Will McDonald’s Sales Drop Put Off These Top Institutional Shareholders?

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) released its sales report for January 2013, which reveals that global comparable sales saw a drop of 1.9 percent during the month. The Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMEA) segment revealed a drop of 9.5 percent, Europe dropped 2.1 percent, and the US rose by 0.9 percent. The main reasons for the decline in APMEA are the ongoing weakness in Japan along with a drop in China resulting from the supply chain contamination issue and the timing of the Chinese New Year. Weakness in Germany, France, and some other markets was the main reason the decline in Europe. Growth in US comp sales is due to a balance between the company’s premium, core and compelling value options, and the addition of the new Grilled Onion Cheddar burger to the Dollar Menu.

These institutional firms indicated owning shares of McDonald’s in Q4 2012. They reported owning a total of 654.784 million shares on 12/31/2012. The shares closed at $87.50 on 12/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in McDonald’s at the end of December 31st, 2012.

Vanguard Group held 51,026,166 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $4,501,018,056. This brought the portfolio total to 0.56%.

State Street Corp  held 50,534,654 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $4,457,661,783. This brought the portfolio total to 0.65%.

FMR LLC held 30,968,677 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $2,731,746,970. This brought the portfolio total to 0.49%.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company held 26,817,415 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $2,365,564,153. This brought the portfolio total to 0.55%.

Northern Trust held 17,197,097 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,516,955,911. This brought the portfolio total to 0.62%.

Bank of America held 14,958,279 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,319,469,777. This brought the portfolio total to 0.65%.

Bank of New York Mellon held 14,613,570 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,289,062,996. This brought the portfolio total to 0.46%.

Deutsche Bank AG held 12,208,476 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,076,909,657. This brought the portfolio total to 0.96%.

Blackrock Fund Advisors held 11,671,654 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,029,556,589. This brought the portfolio total to 0.46%.

Massachusetts Financial Services held 10,238,443 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $903,133,048. This brought the portfolio total to 0.71%.

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