Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MCD stock price vs PEP: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at PEP's multiple
Needs PEP P/E.
Implied fair value · at MCD's multiple
Needs MCD P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
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Trendline
Eight period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
McDONALD’S CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
PEPSICO INC · implied price per share
Bear
$33.73
Base
$44.81
Bull
$59.24
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe MCD can sustain its superior margin structure and ROIC while earnings multiples stay near PEP’s, then holding or modestly accumulating MCD is reasonable because the stock looks fairly valued rather than clearly cheap, with only 2.7% upside to the P/E implied price.
MCD’s current price of $270.64 sits just below the P/E implied price of $277.96, implying only 2.7% upside and suggesting the market already prices in much of the relative strength. Versus PEP, MCD trades at a slightly lower P/E despite materially higher profitability, but it also screens much richer on sales-based multiples.
Supporting Metrics
