Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ADS) stock has gained 9.93% over the past week and gets a Bearish rating from InvestorsObserver's 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.
Price action is generally the best indicator of sentiment. For a stock to go up, investors must feel good about it. Similarly, a stock that is in a downtrend must be out of favor.
InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator considers price action and recent trends in volume. Increasing volumes often mean that a trend is strengthening, while decreasing volumes can signal that a reversal could come soon.
The options market is another place to get signals about sentiment. Since options allow investors to place bets on the price of a stock, we consider the ratio of calls and puts for stocks where options are available.
What's Happening With ADS Stock Today?
Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ADS) stock has gained 17.19% while the S&P 500 is flat 0% as of 11:42 AM on Tuesday, May 26. ADS has gained $7.23 from the previous closing price of $42.05 on volume of 1,197,115 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has gained 5.46% while ADS has fallen -65.31%. ADS earned $3.20 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.36.
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More About Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Alliance Data Systems was born of the 1996 combination of a J.C. Penney transaction-processing operation and The Limited's credit card bank business. With headquarters in Plano, Texas, Alliance provides marketing, loyalty program, and private-label credit card services. The company is known for its large Air Miles loyalty program in Canada. The private-label services and credit group is financially the company's most important operating segment.
