McDonald's (MCD): FY25 Q3 earnings call, Nov 5, 2025

On its Nov 5, 2025 earnings call (FY25 Q3), McDonald's said 7 of the 12 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 12 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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12 words · 7 settled yes · our count agreed on 12 of 12

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Monopoly Yes66✓23%transcripts from the transcript model–
Dividend Yes33✓52%transcripts from the transcript model–
Loyalty Yes22✓87%transcripts from the transcript model–
Delivery Yes22✓34%transcripts from the transcript model–
Happy Meal Yes11✓62%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tariff Yes11✓54%transcripts from the transcript model–
Supply Chain Yes11✓43%transcripts from the transcript model–
Competition No00✓53%transcripts from the transcript model–
McCrispy Chicken No00✓47%transcripts from the transcript model–
Speedee Lab No00✓26%transcripts from the transcript model–
Buffalo No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Revenue No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

Where the listed words were said

Ian Bordencompany“Monopoly” · prepared

…not a benefit to our third quarter results, in October, we reintroduced MONOPOLY in the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, and…

Ian Bordencompany“Dividend” · prepared

…Second, we return remaining free cash flow to shareholders over time through dividends and share repurchases. In line with investing in the business, we believe…

Ian Bordencompany“Loyalty” · qa

…I think, the digital value that is available to members of our loyalty program. And if you put those 2 kind of components or programs…

Christopher Kempczinskicompany“Delivery” · qa

…there's overcapacity in China and what you're seeing is you're seeing a delivery war that's going on there, which is putting pressure on pricing. Pricing…

Christopher Kempczinskicompany“Happy Meal” · prepared

…momentum supported by strong local marketing and innovation. This included several exciting Happy Meal campaigns that drove significant traffic and social engagement, highlighting the power…

Ian Bordencompany“Tariff” · prepared

…our financial targets for the year, which include the expected impacts from tariffs currently in place, and remain focused on executing our Accelerating the Arches…

Ian Bordencompany“Supply Chain” · qa

…inflation is up. a fair bit. I think the strength of our supply chain means our beef costs are, I think, certainly up less than…

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