⚡ Asset Showdown Engine

MCD vs SBUX

Head-to-head financial comparison for McDonald's Corp (MCD) and Starbucks Corp (SBUX).

🏆 Showdown Verdict

MCD leads SBUX in 10 of 17 key financial metrics.

MCD: 10 wins · SBUX: 7 wins
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

MCD

McDonald's Corp
$257.67
-1.20%
Market open
52-Week Range 0.0% of High
Low: $257.75 High: $341.75
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

SBUX

Starbucks Corp
$257.67
-1.20%
Market open
52-Week Range 0.0% of High
Low: $257.75 High: $341.75
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

SBUX

Starbucks Corp
$106.04
-0.64%
Market open
52-Week Range 86.3% of High
Low: $77.99 High: $110.51
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Valuation Winner Lower P/E & Multiples
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns

Normalized % Return Comparison

Both assets indexed to 0.0% at the period start: ((Price_t - Price_0) / Price_0 * 100)

MCD (McDonald's Corp) -15.08%
SBUX (Starbucks Corp) +23.29%
SBUX leads by +38.37%
-21.3%-7.9%+5.5%+18.9%+32.3% Aug '25Nov '25Mar '26Jun '26Sep '26

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Direct quantitative comparison across valuation, margins, growth, and returns.

Financial Metric MCD SBUX Showdown Advantage
Valuation & Multiples
Price Current market price per share / unit $257.67 $106.04
Market Capitalization Total aggregate market value of equity $184.66B $121.66B 👑 MCD Larger
P/E Ratio (Trailing TTM) Price-to-earnings multiple (lower positive is cheaper) 22.31x 63.31x 👑 MCD Cheaper
Forward P/E Price-to-projected next year earnings multiple 19.74x 35.39x 👑 MCD Lower
PEG Ratio P/E divided by earnings growth rate (<1.0 considered undervalued) 3.06 2.66 👑 SBUX Lower
Price to Sales (P/S) Price relative to trailing revenue 7.08x 3.27x 👑 SBUX Lower
Price to Book (P/B) Stock price relative to book equity per share 160.46x 64.12x 👑 SBUX Lower
Profitability & Margins
Gross Profit Margin Gross revenue retained after cost of goods sold 57.38% 22.34% 👑 MCD Higher
Operating Margin Operating income generated per dollar of revenue 46.22% 9.17% 👑 MCD Higher
Net Profit Margin Net bottom-line profit generated per dollar of revenue 31.71% 5.17% 👑 MCD Higher
Return on Equity (ROE) Net income earned per dollar of shareholders' equity 95.13% 115.68% 👑 SBUX Higher
Historical Performance & Growth
Revenue Growth (YoY) Year-over-year top-line revenue expansion rate +3.74% -1.41% 👑 MCD Higher
1-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 30 days -3.19% +0.79% 👑 SBUX Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days -20.08% +10.03% 👑 SBUX Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks -15.08% +23.29% 👑 SBUX Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +21.40% +1.86% 👑 MCD Higher
Dividends & Risk
Dividend Yield Annual dividend distributions relative to current price 2.36% 2.22% 👑 MCD Higher
Beta (Volatility vs S&P 500) Market sensitivity (1.0 = equal to market, <1.0 = lower volatility) 0.44 1.02
52-Week High & Low Extreme trading boundaries over trailing year $257.75 – $341.75 $77.99 – $110.51