Last updated 4 Aug 2026, 18:21 UTC · updated through the trading day
McDonald's Fear and Greed Index Today
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index today is 37/100, showing Fear. CFGI measures current McDonald's market sentiment using live market data and proprietary behavioural models. It has been Fear for 23 hours. Get the next update by email, free
Live McDonald's Fear and Greed Index
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index today is 37/100 (Fear), up from 36/100 (Fear) yesterday and down 27 points from last week's reading of 64 (Greed).
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Broad daily McDonald's market sentiment, not short-term moves.
Live McDonald's Price and Sentiment Chart
McDonald's price colored by CFGI fear and greed sentiment over the selected daily range.
This daily chart compares McDonald's price movement with live fear, greed, neutral and extreme sentiment readings for the wider market trend.
During the last 896 days, McDonald's sentiment ranged from 13 (Extreme Fear) to 81 (Extreme Greed), with the current reading sitting at 37.
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What Is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index Today?
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index today shows whether the current McDonald's market is being driven by fear, neutrality or greed. It gives a live sentiment reading so traders can understand whether conditions are cautious, balanced or risk-on.
Current McDonald's Fear and Greed Index Value
The current McDonald's Fear and Greed Index value is measured from 0 to 100. Lower scores suggest fear, uncertainty or weak confidence in the McDonald's market, while higher scores suggest greed, confidence or stronger risk appetite.
- Daily McDonald's Fear and Greed Index: 37/100, showing Fear for the wider market trend.
- 4-hour McDonald's Fear and Greed Index: 36/100, showing Fear for the medium-term market trend.
- 1-hour McDonald's Fear and Greed Index: 32/100, showing Fear for the short-term market trend.
- 15-minute McDonald's Fear and Greed Index: 41/100, showing Neutral for the intraday and day trading.
These multi-timeframe readings help compare long-term, medium-term, short-term and intraday McDonald's sentiment in one place.
What Does the Current McDonald's Fear and Greed Score Mean?
Fear on the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index means the market is leaning cautious. Confidence is weak and participants are more risk-averse, which can signal hesitation or early-stage weakness.
Is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index a Buy or Sell Signal?
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index is a market sentiment indicator, not a standalone buy or sell signal. Traders use it to understand whether fear, greed, neutral or extreme sentiment is present, then compare that reading with price action, liquidity and risk management.
Which McDonald's Fear and Greed Timeframe Should I Use?
Use the daily reading for the wider McDonald's market trend, the 4-hour reading for medium-term conditions, the 1-hour reading for short-term sentiment and the 15-minute reading for intraday moves. The best timeframe depends on how long you plan to hold or monitor the market.
How Often Is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index Updated?
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index updates through the US trading day across four timeframes (15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily) while the market is open, recalculated from MCD's price action and nine other signals.
How to Read the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index Chart
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index chart shows how McDonald's sentiment has moved through different conditions over time. Use it to compare the current reading with previous periods of fear, greed, neutrality and extreme market conditions.
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How CFGI Calculates the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index
CFGI combines live McDonald's market signals into one fear and greed reading. The modules below show whether the current McDonald's score is being driven by price action, impulse, volatility, volume, technicals, social sentiment, dominance, search interest, whale activity or order book pressure.
Ten signals, one number. Every signal is scored against this asset's own history, so a reading of greed means greedier than usual for this asset, never a raw comparison between one market and another.
McDonald's Fear and Greed Components
- Price Score: 46 (Neutral)
- Volatility Score: 28 (Fear)
- Volume Score: 7 (Extreme Fear)
- Impulse Score: 37 (Fear)
- Technical Score: 30 (Fear)
- Social Score: 70 (Greed)
- Dominance Score: 18 (Extreme Fear)
- Search Score: 28 (Fear)
- Whale Score: 50 (Neutral)
- Order Book Score: 35 (Fear)
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McDonald's Market Sentiment Today
McDonald's market sentiment today is shaped by price action, volatility, trading volume, technical indicators, social activity and wider market behaviour. CFGI combines these signals to show how McDonald's sentiment is changing throughout the day.
Compare McDonald's with the whole-market reading on the Stock Market Fear and Greed Index, or every company on the stock fear and greed directory.
What Is McDonald's?
Caution, supersized.
McDonald's is the largest restaurant company on earth, a franchise and property machine whose modern era began in 1955 and whose golden arches serve tens of millions of customers a day. Defensive, dividend-paying, everywhere. Its crowd matches the menu: filling, predictable and seldom euphoric. In 273 days on the CFGI McDonald's fear and greed index it rarely recorded a day of Extreme Greed, topping out at 72, while spending 107 days in Fear or worse.
