McDonald's, Uber and Qualcomm Report Today: What to Watch

McDonald's, Uber and Qualcomm all release quarterly results on November 4, 2026, two before the open and one after the close. Watching the timing matters because pre-market prints land in the opening price while after-hours figures first trade in thin extended-hours sessions, where a stock can gap overnight.

Who reports earnings today, November 4, 2026?

Three large-cap companies report today: McDonald's Corporation (MCD), Uber Technologies Incorporated (UBER) and Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM). Two of them print before the market opens and one reports after the closing bell, which changes how and when any price move can reach your holding.

Here is the full slate with timing and the consensus EPS estimate for each. A consensus estimate is the average of analyst forecasts for the quarter, and nothing more. It is not a prediction of the result or the stock reaction.

What does pre-market versus after-hours actually mean for a holder?

Pre-market earnings land before regular trading opens, so the numbers are public while most ordinary investors cannot yet trade at normal volume. After-hours earnings land after the 4:00 PM ET close, so any reaction plays out in thin extended-hours trading first.

Pre-market reports: MCD and UBER

McDonald's and Uber report before the open. By the time the market opens at 9:30 AM ET, the report has already been digested, and the opening print reflects it. For a holder, that means:

• You cannot react to the headline numbers at the regular open price, because the market already repriced them.
• The stock can gap at the open, meaning it opens at a very different level from the prior close.
• Any limit order you left overnight executes against that new opening level, not the old one.

After-hours reports: QCOM

Qualcomm reports after the 4:00 PM ET close, so the first reaction happens in extended-hours trading, where volume is thinner and spreads can be wider. The important mechanical point for a holder:

• The headline move may show up in after-hours quotes the same evening.
• The next regular session can open with a gap that reflects what happened overnight, so the Wednesday open for QCOM may differ sharply from Tuesday's close.
• Thin after-hours pricing is not the same as a settled market price; the regular session is where most volume trades.

If you hold more than one of these, a single combined view helps. The ALL PORTFOLIOS view in PortfolioTrackr, available on every plan for anyone with more than one portfolio, shows your total exposure to all three reporters in one place.

How do you check your exposure to today's reporters?

Checking exposure means confirming how much of your portfolio sits in MCD, UBER and QCOM before the numbers land. This is a factual review of what you already own, not a decision about what to do next.

A few things worth confirming this morning:

• Position size. What each of the three is worth today, and what share of your total that represents.
• Cost basis. Where each position sits against your entry price, so you read the report in context.
• Foreign currency effect. If you bought a US name from a non-USD account, the currency gain or loss is its own factor. PortfolioTrackr converts each holding's cost at the rate of its purchase day and its value at today's rate, and shows the currency gain or loss as a separate line.

If you want a step-by-step on pulling broker positions into one dashboard, see our guide on how to connect your brokerage account to a portfolio tracker. Direct sync with Alpaca, Bybit and Interactive Brokers works on every plan, and 42 brokers connect through the SnapTrade bridge on a paid plan.

How do you set price alerts before an earnings print?

Set your price alerts before the report lands, not after, because a pre-market or after-hours move can clear your level while you are away from the screen. In PortfolioTrackr, alerts are price levels only: Target 1, Target 2 and a stop-loss on a position, or a price above or below on a watchlist entry.

Here is how the checking works:

• Each position and each watchlist level is checked once a minute while its market is open, and around the clock for crypto.
• A closed market is skipped, so a US stock is not checked overnight, at weekends or on exchange holidays.
• When a level is hit during market hours, you hear within a minute by email, WhatsApp, Telegram or push, on every plan. SMS is Pro and Lifetime only.

One timing note that matters today: because MCD and UBER report pre-market, a level set for the regular session is checked once that market opens, not during the overnight hours. For QCOM, the after-hours reaction happens outside regular trading, so the alert on your position reflects the regular-session price once trading reopens. PortfolioTrackr reports status against your own levels, such as Target 1 reached or stop-loss level reached. It does not give advice or tell you what to do.

The watchlist holds 10 tickers on the free trial and Starter, and 50 on Pro and Lifetime, so you can track names you do not yet own alongside your positions. For the broader case, our comparison of a portfolio tracker versus a spreadsheet covers why automated level checks beat manual refreshing.

What should you watch in each report without predicting the result?

Watch each report against the story that company has been telling, and read the guidance alongside the headline EPS. The point is to understand the numbers, not to forecast the reaction.

McDonald's (MCD), pre-market, consensus EPS $3.36

• Revenue versus same-store sales. For a restaurant operator, comparable sales tell you whether existing locations drew more traffic or higher spend.
• Guidance language for the quarters ahead, which often moves a mature large-cap more than the quarter just reported.
• How the result sits against the $3.36 consensus EPS estimate, stated only as the estimate it is.

Uber (UBER), pre-market, consensus EPS $0.94

• Revenue mix across mobility and delivery, and the growth rate the company reports.
• Any read on bookings and the guidance for the next period.
• How it compares with the $0.94 consensus EPS estimate.

Qualcomm (QCOM), after-hours, consensus EPS $1.46

• Segment revenue, since a chip supplier's handset and licensing lines can move differently.
• Forward guidance, which for a cyclical supplier often drives the after-hours move more than the trailing quarter.
• The reported figure against the $1.46 consensus EPS estimate.

For a sense of how another cluster of same-day reports read in practice, see our earlier preview of PFE, AMD and AMGN earnings timing and consensus.

What happens to your orders when a stock gaps at the open?

A gap is when a stock opens at a materially different price from its prior close, which is common after an earnings report. For a holder, the mechanical effects are worth knowing in advance:

• A market order left overnight fills at the new opening price, wherever that is.
• A limit order only fills at your price or better, so a gap straight through your limit may leave it unfilled.
• A stop order can trigger at the open and fill well away from the stop level if the stock gapped past it.

None of that is a reason to act; it is the arithmetic of how overnight news reaches your account. Knowing it before MCD and UBER open, and before QCOM's after-hours number lands, is the difference between being surprised and being prepared.

The bottom line

Today, McDonald's and Uber report pre-market and Qualcomm reports after-hours, with consensus EPS estimates of $3.36, $0.94 and $1.46. A holder's job this morning is to check exposure to all three, set any price alerts before the prints land, and understand that gaps can happen at the open. Everything in this preview is what happened and what it mechanically means. What you do with your own positions is your call.

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