Is Intevac, Inc. (IVAC) a Stock to Watch After Gaining 9.52% This Week?

Overall market sentiment has been down on Intevac, Inc. (IVAC) stock lately. IVAC receives a Bearish rating from InvestorsObserver Stock Sentiment Indicator.

Intevac, Inc. has a Bearish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on IVAC!

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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. 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 IVAC Stock Today?

Intevac, Inc. (IVAC) stock is higher by 11.57% while the S&P 500 is down -0.13% as of 12:34 PM on Thursday, Aug 3. IVAC has gained $0.40 from the previous closing price of $3.50 on volume of 170,596 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has risen 10.18% while IVAC is down -18.37%. IVAC lost -$0.59 per share in the over the last 12 months. To screen for more stocks like Intevac, Inc. click here.

More About Intevac, Inc.

Intevac Inc designs and develops high-productivity, thin-film processing systems. The company's production- proven platforms are designed for high-volume manufacturing of substrates with precise thin-film properties, such as the hard disk drive media, display cover panel, and solar photovoltaic, and advanced semiconductor packaging markets. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Intevac, Inc. stock.