PREVIEW: McDonald's slips as investors eye sales growth in quarterly report
** Shares of McDonald's MCD.N fall ~1% to $262.90 ahead of its quarterly earnings report due before markets open on Wednesday
** MCD seen reporting 5% rise in adj EPS of $3.38 on revenue of ~$7.3 billion, up ~3% from the prior year
** MCD's adj EPS has met expectations 7 times over the last 8 quarters, per LSEG data
** In September, MCD warned that industrywide customer traffic in key markets would likely remain flat as long as inflation remained elevated.
** MCD had missed US sales growth expectations for the second quarter as consumers cut back restaurant spending
** 37 analysts cover MCD, giving it an avg rating of "BUY" and median PT is $295, per LSEG data
** MCD is down ~14% YTD vs Dow Jones Industrial Average's .DJI ~8% increase