McDonald's (MCD) price forecast
McDonald's is trading at 255.69. Over the next 4 hours our simulation puts it between 252.79 and 258.81— that's the 10th-to-90th percentile of 20,000 modelled outcomes, so roughly four times in five it should land inside that band. The odds of finishing higher are near a coin toss, so the model claims no directional signal here — the range is the whole forecast. These are probabilities, not predictions of certainty, and the backtest below shows exactly how often the model has been right.
Price history & forecast cone — 10th–90th percentile of 20,000 simulated futures
McDonald's forecast by timeframe
| Timeframe | Likely range | Midpoint | Odds higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Minutes | 255.35 – 256.04 | 255.69 | 50% |
| 15 Minutes | 255.09 – 256.32 | 255.69 | 50% |
| 1 Hour | 254.23 – 257.24 | 255.70 | 50% |
| 4 Hours | 252.79 – 258.81 | 255.71 | 50% |
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How accurate has this model been on McDonald's?
Every forecast site claims accuracy. Here is ours, measured by walk-forward backtest on data the model never saw during training. Where it has no edge over a naive baseline, we say so.
| Horizon | Directional accuracy | Baseline | Edge | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-day | 51.1% | 51.8% | -0.7% | no edge |
| 7-day | 53.0% | 55.3% | -2.2% | no edge |
| 30-day | 58.6% | 56.3% | +2.3% | has edge |
Backtested on 1925unseen samples. "No edge" means the model was no better than assuming the recent trend continues — an honest result, and a common one.
What the model is saying about McDonald's
Over the next week the model puts the odds of MCD rising at 58%, with a likely range of 247.63–264.84 around an expected 256.39. Price has moved -6.8% over the trailing month. A year out, the median simulated path implies +11.3%, but the 10–90% band spans 214.13–366.16 — at 22% annualised volatility, the range matters more than the midpoint. MCD quarterly earnings lands on 2026-11-05 — across its last 24 of these it has moved 1.9% on the day, about 1.8x a normal one. The ranges above already widen to account for it. These are probabilistic estimates from historical prices only — a volatility regime change, or news the model cannot see, would invalidate them. Not financial advice.
How to read this forecast
We don't publish a single price target, because nobody can know one. Instead the engine runs 20,000 simulated futures for McDonald's and reports the band containing the middle 80% of them — the 10th to 90th percentile. A wide band means genuine uncertainty; a narrow one means the recent range has been calm. The odds higher figure is a calibrated probability: when we say 60%, outcomes of that kind should finish higher about 60 times in 100. Near 50% there is no directional signal at all, and the range itself is the entire forecast.
More depth: what a forecast cone is, how to read a P10–P90 range, and what makes a probability trustworthy. Our public accuracy scorecard shows where the model has an edge — and where it has none.
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Forecasts are probabilistic estimates from historical price data, not financial advice. Short-horizon direction has only a small measurable edge; long-horizon numbers reflect drift plus widening uncertainty and should be read as ranges, not targets. Figures update hourly. Coneview provides statistical market information, not financial advice.