How Many Times Would McDonald's stock split in 20yrs?

Question

I would like to know how many times would a stock like McDonald split in 20yrs. It seems that its such a old company that they dont make money, because the stock hardly makes and moves. Thanks

Answer 1

I would estimate MCD will split 2x in the NEXT 20 years.

I base this on the following:

MCD has split 3 times in the past 20 years and and 6 times in the 20 year period prior to that. So the pace of splits is slowing.

However, MCD is close to breaking out to NEW all time highs.

http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart2:symbol=mcd;range=my;indicator=ema(50,200)+split+volume+stochasticfast;charttype=candlestick;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined

I would expect another split as it approaches 100 in the next few years and then 1 more split before 2027.

Answer 2

stocks usually split because they want to keep the share price under $100. There is no value to a split, it splits because it is doing good. It doesn't do good because it splits.

Answer 3

In case you aren't aware of this, there's no real benefit to shareholders when a stock splits.