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McDonald's Corporation insider trading

McDonald's Corporation files with the SEC as a Retail-Eating Places company headquartered in Chicago, IL. Every time one of its executives or directors buys or sells the stock, the filing appears here the moment it reaches the SEC — with grants and option exercises set apart from the trades that cost the insider their own money.

From SEC filings

Recent MCD insider transactions

4 insiders traded MCD on the open market between Feb 23, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026 — 11 sales worth $6.6M, of which 9 were pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan.

Bought
—
Sold
$6.6M

9 of 11 on a 10b5-1 plan

Net
−$6.6M
Insiders
4

Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from McDonald's Corporation's own SEC Form 4 filings. Grants and option exercises are excluded — they are compensation, not decisions. Share counts are derived from the reported value and price. Verify any figure against the original filing before acting on it; this is monitoring, not advice.

Filing history last read from EDGAR on Sep 21, 2026. The live dashboard shows new filings the moment they clear.

Every MCD Form 4 on SEC.gov

SEC Form 4 data, Q3 2024 to Q2 2026

MCD insider trading by quarter

Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 10 insiders traded MCD on the open market: 0 purchases and 63 sales worth $77.1M, 50 of the sales pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan. In the last four quarters alone: 0 purchases and 30 sales ($44.3M), by 8 insiders.

QuarterBoughtSold
Q2 2026—−$3.3M5 sales · all on a plan
Q1 2026—−$24M11 sales · 9 on a plan
Q4 2025—−$13.2M6 sales · 5 on a plan
Q3 2025—−$3.8M8 sales · 7 on a plan
Q2 2025—−$2.8M4 sales · 3 on a plan
Q1 2025—−$12.5M11 sales · 3 on a plan
Q4 2024—−$4.1M7 sales · all on a plan
Q3 2024—−$13.4M11 sales · all on a plan
Largest sale
−$8.8M of MCD by Kempczinski Christopher J (Chairman and CEO · Director) on Feb 13, 2026, under a 10b5-1 plan.

Open-market transactions through Jun 30, 2026most recent first

  • Kempczinski Christopher J10b5-1

    Chairman and CEO · Director

    −$8.8M

    Feb 13, 2026

    26,276 sh · $333.54

  • Kempczinski Christopher J10b5-1

    Chairman and CEO · Director

    −$8.7M

    Feb 12, 2026

    26,277 sh · $331.35

  • Flatley Edith Morgan10b5-1

    EVP - Global CMO

    −$1.6M

    Feb 12, 2026

    4,692 sh · $331.00

  • Erlinger Joseph M.10b5-1

    President, McDonald's USA

    −$854.1K

    Feb 10, 2026

    2,626 sh · $325.25

  • Erlinger Joseph M.10b5-1

    President, McDonald's USA

    −$805.1K

    Jan 12, 2026

    2,626 sh · $306.58

  • Ralls-Morrison Desiree10b5-1

    EVP, Chief Legal Officer

    −$795.5K

    Dec 16, 2025

    2,486 sh · $320.00

  • Flatley Edith Morgan10b5-1

    EVP - Global CMO

    −$207.3K

    Dec 12, 2025

    658 sh · $315.00

  • Steijaert Manuel JM10b5-1

    EVP - President, IOM

    −$2M

    Dec 01, 2025

    6,567 sh · $305.50

  • Borden Ian Frederick10b5-1

    EVP - CFO

    −$5.3M

    Nov 21, 2025

    17,134 sh · $310.00

  • Erlinger Joseph M.

    President, McDonald's USA

    −$977.1K

    Nov 14, 2025

    3,195 sh · $305.82

  • Steijaert Manuel JM10b5-1

    EVP - President, IOM

    −$3.9M

    Nov 05, 2025

    13,134 sh · $300.42

  • Flatley Edith Morgan10b5-1

    EVP - Global CMO

    −$315K

    Sep 02, 2025

    1,000 sh · $315.00

  • Flatley Edith Morgan10b5-1

    EVP - Global CMO

    −$1.5M

    Aug 20, 2025

    4,692 sh · $315.00

  • Flatley Edith Morgan10b5-1

    EVP - Global CMO

    −$7.6K

    Aug 20, 2025

    24 sh · $315.00

  • Banner Jonathan

    EVP - Chief Impact Officer

    −$310K

    Aug 19, 2025

    1,000 sh · $310.00

From SEC's quarterly Form 3, 4 and 5 data sets: code P purchases and code S sales of common stock, by the date the trade happened. Where a fund and the people who control it each report the same block, it is counted once. Trades made in the last days of Q2 2026 but filed after it closed arrive with SEC's next quarterly release.

McDonald's Corporation company record

SEC industry classification
Retail-Eating Places
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Incorporated in
DE
Listed on
NYSE
SEC Central Index Key
0000063908

Sourced from this company's own SEC submissions record. The industry label is SEC's Standard Industrial Classification, which is more specific than the Consumer Discretionary sector shown above.

After insiders bought MCD

What the stock actually did in the 90 days following each open-market purchase

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How to read MCD insider activity

Open-market purchase (code P)
An insider spending their own money at market price. This is the only buy code that reliably carries signal — it is a decision, not compensation.
Grants and option exercises (codes A, M)
Scheduled compensation. Most "insider buying" headlines are really this, which is why InsiderPulse weights it at a fraction of a real purchase.
Cluster buy
Two or more different insiders buying on the open market in the same window. One executive buying can mean anything; three is much harder to explain away.

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Questions

Are MCD insiders buying or selling?
Between Feb 23, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026, 4 McDonald's Corporation insiders made no open-market purchases and 11 sales worth $6.6M, a net sale of $6.6M. 9 of the sales were pre-scheduled under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
How much MCD stock have insiders bought and sold in the last two years?
Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 10 McDonald's Corporation insiders made no open-market purchases and 63 sales worth $77.1M. 50 of the sales were pre-scheduled under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. In the four quarters to Jun 30, 2026: no purchases and 30 sales ($44.3M). The largest sale was Kempczinski Christopher J selling $8.8M on Feb 13, 2026.
What was the largest recent MCD insider trade?
Banner Jonathan (EVP - Chief Impact Officer) sold $1.5M of MCD stock on Feb 23, 2026 at about $333.24 a share.
When did an insider last buy MCD shares?
No open-market purchase by a McDonald's Corporation insider appears in the filings from Feb 23, 2026 to Jun 10, 2026 — every recorded open-market transaction in that period was a sale.
Where does MCD insider trading data come from?
From the Form 4 filings McDonald's Corporation's officers, directors and 10% owners must send the SEC within two business days of a trade. Each row on this page links to its original filing on SEC EDGAR. Share grants and option exercises are kept apart from open-market purchases and sales, because only the latter cost the insider their own money.

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