Overall market sentiment has been down on Baker Hughes Co (BKR) stock lately. BKR receives a Bearish rating from InvestorsObserver's Stock Sentiment Indicator.
What is Stock Sentiment?
When making investment decisions, sentiment gives a good overview of what stocks investors currently favor. Sentiment incorporates short-term technical analysis into its score and does not encompass any fundamental analysis such as profitability of the company. This means that earnings updates and other news can greatly impact overall sentiment.
Recent trends are a good indicator of current market sentiments. In its most basic form, stocks that are trending up are desirable by investors while stocks currently falling must be unattractive.
InvestorsObserver's Sentimental Indicator tracks both changes in price and volume to analyze the most recent trends. Typically an increase in volume indicates ongoing trends are getting stronger, while a decrease in volume usually signals an end to the current trend.
Available options can also represent current sentiments for a given stock. Since investors are able to bet on future trends of stocks using options, we consider the ratio of calls to puts when analyzing market sentiments .
What's Happening With BKR Stock Today?
Baker Hughes Co (BKR) stock is trading at $21.01 as of 9:43 AM on Monday, May 3, an increase of $0.92, or 4.58% from the previous closing price of $20.09. The stock has traded between $20.57 and $21.01 so far today. Volume today is low. So far 14,208 shares have traded compared to average volume of 9,233,582 shares.
To see InvestorsObserver's Sentiment Score for Baker Hughes Co click here.
More About Baker Hughes Co
Baker Hughes in its current form originated in 2017 from the merger of Baker Hughes with GE Oil & Gas. Baker Hughes' history of oilfield innovation stretches back over a century, and with the combination with GE, the company now can offer the full spectrum of services to oil and gas companies, from upstream to downstream.
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