AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies McDonald's Corporation as a Stable Earnings Power business and values it using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, then compares the result to the current market price to flag MCD as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is McDonald's Corporation's fair value?

Fair value for MCD comes from a P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Stable Earnings Power classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value MCD?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. MCD was classified as Stable Earnings Power and is valued using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, built from MCD's most recent reported fundamentals.

MCD - McDonald's Corporation

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $283.58 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Fair Value Moderate

Trading 20.0% below fair value

Current Price $248.46

Bear Case $262.90 5.8% upside ($262.90 - $248.46) / $248.46 = 5.8% $11.95 × 22x P/E

Fair Value $310.70 25.1% upside ($310.70 - $248.46) / $248.46 = 25.1% $11.95 × 26x P/E

Bull Case $358.50 44.3% upside ($358.50 - $248.46) / $248.46 = 44.3% $11.95 × 30x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

P/E Multiple

26.0x

Adjusted EPS

11.95$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (26x base case)

Terminal Value % of EV

Implied Market Multiple 20.8x

Market is pricing in (growth)

Plain-Language Summary

Applying a 26x P/E to adjusted EPS of $11.95, the base-case value is $310.70 per share. DDM cross-check: $364.42.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (63 analysts) $283.58

Analyst Range $230.00 – $350.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 10%

Warnings

Key Risks

Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples