Analysts predict McD positive Feb. comps

OAK BROOK Ill. Analysts on Friday were predicting a 1-percent to 4-percent increase in McDonald's U.S. same-store sales for February, excluding an extra day of sales from Leap Year. McDonald's will report its February same-store sales results on Monday morning.

Also on Friday, analyst Mark Kalinowski released a survey of 33 domestic McDonald's franchisees, representing 214 units, that showed an aggregate same-store sales gain of 4.3 percent for the month of