$MCD
MCDONALDS CORP Stock $mcd

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2021 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000006390822000011 Filed on February 24, 2022

Income Statement

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
Revenue	$6.009B	$23.22B	$5.314B
YoY Change	13.08%	20.9%	-0.66%
Cost Of Revenue	$2.748B	$10.64B	$2.534B
YoY Change	8.47%	12.55%	-1.05%
Gross Profit	$3.261B	$12.58B	$2.780B
YoY Change	17.29%	29.0%	-3.05%
Gross Profit Margin	54.27%	54.17%	52.32%
Selling, General & Admin	$755.4M	$2.378B	$698.0M
YoY Change	8.22%	5.92%	19.38%
% of Gross Profit	23.16%	18.9%	25.11%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$481.6M	$329.7M	$464.3M
YoY Change	3.73%	9.68%	12.26%
% of Gross Profit	14.77%	2.62%	16.7%
Operating Expenses	$841.6M	$2.707B	$778.3M
YoY Change	8.13%	6.37%	19.08%
Operating Profit	$2.419B	$10.36B	$2.002B
YoY Change	20.86%	41.4%	-12.68%
Interest Expense	-$237.7M	$1.186B	-$270.0M
YoY Change	-11.96%	-2.65%	20.37%
% of Operating Profit	-9.82%	11.45%	-13.49%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$1.500M	-$42.30M	$6.600M
YoY Change	-122.73%	-221.55%	2100.0%
Pretax Income	$2.108B	$2.414B	$1.830B
YoY Change	15.18%	73.61%	-9.71%
Income Tax	$469.0M	$1.583B	$452.8M
% Of Pretax Income	22.25%	65.57%	24.74%
Net Earnings	$1.639B	$7.545B	$1.377B
YoY Change	19.0%	59.5%	-12.4%
Net Earnings / Revenue	27.27%	32.49%	25.92%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$10.11
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.181M	$10.04	$1.834M
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		746.3M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		751.8M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$4.709B	$4.709B	$3.449B
YoY Change	36.54%	36.54%	277.77%
Cash & Equivalents	$4.709B	$4.709B	$3.449B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$511.3M	$511.3M	$633.0M
YoY Change	-19.23%	-19.23%	70.62%
Inventory	$55.60M	$55.60M	$51.10M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$1.872B	$1.872B	$2.110B
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$7.149B	$7.149B	$6.243B
YoY Change	14.5%	14.5%	75.47%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$24.72B	$38.27B	$24.96B
YoY Change	-0.95%	-1.32%	3.3%
Goodwill	$2.783B		$2.773B
YoY Change	0.34%		3.57%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$1.201B	$1.201B	$1.297B
YoY Change	-7.39%	-7.39%	2.13%
Other Assets	$4.450B	$3.655B	$3.527B
YoY Change	26.14%	28.86%	36.51%
Total Long-Term Assets	$46.71B	$46.71B	$46.38B
YoY Change	0.69%	0.69%	5.53%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$7.149B	$7.149B	$6.243B
Total Long-Term Assets	$46.71B	$46.71B	$46.38B
Total Assets	$53.85B	$53.85B	$52.63B
YoY Change	2.33%	2.33%	10.77%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.007B	$1.007B	$741.3M
YoY Change	35.82%	35.87%	-24.98%
Accrued Expenses	$2.653B	$2.653B	$2.455B
YoY Change	8.04%	8.04%	9.99%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$0.00	$2.244B
YoY Change	-100.0%	-100.0%	3696.28%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$4.020B	$4.020B	$6.181B
YoY Change	-34.96%	-34.96%	70.7%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$35.62B	$35.62B	$35.20B
YoY Change	1.21%	1.21%	3.16%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.081B	$16.74B	$1.054B
YoY Change	2.55%	-1.82%	7.61%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$36.70B	$52.36B	$36.25B
YoY Change	1.25%	0.22%	3.29%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$4.020B	$4.020B	$6.181B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$36.70B	$52.36B	$36.25B
Total Liabilities	$40.72B	$58.46B	$42.43B
YoY Change	-4.03%	-3.3%	9.59%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$57.53B		$53.91B
YoY Change	6.73%		1.85%
Common Stock	$16.60M		$16.60M
YoY Change	0.0%		0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$67.81B		$67.07B
YoY Change	1.11%		1.11%
Treasury Stock Shares	915.8M shares		915.2M shares
Shareholders Equity	-$4.601B	-$4.601B	-$7.825B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$53.85B	$53.85B	$52.63B
YoY Change	2.33%	2.33%	10.77%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$1.639B	$7.545B	$1.377B
YoY Change	19.0%	59.5%	-12.4%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$481.6M	$329.7M	$464.3M
YoY Change	3.73%	9.68%	12.26%
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.667B	$9.142B	$1.993B
YoY Change	33.81%	45.91%	5.48%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$687.2M	$2.040B	-$463.1M
YoY Change	48.39%	24.33%	-36.73%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$435.5M	$53.90M	$100.2M
YoY Change	-534.63%	-193.9%	-233.42%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$1.123B	-$2.166B	-$362.9M
YoY Change	209.37%	40.1%	-55.03%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$845.5M
YoY Change		-6.86%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net		$2.240B
YoY Change		-7.12%
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.098B	-$5.596B	-1.936B
YoY Change	-43.27%	148.8%	34.25%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	2.667B	$9.142B	1.993B
Cash From Investing Activities	-1.123B	-$2.166B	-362.9M
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.098B	-$5.596B	-1.936B
Net Change In Cash	445.8M	$1.260B	-305.7M
YoY Change	-245.83%	-50.6%	-14.97%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.667B	$9.142B	$1.993B
Capital Expenditures	-$687.2M	$2.040B	-$463.1M
Free Cash Flow	$3.354B	$7.102B	$2.456B
YoY Change	36.56%	53.57%	-6.31%

