Retail News Sentiment Report, August 2026
8,687 headlines about 163 US tickers were published in August 2026 and scored by state-of-the-art AI models trained specifically on financial data. 1,795 read positive, 1,447 read negative, and the average across all of them was 51 of 100 (neutral) on a scale where 50 is neutral.
- Headlines scored
- 8,687
- Tickers covered
- 163
- News sources
- 10
- Average score (0–100)
- 51 · neutral
50 is neutral. We call 48 to 52 neutral; 53 to 59 slightly bullish, 60 to 74 bullish and 75 or more very bullish; 41 to 47 slightly bearish, 26 to 40 bearish and 25 or less very bearish.
Covers 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31. Download the per-ticker CSV. Free to quote with a link to this page.
Most positively covered tickers in August 2026
| Ticker | Score (0–100) | Headlines | The headline that stood out |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGN | 66 bullish | 27 | Why Regeneron (REGN) Is Up 5.4% After FDA Approves Pasatru For Ultra-Rare FOP Therapy (98 of 100) |
| BKNG | 64 bullish | 24 | BKNG Q2 Deep Dive: AI and Connected Trip Strategy Drive Growth Amid Geopolitical Volatility (97 of 100) |
| TMO | 62 bullish | 22 | Thermo Fisher Scientific: Biopharma Recovery And Share Gains Support The Upside (98 of 100) |
| STM | 61 bullish | 45 | STMicroelectronics-NUS Lab Strengthens Low-Power Edge AI Push (97 of 100) |
| ADI | 61 bullish | 42 | Analog Devices Sees Momentum Stretching Into 2027 After 40% Revenue Surge (97 of 100) |
| C | 61 bullish | 44 | Citigroup (C) Stock May Be Reasonable As AI Banking Hopes Grow (91 of 100) |
| VLO | 61 bullish | 33 | Valero Energy (VLO) Is Up 9.2% After Robust Q2 Earnings And US$8.4 Billion Buyback Completion (98 of 100) |
| PANW | 60 bullish | 56 | Citizens Maintains Market Outperform on Palo Alto Networks, Raises Price Target to $415 (97 of 100) |
| GE | 60 bullish | 45 | General Electric (GE) Stock Gets Fair Value Boost After Q2 Driven Analyst Revisions (97 of 100) |
| LMT | 60 bullish | 41 | Palantir AI Boosts Pentagon Capabilities but LMT, RTX May Be the Better Missile Shortage Plays (96 of 100) |
Most negatively covered tickers in August 2026
| Ticker | Score (0–100) | Headlines | The headline that stood out |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISRG | 38 bearish | 21 | Intuitive Surgical Stock Has Fallen While Its Operating Margin Keeps Widening (1 of 100) |
| BSX | 42 slightly bearish | 34 | Boston Scientific (BSX) Faces Growth Slowdown in Key Businesses (2 of 100) |
| NKE | 44 slightly bearish | 44 | Nike Is Back at Its 2014 Price and Still Isn’t Cheap, and Wall Street Expects Earnings to Fall Another 18% (1 of 100) |
| DE | 44 slightly bearish | 47 | Deere Faces Delayed Agricultural Recovery Amid Weak International Markets, BofA Says (2 of 100) |
| CSCO | 45 slightly bearish | 40 | Cisco Drops 7% on Gross Margin Fears: Five Firms Raise CSCO Price Target Anyway (2 of 100) |
| NFLX | 45 slightly bearish | 97 | Netflix: The Market Is Underappreciating 2027 Earnings Power (1 of 100) |
| WMT | 45 slightly bearish | 60 | Wall Street Lunch: Walmart Tumbles As Weak U.S. Sales Spark Spending Concerns (1 of 100) |
| NOW | 46 slightly bearish | 30 | Semiconductors Are Collapsing While ServiceNow May Be Bottoming (Rating Downgrade) (4 of 100) |
| CRM | 46 slightly bearish | 90 | Salesforce to lay off 59 employees in Seattle and Bellevue (2 of 100) |
| OKLO | 46 slightly bearish | 87 | Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) Falls on Mixed Q2 as Revenue Beat Offsets Wider Adjusted Loss (1 of 100) |
Sector sentiment in August 2026
| Sector | Score (0–100) | Headlines | Tickers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotechnology | 55 slightly bullish | 722 | 19 |
| Energy & Clean Power | 54 slightly bullish | 262 | 5 |
| Financial Services & Banking | 53 slightly bullish | 768 | 16 |
| Industrials & Aerospace | 52 neutral | 385 | 12 |
| Consumer Discretionary & EV | 51 neutral | 1,015 | 16 |
| Technology & Semiconductors | 51 neutral | 2,796 | 25 |
| Communication & Media | 49 neutral | 726 | 6 |
Biggest sentiment reversals, and the headline behind each
- STM moved from 46 to 61 out of 100 (+15 points) across 45 headlines. The headline that stood out: STMicroelectronics-NUS Lab Strengthens Low-Power Edge AI Push (EODHD).
- AMD moved from 43 to 51 out of 100 (+8 points) across 167 headlines. The headline that stood out: AMD (AMD) Buys Inference Chip Startup Taalas To Sharpen Its AI Edge (Yahoo).
How this was measured
Every headline our collectors stored for the month is scored by state-of-the-art AI models trained specifically on financial data, and every figure is shown as a whole number from 0 to 100, where 50 is neutral. A ticker appears in a ranking only with at least 20 scored headlines in the month, and a sector with at least 50; sector scores are weighted by headline count rather than averaged across tickers. A reversal requires both months to clear the ticker floor and a move of at least 8 points on the same scale, so a name that simply started being covered is not counted as one. The same scorer produces the per-headline numbers shown on the site, so the report and the product cannot disagree. Where a quoted headline is marked as off topic, our news providers filed it against that ticker and it names another company; the aggregate keeps it because that is what was attributed, and the quotation says so rather than implying otherwise. Nothing here is investment advice.
Sources in this month: Benzinga, CNBC, ChartMill, EODHD, Fintel, GlobeNewswire Inc., SeekingAlpha, The Motley Fool, Yahoo, Zacks Investment Research.
The same scoring is described in full at /methodology, and every report in this series is at /research.
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