When does McDonald's Corporation (MCD) report earnings? During market hours in 11 of its last 12 reports

Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 1 after the close and 11 during market hours. Each one comes from the 8-K with item 2.02 that McDonald's filed with the SEC, paired with the 10-Q or 10-K for that same quarter: 69 quarters since Jul 23, 2009, and every row links to its filing.

Next date: MCD does not appear in the announced-earnings calendar this site covers (Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 24, 2026). When the company announces the day it will show up here; until then there is no date, and an estimate of ours would not be one.

The last 20 quarters, one by one

"Lead": trading sessions between the announcement and the full quarterly report to the SEC (10-Q, or 10-K at fiscal year end). For McDonald's, a median of 6.5 sessions over the last 12 quarters.

The table shows the 20 most recent quarters. All 69 are in the CSV, with the same columns and one row per quarter.

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How McDonald's shares moved on their latest earnings

Over the 8 announcements with prices in this table, MCD rose 5 times and fell 3 times; the median move, ignoring sign, was 2%, against 0.7% for SPY over the same windows. The largest, +4.8%, came with the results of Feb 10, 2025. Reported EPS beat the consensus estimate in 4 of the 5 quarters with an estimate.

MCD window: when it reported after the close, from that day's close to the next; when it reported before the open or during market hours, from the previous close to that day's. Split-adjusted closes and EPS with its estimate, from Yahoo Finance. It already happened: it does not anticipate the next announcement.

Where each number comes from

From the 8-K with item 2.02 ("Results of Operations and Financial Condition") that McDonald's filed on EDGAR, the SEC's public database; only those with their 10-Q or 10-K behind them count, so other 8-Ks with the same item (production figures, monthly sales) stay out. The time is converted to New York time using this specific company's stamp convention (its EDGAR stamp arrives in UTC), and it is not assumed: it is derived from the hours in which EDGAR accepts filings.

What this data does not know

• The exact time of the press release: the 8-K reaches EDGAR minutes or hours later, so McDonald's's median 11:02 is an upper bound. The session says which one the news landed in, not what minute it was said.
• Nothing before Jul 23, 2009: it is McDonald's's oldest quarter with announcement and report paired in the file.
• What will happen. Every date on the page already happened. McDonald's reporting during market hours 2 quarters in a row does not say the next one will be the same.
• McDonald's's identity is its SEC CIK (0000063908), not its symbol: symbols get recycled and renamed.

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Source: EDGAR, the SEC's public database (forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K). Data through Aug 4, 2026. This is a list of public facts and of calculations made on them, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.