Overall market sentiment has been down on Banco Santander SA (SAN) stock lately. SAN receives a Bearish rating from InvestorsObserver's Stock Sentiment Indicator.
What is Stock Sentiment?
In investing, sentiment generally means whether or not a given security is in favor with investors. It is typically a pretty short-term metric that relies entirely on technical analysis. That means it doesn’t incorporate anything to do with the health or profitability of the underlying company.
Sentiment is how investors, or the market, feels about a stock. There are lots of ways to measure sentiment. At the core, sentiment is pretty easy to understand. If a stock is going up, investors must be bullish, while if it is going down, sentiment is bearish.
InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator looks at price trends over the past week and also considers changes in volume. Increasing volume can mean a trend is getting stronger, while decreasing volume can mean a trend is nearing a conclusion.
For stocks that have options, our system also considers the balance between calls, which are often bets that the price will go up, and puts, which are frequently bets that the price will fall.
What's Happening With SAN Stock Today?
Banco Santander SA (SAN) stock is trading at $4.22 as of 10:56 AM on Thursday, Jun 10, a gain of $0.03, or 0.6% from the previous closing price of $4.20. Volume today is more active than usual. So far 7,554,117 shares have traded compared to average volume of 5,951,742 shares. The stock has traded between $4.22 and $4.27 so far today.
To see InvestorsObserver's Sentiment Score for Banco Santander SA click here.
More About Banco Santander SA
Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
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