How McDonald's Returned $79 Billion To Shareholders

Core Insights - McDonald's has returned a total of $79 billion to shareholders over the past decade through dividends and buybacks, ranking 26th in history for shareholder returns [2] Shareholder Returns - Dividends and share buybacks provide immediate returns to shareholders and reflect management's confidence in financial stability and sustainable cash flows [3] - The top 10 companies by total capital returned to shareholders show an inverse correlation between capital returns as a percentage of market cap and growth expectations for reinvestments [5] Company Fundamentals - McDonald's has a revenue growth of 1.2% over the last twelve months and an average of 4.2% over the past three years [10] - The company has a free cash flow margin of 28.1% and an operating margin of 46.1% for the last twelve months [10] - The stock currently trades at a P/E ratio of 25.9 [10]