Wall Street hopes the worst is behind McDonald’s prior to its Q4 earnings report

McDonald’s (MCD) investors were not Lovin ‘2024, when the fast food chain was facing an under -priesting share, defective sales and an E. coli outbreak.

Many on the streets hope that the results of the fourth quarter, which are set to publish Monday before the Market Open, is the “low point in the recent story for the brand”, as Citi Analyst Jon Tower wrote in a note to clients.

Per Bloomberg estimates that sales of the same store are expected to fall 0.91% years over years, led by international operating markets, dropped 1.22%.

Revenue is expected to grow slightly to $ 6.45 billion, while earnings per year. Stock is expected to enter $ 2.84.

In 2025, the fast food giant aims to regain foot traffic with its Mcvalue menuplatform and new menu items in the form of chicken teats, strips and the return of snack wrappers.

The quarter, which ended December 31, will include the effect of its E. Coli outbreak at the end of October.

Here is what McDonald’s is expected to report in the fourth quarter per year. Bloomberg -Consensus Data compared to the previous year:

• Revenue: $ 6.45 billion against $ 6.41 billion

• Adjusted earnings per Stock: $ 2.84 against $ 2.95

• Global sales growth in the same store: -0.91%against +3.40%

  • US sales growth in the same store: -0.35%against +4.30%

  • International-owned sales growth in the same store: -1.22%against 4.40%

  • International franchized by sales growth in the same store: -0.38%against 0.70%

Here is what McDonald’s is expected to report for the full financial year 2024 -year per year. Bloomberg -Consensus Data compared to 2023:

• Revenue: $ 25.99 billion against $ 25.49 billion

• Adjusted earnings per Stock: $ 11.74 against $ 11.94

• Global sales growth in the same store: -0.39%against +9.00%

  • US sales growth in the same store: +0.44%against +8.70%

  • International-owned sales growth in the same store: -0.50%against 9.20%

  • International franchized by sales growth in the same store: -1.39%against 9.40%

January was another hard month for McDonald’s despite optimism about the McVvalue platform per year. Big -Analyst Peter Saleh.

“It sounds like January wasn’t a good month everywhere, mostly driven by really bad weather in any region, snow, extreme cold,” Saleh told Yahoo Finance over the phone. The conditions make it difficult to assess whether the value menu was running incremental foot traffic.

TD Cowen’s Andrew Charles said he will be looking for the margins of corporate -driven stores and any influence from the value offering.

Franchise operators had hoped that the McValue platform would lure with customers and offset any hit to the margins.

“There may be a margin challenge where we deliver food to a great value, but if we can bring in more people it will take care of it. That’s our goal,” McDonald’s franchise operator David Costa, who runs 18 locations in Florida with His father told Yahoo Finance before launching in January.

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