MCD vs SBUX
McDONALD’S Corporation and Starbucks Corporation, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | MCD | SBUX |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.9B | $37.2B |
| Net income | $8.6B | $1.9B |
| Gross margin | — | 67.8% |
| Net margin | 31.9% | 5.0% |
| Return on equity | 191.9% | 136.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $11.95 | $1.63 |
| Dividend / share | $7.17 | $2.45 |
| Payout ratio | 59.7% | 149.3% |
| Free cash flow | $7.2B | $2.4B |
| Equity | $-1.8B | $-8.1B |
| Net debt / equity | 2.32× | 0.58× |
| Current ratio | 0.95× | 0.72× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 7.0% | 9.6% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 12.6% | 14.9% |
SBUX bills 1.4× the revenue of MCD, and MCD keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (31.9% against 5.0%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | MCD | SBUX |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $26.9B | $37.2B |
| FY2024 | $25.9B | $36.2B |
| FY2023 | $25.5B | $36.0B |
| FY2022 | $23.2B | $32.3B |
| FY2021 | $23.2B | $29.1B |
| FY2020 | $19.2B | $23.5B |
| FY2019 | $21.4B | $26.5B |
| FY2018 | $21.3B | $24.7B |
| FY2017 | $22.8B | $22.4B |
| FY2016 | $24.6B | $21.3B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | MCD | SBUX |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $8.6B | $1.9B |
| FY2024 | $8.2B | $3.8B |
| FY2023 | $8.5B | $4.1B |
| FY2022 | $6.2B | $3.3B |
| FY2021 | $7.5B | $4.2B |
| FY2020 | $4.7B | $928.3M |
| FY2019 | $6.0B | $3.6B |
| FY2018 | $5.9B | $4.5B |
| FY2017 | $5.2B | $2.9B |
| FY2016 | $4.7B | $2.8B |
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