McDonald’s Corp’s recently made public that its EVP, Chief Legal Officer Ralls-Morrison Desiree unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.8 million on Dec 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $320.00 per share,2,486 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Ralls-Morrison Desiree now holds 6,268 shares worth roughly $1.93 million.
Then, Flatley Edith Morgan sold 658 shares, generating $207,270 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $315.00, the EVP – Global CMO now owns 6,200 shares.
Before that, Steijaert Manuel JM sold 6,567 shares. McDonald’s Corp shares valued at $2,006,218 were divested by the EVP – President, IOM at a price of $305.50 per share. As a result of the transaction, Steijaert Manuel JM now holds 4,606 shares, worth roughly $1.42 million.
Oppenheimer upgraded its McDonald’s Corp [MCD] rating to an Outperform from a a Perform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Mizuho’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late October with a ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating. Barclays also remained covering MCD and reiterated its “an Overweight” recommendation on October 22, 2025. RBC Capital Mkts started covering the stock on October 09, 2025. It rated MCD as “a Sector perform”.
Price Performance Review of MCD
On Monday, McDonald’s Corp [NYSE:MCD] saw its stock fall -0.51% to $307.32. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.34%. McDonald’s Corp shares have risen nearly 6.21% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 0.55% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in McDonald’s Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in McDonald’s Corp stocks on 2025-12-15, growing by 0.49 million shares to a total of 8.21 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-14 was 7.72 million shares. There was a rise of 5.99%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 14, 2025 when Melius began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sell”‘ rating along with a $250 price target.
