M18D
CY2018	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P5Y9M18D
CY2017	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P5Y10M24D
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	25.60
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	23.80
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	16.10
CY2019	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	6800000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	7300000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	8100000	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	100000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	500000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	100000	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	21076500000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	21025200000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	22820400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	9069800000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	8822600000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	9552700000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	47510800000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	32811200000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	33803700000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	2393700000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	2741700000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	1853700000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1617900000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1482000000.0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1363400000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	38291500000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	23671100000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	6026400000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	5521400000	USD
CY2019Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	17003700000	USD
CY2018Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	15377400000	USD
CY2019Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	12605900000	USD
CY2018Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	12863600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	2994500000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	2942600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	420400000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	488600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	39050900000	USD
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