Tuesday October 22, 2024, 19:24:15

MCD: Adjusting Estimates Due to E. coli Outbreak

By Mark Kalinowski

After today’s (Tuesday’s) market close, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) issued a Food Safety Alert: the CDC “is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. If you ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald’s and have severe symptoms of E. coli, contact your healthcare provider.”

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Tuesday October 22, 2024, 07:00:00

MCD: Part One of Latest Franchisee Survey Shows Challenges to Sales Trends

By Mark Kalinowski

McDonald’s plans to release its third-quarter earnings before the market open on Tuesday, October 29th. Ahead of that, we publish part one of our two-part, proprietary McDonald’s Franchisee Survey today.

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Monday July 29, 2024, 09:52:29

MCD (Post-Call): July Same-Store Sales Negative in the U.S. and Internationally

By Mark Kalinowski

Earlier today (Monday), McDonald’s reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $2.97, short of our $3.05 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $3.07.

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