$MCD
MCDONALDS CORP Stock $mcd

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000006390821000013 Filed on February 23, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018
Revenue	$5.349B	$5.163B	$21.26B
YoY Change	3.6%	-3.32%	-6.85%
Cost Of Revenue	$2.561B	$2.652B	$10.43B
YoY Change	-3.46%	-0.83%	-14.55%
Gross Profit	$2.868B	$2.743B	$10.83B
YoY Change	4.53%	2.92%	2.0%
Gross Profit Margin	53.61%	53.13%	50.96%
Selling, General & Admin	$584.7M	$609.8M	$2.200B
YoY Change	-4.12%	-1.26%	-1.39%
% of Gross Profit	20.39%	22.23%	20.31%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$413.6M	$379.0M	$214.8M
YoY Change	9.13%	10.56%	-82.5%
% of Gross Profit	14.42%	13.82%	1.98%
Operating Expenses	$653.6M	$609.8M	$2.200B
YoY Change	7.18%	-1.26%	-1.39%
Operating Profit	$2.293B	$2.000B	$8.823B
YoY Change	14.66%	-6.75%	-7.64%
Interest Expense	-$224.3M	-$207.9M	$981.2M
YoY Change	7.89%	24.64%	6.5%
% of Operating Profit	-9.78%	-10.4%	11.12%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$300.0K	-$4.900M	-$25.30M
YoY Change	-106.12%	-49.48%	-56.3%
Pretax Income	$2.027B	$1.751B	$2.218B
YoY Change	15.72%	-7.09%	-1.07%
Income Tax	$417.6M	$360.1M	$1.892B
% Of Pretax Income	20.6%	20.56%	85.29%
Net Earnings	$1.572B	$1.415B	$5.924B
YoY Change	11.09%	102.56%	14.1%
Net Earnings / Revenue	29.39%	27.41%	27.87%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.10	$1.84	$7.61
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.08	$1.82	$7.54
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	749.2M shares	769.5M shares	778.2M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	755.6M shares	776.6M shares	785.6M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$913.0M	$866.0M	$1.038B
YoY Change	5.43%	-64.85%	-57.87%
Cash & Equivalents	$898.5M	$866.0M	$866.0M
Short-Term Investments	$14.00M		$172.0M
Other Short-Term Assets	$371.0M	$695.0M	$523.0M
YoY Change	-46.62%	-16.06%	-36.91%
Inventory	$50.20M	$51.10M	$51.00M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$2.224B	$2.442B	$2.442B
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.558B	$4.053B	$4.053B
YoY Change	-12.22%	-23.92%	-23.92%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$24.16B	$22.84B	$22.84B
YoY Change	5.77%	1.76%	1.76%
Goodwill	$2.677B	$2.332B
YoY Change	14.84%	-2.03%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$1.270B	$1.203B	$1.203B
YoY Change	5.57%	10.77%	-3.99%
Other Assets	$2.584B	$2.381B	$2.381B
YoY Change	8.53%	-7.09%	-0.63%
Total Long-Term Assets	$43.95B	$28.76B	$28.76B
YoY Change	52.84%	0.99%	0.99%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.558B	$4.053B	$4.053B
Total Long-Term Assets	$43.95B	$28.76B	$28.76B
Total Assets	$47.51B	$32.81B	$32.81B
YoY Change	44.8%	-2.94%	-2.94%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$988.2M	$1.208B	$1.208B
YoY Change	-18.19%	30.61%	30.59%
Accrued Expenses	$2.232B	$1.534B	$1.534B
YoY Change	45.5%	-9.76%	-7.7%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$59.10M	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.621B	$2.974B	$2.974B
YoY Change	21.78%	2.87%	2.87%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$34.12B	$31.08B	$31.08B
YoY Change	9.79%	5.21%	5.21%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$979.6M	$1.096B	$3.805B
YoY Change	-10.64%	-5.03%	7.94%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$35.10B	$32.17B	$34.88B
YoY Change	9.1%	4.82%	5.5%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.621B	$2.974B	$2.974B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$35.10B	$32.17B	$34.88B
Total Liabilities	$38.72B	$35.15B	$39.07B
YoY Change	10.17%	4.66%	5.39%
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	-$6.258B	-$6.258B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$47.51B	$32.81B	$32.81B
YoY Change	44.8%	-2.94%	-2.94%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$1.572B	$1.415B	$5.924B
YoY Change	11.09%	102.56%	14.1%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$413.6M	$379.0M	$214.8M
YoY Change	9.13%	10.56%	-82.5%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.889B	$1.512B	$6.967B
YoY Change	24.99%	36.27%	25.5%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$731.9M	-$873.8M	$2.742B
YoY Change	-16.24%	36.45%	47.9%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$75.10M	-$10.10M	$302.9M
YoY Change	643.56%	-127.75%	23.18%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$807.0M	-$883.9M	-$2.455B
YoY Change	-8.7%	46.34%	-536.85%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$5.208B
YoY Change			11.14%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net			$1.760B
YoY Change			6.68%
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.442B	-2.311B	-$5.950B
YoY Change	-37.62%	209.36%	12.03%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.889B	1.512B	$6.967B
Cash From Investing Activities	-807.0M	-883.9M	-$2.455B
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.442B	-2.311B	-$5.950B
Net Change In Cash	-359.5M	-1.684B	-$1.598B
YoY Change	-78.65%	596.24%	-299.13%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.889B	$1.512B	$6.967B
Capital Expenditures	-$731.9M	-$873.8M	$2.742B
Free Cash Flow	$2.621B	$2.385B	$4.225B
YoY Change	9.89%	36.33%	14.27%

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CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	4626400000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="margin-bottom:4pt;margin-top:8pt"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NATURE OF BUSINESS</span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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="margin-top:3pt;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table presents restaurant information by ownership type:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.387%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:71.440%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:7.643%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.483%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:7.506%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.483%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:7.645%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Restaurants at December 31,</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2019</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2018</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Conventional franchised</span></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">21,712</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,837 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,685 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Developmental licensed</span></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">7,663</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,648 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,225 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Foreign affiliated</span></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">7,146</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,574 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,175 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Total Franchised</span></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">36,521</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">36,059 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">35,085 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Company-operated</span></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,677</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,636 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,770 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> Total Systemwide restaurants</span></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">39,198</span><span style="color:#0075c0;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">38,695 </span></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">37,855 </span></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt dotted #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:4pt;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	38695	Restaurant
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	37855	Restaurant
CY2020	mcd	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsAccountsReceivable	55.3	USD
CY2020	mcd	Deferredcollectionamountofrentalincome Deferredcollectionamountofrentalincome	490	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	691200000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	665400000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	609700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Asset Impairment Charges AssetImpairmentCharges	26.3	USD
CY2020	mcd	Long Lived Assets Impairment Test Period LongLivedAssetsImpairmentTestPeriod	P12M
