The McDonald’s brand is seen outdoors the fast-food chain McDonald’s in New York, U.S., October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Sept 23 (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) stated on Thursday it will restart share buybacks and in addition elevated its quarterly dividend by 7%, because the world’s largest quick meals chain recovers from the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
McDonald’s had suspended its $15 billion buyback program early final 12 months because the burger chain appeared to preserve money as a way to navigate via the COVID-19 well being disaster that had pressured lots of its eating places to shut their doorways to diners.
However international gross sales at the moment are above pre-pandemic ranges, with the corporate elevating its steering for fiscal 2021 in July on the hope individuals will proceed to go out to eating places as economies reopen. read more
The burger chain declared a quarterly money dividend of $1.38 per share payable on December 15, taking its fourth-quarter dividend payout to over $1 billion.
Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Modifying by Krishna Chandra Eluri
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