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MCD vs SHAK

Side-by-side comparison of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) and Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MCD and SHAK operate in Restaurants (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MCD is the larger of the two at $197.36B, about 87.1x SHAK ($2.27B).
  • Over the past year, MCD is down 8.8% and SHAK is down 57.5% - MCD leads by 48.7 points.
  • SHAK has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for MCD).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceMCD-8.85%SHAK-57.50%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricMCDSHAK
Company
McDonald's Corporation
Shake Shack Inc.
Price
$277.80-0.75%
$52.98+1.19%
Market cap
$197.36B
$2.27B
1M return
-2.06%
-23.49%
1Y return
-8.85%
-57.50%
Industry
Restaurants
Restaurants
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2015
News (4w)
6
15
Recent ratings
25
25
MCD

McDonald's Corporation

McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States and internationally. Its restaurants offer various food products and beverages, as well as breakfast menu. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 39,198 restaurants. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

SHAK

Shake Shack Inc.

Shake Shack Inc. owns, operates, and licenses Shake Shack restaurants (Shacks) in the United States and internationally. Its Shacks offers hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, crinkle cut fries, shakes, frozen custard, beer, wine, and other products. As of December 30, 2020, it operated 311 Shacks, including 183 domestic company-operated Shacks, 22 domestic licensed Shacks, and 106 international licensed Shacks. Shake Shack Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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