The CFGI read: The crowd's best day tells you what this stock is for. The window peak of 72 printed on 6 February 2026 at $327.16, one day after the worst Extreme Fear breadth our stock coverage recorded, 34 of 246 stocks on 5 February. While the market panicked, the crowd under the arches had its finest hour: a classic shelter read. The deepest fear came later, 17 out of 100 on 20 March 2026 at $308.85, the day 169 of 245 stocks sat in Fear or worse, so even this crowd's low was a market-wide event rather than its own.
McDonald's Fear and Greed Index History
Q3 2026 breakdown. The table below updates daily.
The spring was the hard part. A three-session stay in Extreme Fear around the March low gave way to the longest grind of the window, 19 sessions of Fear or worse from 21 April to 15 May 2026, and on 9 July the score took its sharpest single-day fall, 31 points from 72 to 41. The shares slid 8.5% across the window, from $289.52 to $264.80, between a high of $341.06 on 27 February and a low of $262.35 on 23 July.
That leaves the crowd at 35, Fear, on 24 July 2026, holding the 37th most fearful average of the stocks we rank at 46 out of 100. A name this defensive sitting this glum is a reading worth carrying into the whole-market Fear and Greed Index: when even the comfort trade is uncomfortable, the caution is structural.
Days by zone, the last 365 days (250 readings)
| Extreme Fear | Fear | Neutral | Greed | Extreme Greed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Fear: 6 | Fear: 97 | Neutral: 86 | Greed: 61 | Extreme Greed: 0 |
Source: CFGI dataset, 250 daily readings across the 365 days to 4 Aug 2026. Updates daily.
For the market McDonald's trades in, see the stock fear and greed index, which scores the whole US market on the same 0 to 100 scale.
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Stock Fundamentals, Analyst Ratings & Financials
Beyond the sentiment score: the fundamentals, analyst views and financials for McDonald's Corporation (MCD), for context alongside the live Fear and Greed reading above. Company data via Financial Modeling Prep.
About McDonald's Corporation
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Restaurants
- CEO
- Christopher J. Kempczinski
- Employees
- 150,000
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL, US
- Listed
- Apr 21, 1965
- Website
- www.mcdonalds.com
Key Stats & Valuation
- Market cap
- $188.8B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.8
- P/B
- -146.83
- Net margin
- 31.62%
- Beta
- 0.42
- Dividend yield
- 2.77%
- 52-week range
- $261 – $342
- 6% of range
Analyst Ratings & Price Target
What Wall Street thinks: the consensus rating and average price target from 62 independent equity analysts covering MCD.
Ratings and price targets are aggregated from independent Wall Street analysts (data via Financial Modeling Prep). They are not investment advice or a recommendation from CFGI.
Earnings
Next earnings: Nov 4, 2026 · EPS estimate $3.41 per share.
| Reported | EPS actual | Estimate | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $3.38 | $3.32 | +2% |
| May 7, 2026 | $2.83 | $2.74 | +3% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $3.12 | $3.05 | +2% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $3.22 | $3.33 | -3% |
EPS figures are earnings per share (USD), not total company profit.
Financials
Annual revenue, net income and earnings per share. “Growth” is year-over-year revenue.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Net income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26.89B | +4% | $8.56B | $12.00 |
| 2024 | $25.92B | +2% | $8.22B | $11.45 |
| 2023 | $25.50B | +10% | $8.47B | $11.63 |
| 2022 | $23.18B | -0% | $6.18B | $8.39 |
| 2021 | $23.22B | +21% | $7.55B | $10.11 |
| 2020 | $19.21B | -10% | $4.73B | $6.35 |
| 2019 | $21.36B | +1% | $6.03B | $7.95 |
| 2018 | $21.26B | -7% | $5.92B | $7.61 |
| 2017 | $22.82B | -7% | $5.19B | $6.43 |
| 2016 | $24.62B | -3% | $4.69B | $5.49 |
| 2015 | $25.41B | -7% | $4.53B | $4.82 |
| 2014 | $27.44B | -2% | $4.76B | $4.85 |
| 2013 | $28.11B | +2% | $5.59B | $5.59 |
| 2012 | $27.57B | +2% | $5.46B | $5.41 |
| 2011 | $27.01B | +12% | $5.50B | $5.33 |
| 2010 | $24.07B | +6% | $4.95B | $4.64 |
| 2009 | $22.74B | -3% | $4.55B | $4.17 |
| 2008 | $23.52B | +3% | $4.31B | $3.83 |
| 2007 | $22.79B | +9% | $2.40B | $2.02 |
| 2006 | $20.90B | +9% | $3.54B | $2.87 |
| 2005 | $19.12B | +3% | $2.60B | $2.06 |
| 2004 | $18.59B | +8% | $2.28B | $1.81 |
| 2003 | $17.14B | +11% | $1.47B | $1.16 |
| 2002 | $15.41B | +4% | $893.5M | $0.70 |
| 2001 | $14.87B | +4% | $1.64B | $1.28 |
| 2000 | $14.24B | +7% | $1.98B | $1.49 |
| 1999 | $13.26B | +7% | $1.95B | $1.44 |
| 1998 | $12.42B | +9% | $1.55B | $1.14 |
| 1997 | $11.41B | +7% | $1.64B | $1.18 |
| 1996 | $10.69B | +9% | $1.57B | $1.11 |
| 1995 | $9.79B | +18% | $1.43B | $0.99 |
| 1994 | $8.32B | +12% | $1.22B | $0.84 |
| 1993 | $7.41B | +4% | $1.08B | $0.73 |
| 1992 | $7.13B | +7% | $958.6M | $0.65 |
| 1991 | $6.70B | +1% | $859.6M | $0.59 |
| 1990 | $6.64B | +8% | $802.3M | $0.55 |
| 1989 | $6.14B | +10% | $727.0M | $0.49 |
| 1988 | $5.57B | +14% | $645.9M | $0.43 |
| 1987 | $4.89B | +18% | $549.1M | $0.37 |
| 1986 | $4.14B | — | $479.7M | $0.32 |
Bar = revenue; green grew, red fell vs the prior year.
