Over the past three months, shares of McDonald's' Inc. (NYSE:MCD) moved higher by 4.38%. Before having a look at the importance of debt, let's look at how much debt McDonald's' has.
McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.49% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.89%. Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $205.21 billion.
Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on McDonald's (NYSE:MCD).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
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