The sentiment section of the fundamental analysis pages provides a measure of investor, institutional, and analyst sentiment for a given stock. Specific data items are as follows:

• analysts - The average analysts' ratings for a stock ranging from 1 (strong buy) to 5 (strong sell).
• institute - Institute represents the percentage of common stock and preferred stock held by institutions. Institutions are banks, insurance companies, or mutual funds with equity assets over $100 million.
• price momentum - Ratio of latest closing price to closing price of 6 months ago.
• short ratio - The Short Ratio represents the number of days it would take to clear all of the short interest if the stock was trading at the average volume.