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.

5 matches for “Snack Wrap”; 2 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Christopher Kempczinskicompanyprepared

…top 10 markets in the quarter. In the U.S., we brought back Snack Wraps in early July, much to the delight of our most vocal…

Ian Bordencompanyprepared

…to our near-end competitors. We started Q3 with the national launch of Snack Wraps and the initial 4-week window exceeded our expectations. Snack Wraps were…

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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