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RBCによると、マクドナルドの第1四半期決算は概ね予想通りとなる見込み。

-- RBCキャピタル・マーケッツは水曜日に電子メールで送付したレポートの中で、マクドナルド(MCD)の第1四半期決算はウォール街の予想とほぼ一致する見込みだが、戦争によるエネルギー価格高騰に直面する低所得層の米国消費者への依存度が高いことから、下振れの可能性もあると指摘した。 RBCのアナリスト、ローガン・ライヒ氏は顧客向けレポートの中で、マクドナルドは5月7日に発表予定の最新の四半期決算を前に「やや不利な」状況に直面していると述べた。燃料価格の高騰は、同社が「特に高い割合」を占める重要な顧客層である低所得層の米国消費者の支出に影響を与えると予想されるためだ。 「マクロ経済の逆風が強まっているように見える米国の低所得層消費者への相対的な依存度を考えると、決算発表を前にしてやや不利な状況にある」とライヒ氏は記している。「中東紛争の影響に関するコメントに注目しているが、これは(第1四半期から第2四半期にかけて)わずかな方向性の逆風にとどまる可能性が高い」。 2月末に始まった米イスラエルとイランの戦争により、重要なホルムズ海峡を通る輸送が制限され、エネルギー価格が急騰している。火曜日、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は、イランとの最近の停戦合意の延長を発表した。 RBCは、マクドナルドの第1四半期決算を1株当たり利益2.76ドル、売上高64億3000万ドルと予想している。市場予想はそれぞれ2.75ドル、64億8000万ドルとなっている。RBCのレポートによると、連結既存店売上高の伸び率は4.1%と予想しており、市場予想の3.9%増を上回っている。米国では、既存店売上高は4.5%増と予想しており、市場予想の4.2%増を上回っている。 今月初め、ミシガン大学が行った調査によると、4月の消費者信頼感指数は過去最低を記録した。これは、物価上昇と中東紛争による経済全般への影響に対する懸念の高まりを反映している。 RBCによると、マクドナルドは客足の増加と顧客イメージの向上を目指し、バリューメニューを段階的に見直している。しかし、新たなバリューメニューの導入は、既存の定番メニューの売上を「食い荒らし」、客足増加によるメリットを相殺する可能性があると、ライヒ氏は指摘する。 マクドナルドは4月上旬、4月21日から米国内の対象店舗で3ドル以下のメニューと4ドルの朝食セットを導入すると発表した。

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