On Wednesday, October 22nd, McDonald's Corporation (MCD) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend increase from $1.77 to $1.86 per share. The dividend is payable on December 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2025. This marks a 5.08% increase over the previous quarterly dividend.
McDonald's has a strong history of returning capital to its shareholders and has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years since paying its first dividend in 1976.
At the current price of $310.00 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise MCD's dividend yield to 2.40%.
McDonald's Corporation is a Dividend Contenders with a 49 year streak of dividend increases. Dividend growth rates for 1, 3, 5 and 10 years are 8.8, 8.9, 7.5 and 7.5 (Dividend Champions.xls)
As an owner of 20 shares of MCD, the recent dividend increase adds $5.36 to my projected annual net dividend income.
I had anticipated an increase of around 5%, so this announcement came in right on target — and I’m more than happy to accept it.
This marks the twelfth dividend increase I’ve received from McDonald’s Corporation since initiating my position in August 2014. Over that period, the company’s quarterly dividend has risen steadily from $0.81 to $1.86 per share, representing a cumulative increase of 129.6%.
As of this writing, MCD represents approximately 0.70% of my portfolio by weight and contributes around 0.41% to my projected annual dividend income.
Following this increase, my yield on cost is 7.87%.
Summary of 2025 Dividend Increases / Cuts
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