Facts In Submission

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CY2021	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%">2021</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%">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></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%">21,607</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%">21,712 </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"/></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%">7,913</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%">7,663 </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"/></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%">7,775</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%">7,146 </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"/></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%">37,295</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%">36,521 </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"/></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%">2,736</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%">2,677 </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"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt dotted #000;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 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%">40,031</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%">39,198 </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"/></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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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	39198	Restaurant
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	38695	Restaurant
CY2021	mcd	Deferredcollectionamountofrentalincome Deferredcollectionamountofrentalincome	490000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	795000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	691200000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	665400000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Long Lived Assets Impairment Test Period LongLivedAssetsImpairmentTestPeriod	P12M
CY2021	mcd	Goodiwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Company Restaurant Months From Acquisition GoodiwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfCompanyRestaurantMonthsFromAcquisition	P24M
CY2021	mcd	Fair Value Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Restaurant Minimum Months Company Operated FairValueGoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfRestaurantMinimumMonthsCompanyOperated	P24M
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2773100000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Goodwill Period Increase Decrease GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease	64800000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-55400000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2782500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	14500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	14500000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	377600000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	325500000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Company Operated Restaurant Advertising Expense CompanyOperatedRestaurantAdvertisingExpense	365800000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	82900000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	329200000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Other Marketing Related Expenses OtherMarketingRelatedExpenses	81500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Fair Value LongTermDebtFairValue	40000000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt LongTermDebt	35600000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	289600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	227000000.0	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	7900000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	97500000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges Pretax Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestRateCashFlowHedgesPretaxAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss	24800000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	5500000	shares
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
CY2021	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	2200000	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
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	4.7	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Certificates Of Deposit At Carrying Value CertificatesOfDepositAtCarryingValue	3.4	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	23222900000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	19207800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	21364400000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	10356000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	7324000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	9069800000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	53854300000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	52626800000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	47510800000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	2040000000	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
CY2021	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1868100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1751400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	1617900000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	39267000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	39696300000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	6487600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	6349100000	USD
CY2021Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	18666000000	USD
CY2020Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Owned Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnOwnedLandGross	18218900000	USD
CY2021Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	13283300000	USD
CY2020Q4	mcd	Buildings And Improvements On Leased Land Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsOnLeasedLandGross	13364500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	3032000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Fixtures And Equipment Gross FixturesAndEquipmentGross	3119000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	447700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Other PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther	425000000.0	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	41916600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	41476500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	17196000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	16518300000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	24720600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	24958200000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1530700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1469400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	1392200000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Franchise Agreement Period FranchiseAgreementPeriod	P20Y
CY2021	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	8381100000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	6844700000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rental Income RentalIncome	7500200000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	4645100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	3831500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Royalties Received ProceedsFromRoyaltiesReceived	4107100000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	59200000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	49900000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Initial Fees InitialFees	48400000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	13085400000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	10726100000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants Revenuesfromfranchisedrestaurants	11655700000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Deferred Collection Amount Of Rental And Royalty Income DeferredCollectionAmountOfRentalAndRoyaltyIncome	1000000000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Lease Term LeaseTerm	P20Y
CY2021	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1486300000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1399500000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense Restaurants RentExpenseRestaurants	1530400000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	74000000.0	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	79800000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense Other RentExpenseOther	76400000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1560300000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1479300000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Rent Expense RentExpense	1606800000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.037
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.038
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	1205700000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	1173500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	1138500000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	1098900000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	1043700000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	13784700000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	19445000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	5718600000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	13726400000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Investment In Lease Change In Present Value Expense Reversal NetInvestmentInLeaseChangeInPresentValueExpenseReversal	300000000	USD
CY2021	mcd	Weighted Average Lease Term WeightedAverageLeaseTerm	P20Y
CY2021	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	96600000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	23300000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Gain On Sale Of Restaurant Businesses GainOnSaleOfRestaurantBusinesses	127500000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	176700000	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
CY2021	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	75400000	USD
CY2020	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	290700000	USD
CY2019	mcd	Asset Disposition And Other Expense AssetDispositionAndOtherExpense	87200000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Restructuring Costs And Asset Impairment Charges RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges	-285400000	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
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	483300000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	117500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	119800000	USD
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