Side-by-side comparison

MCD vs LOW — Side-by-side comparison

LOW screens cheaper on EV/FCF, MCD has the higher ROIC, MCD has grown revenue faster over five years, and Neither has the cleaner balance sheet by net debt / EBITDA.

MCD

McDonald's Corp.

Price

$282.27

Market cap

$225.8B

Day %

N/A

LOW

Lowe's Cos.

Price

$215.03

Market cap

$126.0B

Day %

N/A

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 1 market-cap comparable peer.

Heat map: red worst to green best


MCD Target	McDonald's Corp.	$225.8B	23.6x	36.9x	22.4%	7.0%	26.7%	N/A	3.1x	N/A
LOW	Lowe's Cos.	$126.0B	18.1x	21.5x	22.3%	-0.8%	8.9%	33.5%	3.1x	N/A

MCD implied-growth snapshot

Simple static valuation context using owner earnings yield and realized growth.

EV/FCF

36.9x

FCF yield

3.2%

5Y rev CAGR

7.0%

LOW implied-growth snapshot

Simple static valuation context using owner earnings yield and realized growth.

EV/FCF

21.5x

FCF yield

6.1%

5Y rev CAGR

-0.8%

5Y indexed stock chart

Static Recharts view indexed to 100 from available annual per-share data.

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for MCD.

Grade B

/ 100

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for LOW.

Grade B

/ 100