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McDONALD'S REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS

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“Net income 2,164 2,017 7 4 8,563 8,223 4 3”
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  • McDonald's is the world's leading global foodservice retailer with over 45,000 locations in over 100 countries, with approximately 95% of restaurants owned and operated by independent local business owners.

    80% confidence
  • U.S. comparable sales were driven by positive check and guest count growth primarily from successful marketing promotions in Q4 2025.

    80% confidence
  • McDonald's value leadership is working. By listening to customers and taking action, we have improved traffic and strengthened our value & affordability scores.

    80% confidence
  • The momentum built by McDonald's reinforces progress made with the strategy and has earned the right to look forward together as a system.

    80% confidence
  • Excluding restructuring charges, operating income growth for both Q4 2025 and full year 2025 was primarily driven by higher sales-driven Franchised margins.

    80% confidence
  • Nearly all International Operated Markets reflected positive comparable sales in Q4 2025, led by the U.K., Germany and Australia.

    80% confidence
  • McDonald's increased global systemwide sales by 8% and delivered strong comp sales growth across all segments in Q4 2025.

    80% confidence

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McDonald's Corporation · revenue139 billion_USD
McDonald's Corporation · backlog10551 million_USD
McDonald's Corporation · revenue26885 million_USD
McDonald's Corporation · employee count45000 locations
McDonald's Corporation · margin3156 million_USD
McDonald's Corporation · revenue4311 million_USD
McDonald's Corporation · debt39973 million_USD
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Both facts give cash for Ford Motor Company at the same point in time (2025-12-31; FY 2025 year-end and Q4 2025 year-end are the same date). Both are labelled USD, but the values are 23,356,000,000 and 23.356, which cannot both be true in USD. The two numbers agree once the second is read as billions (23.356 bn = 23,356,000,000), so the economic content is consistent and the conflict is a unit/scale error in the Q4 2025 record. The period is not the reason for the conflict: a Q4 and an FY figure at the same year-end date should match.
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