Why is $MCD stock up today?
McDonald's Corporation · RETAIL-EATING PLACES
Why is $MCD up today?
The likely driver
MCDONALDS CORP: Q2 FY2026 results, three months to Jun 30, 2026
MCDONALDS CORP: Q2 FY2026 results, three months to Jun 30, 2026
SEC filing · Aug 7
The numbers behind the move
Short interest
12% of float
Days to cover
2.9d
Float
102.4M · High
Float rotation
0.1x
MCD: 12% of the float is sold short (2.9 days to cover).
Price
$248.90
Move today
+0.3%
Volume vs avg
0.0x
Scanner alerts today
0
Flagged in 30 days
92
Market cap
$175.7B
Prev close
$248.24
Avg volume
4.7M
Nothing has triggered on MCD yet in this session. Our scanner has flagged it 92 times in the last 30 days , most recently on September 18 for big percentage moves, unusual volume, which is why this page is here. See the full MCD page for the chart and the alert history.
Earlier scanner activity on MCD
- Sep 18Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 18Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 16Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 16Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 16Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 16Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 16Big % mover alert
- Sep 16Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 15Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 14Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 14Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
- Sep 14Unusual volume (RVOL) alert
Prior sessions in the last 30 days. A name our scanner keeps flagging is behaving differently from the rest of the market, even on a quiet day.
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Move and volume are based on the latest market data and refresh live on this page. Scanner alerts are our own real-time unusual-volume signals. This is research, not investment advice.