Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, fast-food giant McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at McDonald's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

McDonald's facts

Headquarters (founded)

Oak Brook, Ill. (1948)

Market Cap

$63.6 billion

Industry

Restaurants

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$22.99 billion

Management

CEO James Skinner (since 2004)

COO Ralph Alvarez (since 2006)

Return on Equity (average, last three years)

22.9%

Dividend Yield

3.4%

Competitors

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM)

Burger King Holdings (NYSE:BKC)

CAPS Members Bullish on MCD Also Bullish on

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

General Electric (NYSE:GE)

CAPS Members Bearish on MCD Also Bearish on

Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT)

Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS.

Over on CAPS, fully 4,017 of the 4,254 members who have rated McDonald's -- some 94% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include my fellow Fool Matt Kopphenheffer (TMFKopp), who is ranked in the top 5% of our community, and All-Star pick compiler AllStarPortfolio.

Just four days ago, Matt expanded on why Fools were just lovin' it:

The numbers go a long way toward explaining why investors and CAPS members alike seem to prefer McDonald's to competitors like Wendy's and Burger King. Across the board, McDonald's financials show that it's a much more profitable and efficient company than the other burger shacks. Perhaps even more impressively, the company is only getting more profitable as time goes on.

In a write-up from last month, AllStarPortfolio (using a pick and pitch from rd80) tapped the stock as a tasty way to make some steady income. Below are rd80's concluding thoughts, but check out the entire analysis here:

In short, McDonald's is a solid, income producing stock. The company has the earnings growth and cash flow to continue annual dividend hikes. The stock should handily outperform the market averages in a weak stock market, but is likely to under perform in a roaring bull.

You aren't going to discover any overlooked piece of information on a Dow 30 stock like [McDonald's] and it isn't going to be the quick double you brag about at work. It's just a boring, steady performer -- and that's a good thing.

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