CY2020	mcd	Goodiwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Company Restaurant Months From Acquisition GoodiwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfCompanyRestaurantMonthsFromAcquisition	24
CY2020	mcd	Fair Value Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Restaurant Minimum Months Company Operated FairValueGoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfRestaurantMinimumMonthsCompanyOperated	24
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2677400000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Goodwill Expected Tax Deductible Amount BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount	9800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Period Increase Decrease GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease	9700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	76200000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2773100000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	14.5	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	113.9	USD
CY2020	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	325500000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	365800000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	388800000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	329200000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	81500000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	88000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Fair Value LongTermDebtFairValue	43700000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt LongTermDebt	37400000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	227000000.0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	224700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	-97500000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	-11300000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cumulative Changes In Net Gain Loss From Cash Flow Hedges Effect Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeChangesInNetGainLossFromCashFlowHedgesEffectNetOfTax	111300000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	5500000	shares
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
CY2020	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	1800000	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
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	3.4	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Certificates Of Deposit At Carrying Value CertificatesOfDepositAtCarryingValue	2.0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	19207800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	21364400000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	21257900000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	7324000000.0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	9069800000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	8822600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	52626800000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	47510800000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	32811200000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	1640800000	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
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1751400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1617900000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1482000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	39696300000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	38291500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	6349100000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	6026400000	USD
CY2020Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	18218900000	USD
CY2019Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	17003700000	USD
CY2020Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	13364500000	USD
CY2019Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	12605900000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	3119000000.0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	2994500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	425000000.0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	420400000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	41476500000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	39050900000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	16518300000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	14890900000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	24958200000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	24160000000.0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1469400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1392200000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1302900000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Franchise Agreement Period FranchiseAgreementPeriod	P20Y
CY2020	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	6844700000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	7500200000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	7082200000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	3831500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	4107100000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	3886300000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	49900000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	48400000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	44000000.0	USD
CY2020	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	10726100000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	11655700000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	11012500000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Deferred Collection Amount Of Rental And Royalty Income DeferredCollectionAmountOfRentalAndRoyaltyIncome	1	USD
CY2020	mcd	Lease Term LeaseTerm	P20Y
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1399500000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1530400000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1433900000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	79800000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	76400000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	87900000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1479300000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1606800000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1521800000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.038
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.040
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	1230700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	1197700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	1159800000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	1124000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	1082100000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	14295700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	20090000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	-6067200000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	14022800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Investment In Lease Change In Present Value Expense Reversal NetInvestmentInLeaseChangeInPresentValueExpenseReversal	600000000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Weighted Average Lease Term WeightedAverageLeaseTerm	P20Y
CY2020	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	23300000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	127500000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	304100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	117400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	153800000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	151500000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	290700000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	87200000	USD
CY2018	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	33700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Restructuring Costs And Asset Impairment Charges RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges	-267500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Restructuring Costs And Asset Impairment Charges RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges	74300000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Restructuring Costs And Asset Impairment Charges RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges	231700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	117500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	119800000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	190200000	USD
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