What is McDonald's NYSE ticker symbol?

McDonald’s NYSE ticker symbol is MCD.

MCD is the three-letter stock-market symbol used for McDonald’s Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors, financial news services, and market data systems use the symbol to identify the company’s publicly traded shares.

McDonald’s became a publicly traded company in 1965, when it held its initial public offering. Its listing reflects the corporate company that Ray Kroc expanded, rather than the original small restaurant founded by Richard and Maurice McDonald in 1940.

The symbol is easy to confuse with the company’s name because it uses the first, middle, and final letters of “McDonald’s” in abbreviated form. It is not MDC, MDS, or MDCN. The company is also included in major U.S. stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.