McDonald's Q2 2026 earnings: U.S. same-store sales slow, new U.S. president named

McDonald's posted mixed second-quarter results connected Tuesday, with U.S. same-store income rising 0.8% — a slowdown from the 2.5% maturation posted successful the aforesaid play a twelvemonth earlier — arsenic home impermanent counts declined.

The institution besides named Skye Anderson arsenic president of McDonald's USA, effectual Tuesday. Anderson, who spent 26 years astatine McDonald's and astir precocious held the main operating serviceman relation for McDonald's USA, succeeds Joe Erlinger, whose tenure heading the part stretched past six years, according to CNBC.

Global comparable income roseate 1.3% for the quarter. The planetary operated markets segment, with Germany, Australia, and the U.K. retired front, recorded comparable-sales maturation of 1.5%, and the planetary developmental licensed markets segment, paced by Japan, precocious 1.9%. The U.S. effect was driven by higher mean cheque sizes, including a favorable merchandise mix, partially offset by antagonistic comparable impermanent counts, the institution said.

The institution brought successful $7.1 cardinal successful full revenue, a 4% summation twelvemonth implicit year. Net income totaled $2.36 billion, oregon $3.32 per share, compared with $2.25 billion, oregon $3.14 per share, successful the year-ago period. Excluding restructuring charges, net per stock were $3.38.

"While our playbook is moving astir the world, we spot an accidental to rise the barroom successful the U.S. and accelerate show successful our largest market," Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said successful a statement. "Skye Anderson's assignment contiguous arsenic President of McDonald's USA volition bring absorption and urgency to these efforts fixed her heavy strategy knowledge, operational discipline, and proven quality to thrust change."

McDonald's banal roseate 2% successful premarket trading.

One headwind for the 4th was that U.S. results were measured against a prior-year play buoyed by a worldwide limited-time promotion tied to the "Minecraft" movie, according to CNBC.

The quarter's U.S. results travel aft McDonald's posted a 3.9% home same-store income summation successful the archetypal quarter, powered by higher mean cheque sizes and the motorboat of the Big Arch, a limited-time supersized burger. In aboriginal May, the concatenation launched six specialty drinks nationwide, including 3 refreshers and 3 crafted sodas, arsenic portion of a broader effort to vie successful the beverage category.

Global systemwide income accrued 5% to $37 cardinal for the quarter. Across 70 loyalty markets, systemwide income to loyalty members for the trailing 12 months roseate much than 20% to $40 billion, with 90-day progressive loyalty users up 13% to astir 220 million, the institution said.