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2.77%
- Last dividend
- $1.86
- Ex-date
- Sep 1, 2026
McDonald's Fear and Greed Index FAQ
What is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index today?
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index today is 37/100 on the daily view, showing Fear. It summarizes live McDonald's market sentiment on a 0 to 100 scale.
How is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index calculated?
CFGI combines price action, impulse, volatility, volume, technicals, social sentiment, dominance, search interest, whale activity and order book pressure into one McDonald's fear and greed reading.
What is a good McDonald's Fear and Greed Index reading?
There is no single good reading, because the index measures mood rather than value. Extreme Fear below 25 marks the points where sentiment is most washed out, and Extreme Greed above 75 the points carrying the most risk, so what counts as good depends on whether you are buying or selling.
How accurate is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index?
It reads sentiment accurately and predicts price poorly, and those are two different things. The score reflects what the McDonald's market feels right now across ten live inputs, so treat it as a risk gauge rather than a forecast: it tells you how one-sided the crowd has become, not what happens next.
What does the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index measure?
It measures the emotional state of the McDonald's market on a 0 to 100 scale, from extreme fear at 0 to extreme greed at 100. CFGI builds that number from ten indicators including price action, volatility, volume, momentum, technicals and social sentiment, rather than from price alone.
How do I use the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index?
Most people use it to size risk rather than to time entries. The extreme readings are the useful ones: they flag when the crowd has become one-sided, which is when caution costs least and greed costs most. Read it alongside price and volume, never on its own.
How often is the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index updated?
The McDonald's Fear and Greed Index is updated every 15 minutes, so the live reading can change as McDonald's market conditions shift.
What does a low McDonald's Fear and Greed score mean?
A low score (0 to 39) signals fear or extreme fear, where traders are cautious, risk-averse or pessimistic about the McDonald's market.
What does a high McDonald's Fear and Greed score mean?
A high score (60 to 100) signals greed or extreme greed, where confidence, risk appetite and bullish sentiment dominate the McDonald's market.
Can I get alerts when the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index changes?
Yes. CFGI alerts let you track McDonald's sentiment across daily, 4-hour, 1-hour and 15-minute timeframes. Create alerts for fear, greed, extreme readings or specific McDonald's Fear and Greed Index score changes.
Can I add the McDonald's Fear and Greed Index to my website?
Yes. The CFGI widget lets you embed a live McDonald's Fear and Greed Index on your website, so visitors can see current McDonald's sentiment, live scores and market conditions without you building the data system yourself.
Can I use McDonald's Fear and Greed data in my own app or trading bot?
Yes. The CFGI API gives developers access to McDonald's sentiment data, multi-timeframe fear and greed scores and market signals for dashboards, trading bots, apps and research tools.
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The widget is free, it updates itself, and it needs no account. Paste one line and your readers see the live score without leaving your page. If you would rather have the raw numbers, the API serves the same data for dashboards, bots and research.
About CFGI
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CFGI is a market sentiment data company that scores crowd emotion from 0 to 100 across crypto and stock markets. Crypto readings cover the whole market and hundreds of individual assets across 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily views. The stock index gives a live daily reading for wider stock market sentiment.
Every CFGI score is built from 10 indicators: price, volatility, volume, impulse, technical analysis, social media, dominance, search interest, whale movements and order book pressure. The same data powers our API, alerts and embeddable widgets.