MCD Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

MCD insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at MCDONALDS CORP only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 15 Form 4 sales totaling $37.26M, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 13 of the 15 sales (86.7%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (5 trades) and 2025-11 (3 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-23. The average open-market sale price was $321.90; the last close of $242.97 is 24.5% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 52,553 shares worth $17.47M on 2026-02-13. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -21.2%, from $308.47.

Where MCD trades relative to its one-year range

MCDONALDS CORP closed at $242.97 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $230.88 to $341.06. That puts the stock near the bottom of its range, at 11.0% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -20.4%, and over roughly three months -9.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 6,642,659 shares.

Across 20 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 58) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +5.0%. MCD is behind that median and beat 35% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded MCD

STOCK Act disclosures show 39 trades in MCD by 20 members of Congress over five years (20 purchases, 19 sales), most recently on 2026-09-25. The most active traders were Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 4 trades; Scott Franklin (R-FL), 4 trades; Cleo Fields (D-LA), 3 trades; Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), 3 trades; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 3 trades.

By party the trades split 23 by Republicans, 16 by Democrats; by chamber, 35 from the House, 4 from the Senate.

Compare MCD with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to MCD:

• CMG one-year return -28.4%
• YUM one-year return +5.0%
• DRI one-year return +15.4%
• SBUX one-year return +15.6%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-23
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-25

MCD data questions

Are MCD insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at MCDONALDS CORP only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 15 Form 4 sales totaling $37.26M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for MCD?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, MCD traded between $230.88 and $341.06, last closing at $242.97.

Has any member of Congress traded MCD stock?

Yes. 20 members disclosed 39 trades in MCD over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-25.