McDonald's Corporation (MCD)

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Jonathan Berr at Daily Finance

McDonald's Corp ( ) is closing 430 restaurants in Japan, the latest sign of the faltering economy in the Asian country. A 50% owned affiliate will shutter the locations over the next 12 to 18 months in conjunction with the strategic review of the company's real estate portfolio The world's largest restaurant chain plans to take charges of $40 million to $50 million in the first half of the year (Japan) has 3,700 stores 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Business Insider

McDonald's must be having a bit of deja vu. . Last Wednesday, a woman in Portland sued the fast food company for shilling hot coffee that subsequently burned her thighs. As an article in The Oregonian (pointed out by Overlawyered) describes, Aurora Hill is claiming that the coffee was too hot and the lid was not affixed properly The Oregonian: According to the suit, "as it was being handed to her by an employee of the defendant, the plaintiff took the cup of coffee and the plastic top fell off and spilled very hot coffee on plaintiff's upper right leg" 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Steven Kron at Goldman Sachs

NEW YORK — McDonald's "no frills" and low prices continue to resonate with cash strapped consumers, driving strong results in 2010, a Goldman Sachs analyst said Wednesday. Goldman Sachs analyst Steven T Kron said in a note to investors that as consumers continue to cut back because of lingering worries over jobs and the economy, McDonald's and its low prices offers a "scarce" combination of higher margins and positive sales in stores open in at least one year Sales at stores open at least a year are a key measure of retailer performance because they measure growth at existing stores rather than from newly opened ones Kron said he expects a new dollar breakfast menu launched in January and a shift in advertising emphasizing value will help US sales in stores over the next few weeks 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Goldman Sachs

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Raised to Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Investment U

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD ) easily wins out on size alone, with its 31,000 restaurants raking in $23 billion in sales around the world, nearly ten times the amount that Burger King's 12,000 locations bring in With revamped restaurants and healthier menus, McDonald's has watched its sales climb and its market share rise to 47% over the last few years Burger King, on the other hand, can only claim 14% market share, a limited menu and an unsurprising sales slide, not to mention some of the oldest restaurants in the US fast food industry 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Steve West at Stifel Nicolaus

So are the $1 offerings This month, Sonic launched its dollar menu while McDonald's added breakfast items to its cut rate fare "A lot of these guys have had dollar menus for years," said Steve West, an analyst who tracks fast food for St Louis based Stifel Nicolaus "But they've become a much bigger force" These menus are growing at roughly the same rate as Americans' waistlines, although some healthy $1 options exist — McDonald's yogurt parfait, say, or mandarin oranges at Wendy's 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Lawrence Miller at RBC Capital Markets

Sales trends accelerated across all regions from November to December, Bernstein Research analyst Sara Senatore said in a client note, and McDonald's said the trend was continuing "As we begin 2010, McDonald's January global comparable sales trend remains positive," McDonald's Chief Executive Jim Skinner said in the earnings release Analysts had expected US sales to be down 06 percent in December, RBC Capital Markets analyst Larry Miller said in a client note on Friday Lower food costs and the weaker US dollar also helped boost profits for the quarter, Edward Jones analyst Jack Russo told Reuters 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Sara Senatore at Sanford C. Bernstein

McDonald's shares rose 2 percent as the world 's largest hamburger chain also said closely watched US same store sales were up 1 percent in December, after two months of declines Sales trends accelerated across all regions from November to December, Bernstein Research analyst Sara Senatore said in a client note, and McDonald's said the trend was continuing 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Jack Russo at Edward Jones

Sales trends accelerated across all regions from November to December, Bernstein Research analyst Sara Senatore said in a client note, and McDonald's said the trend was continuing "As we begin 2010, McDonald's January global comparable sales trend remains positive," McDonald's Chief Executive Jim Skinner said in the earnings release Analysts had expected US sales to be down 06 percent in December, RBC Capital Markets analyst Larry Miller said in a client note on Friday Lower food costs and the weaker US dollar also helped boost profits for the quarter, Edward Jones analyst Jack Russo told Reuters 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - David Tarantino at Robert W. Baird & Company

but not significantly until the US economy revives McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner told investors in a statement Friday that January sales so far in locations open at least a year were up around the globe RW Baird analyst David E Tarantino told investors in a research note that the results the company reported include ''respectable'' revenue trends For 2009, McDonald's profit climbed 6 percent to $455 billion, or $411 per share Its revenue slipped 3 percent to $2274 billion 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Sara Senatore at Sanford C. Bernstein

"Consumer confidence in China is still down in year over year growth, and payroll growth is also down," said Sara Senatore, an analyst with Sanford C Bernstein & Co in New York She rates McDonald's "outperform" Net income in the fourth quarter climbed 23 percent to $122 billion, or $111 a share, from $9853 million, or 87 cents, a year earlier, the company said 

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - Jeffrey Farmer at Jefferies

January sales "remain positive," Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner said in a statement today McDonald's is rolling out a $1 breakfast menu in the US and offering free Internet access to help boost domestic sales US comparable sales rose 01 percent in the quarter, the slowest growth rate for the region in at least four years "It's an absolute battlefield out there," said Jeff Farmer, a restaurant analyst at Jefferies & Co in Boston He recommends holding the stock