Crowdsourcing

As you know, at Avery we love data. Over the last month, we have been examining the Facebook situation and measuring how sentiment has evolved and its impact on consumer behavior. Here's the data. Enjoy! Our chart above shows overall publication and Twitter sentiment regarding Facebook...

The Vetr community on Tuesday downgraded shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) from 3.5 stars (Buy) to 3 stars (Hold). Crowd sentiment on the stock today is mixed to negative, with 40 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating and 60 percent a Sell. See how crowdsourced ratings could help you time...

Last quarter’s fatalities involving autonomous vehicle technology were seen to justify some of the concerns voiced by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) bears. Critics were confident the crashes would dent consumer enthusiasm toward self-driving cars and, in one case involving the Model X, weigh...

The Vetr community on Monday downgraded shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) from 4.5 stars (Strong Buy) to 4 stars (Buy). Despite the downgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock today is overwhelmingly positive, with 85.8 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating, 7.1 percent a Hold and 7.1 percent...

The Vetr community on Monday downgraded shares of T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) from 4.5 stars (Strong Buy) to 4 stars (Buy). Despite the downgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock today is mixed to positive, with 60 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating and 40 percent a Sell. See how...

Despite Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s latest — and poorly received — platform update, it still reigns supreme amongst teens. What Happened According to Piper Jaffray’s latest Taking Stock With Teens semi-annual report, 83 percent of respondents indicated they used  Snapchat...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has grown into an e-commerce powerhouse. Against this backdrop, a survey released this month by KeyBanc Capital Markets shows that Amazon Prime membership has seen strong and increasing acceptance among households. The firm has a Sector Weight rating on...

Against the backdrop of a populous teen beauty scene, Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA) is looking pretty. The Rating PiperJaffray analyst Erinn Murphy upgraded Ulta form Neutral to Overweight and raised the price target from $212 to $236. The Thesis PiperJaffray’s Teen Survey revealed a...

About 63 percent of households are now Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime members, according to a survey by KeyBanc Capital Markets. But consumers haven’t completely withdrawn from the brick-and-mortar experience. The Rating KeyBanc analysts maintained a Sector Weight rating on Amazon...

The Vetr community on Monday upgraded Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) from 3 stars (Hold) to 3.5 stars (Buy). Despite the upgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock was mixed, with 57.1 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating and 42.9 percent a Sell. See how crowdsourced ratings could help you time...

The Vetr community on Monday upgraded Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) from 3 stars (Hold) to 3.5 stars (Buy). Despite the upgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock was mixed to bearish, with 54.1 percent of users giving the stock a Sell rating, 35.1 percent a Buy and 10.8 percent a Hold. See how...

The Vetr community last Friday downgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) from 3 stars (Hold) to 2.5 stars (Sell). Despite the downgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock today remained heavily positive, with 75 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating and 25 percent a Sell. See how...

The Vetr community last Friday downgraded Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) from 4.5 stars (Strong Buy) to 4 stars (Buy) . Despite the downgrade, crowd sentiment on the stock today remained heavily positive, with 79.5 percent of users giving the stock a Buy rating, 6.8 percent a Hold and 13.7 percent a...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has lost the trust of the majority of Americans and could potentially lose a lot more, according to a new poll. The social media platform has serious work to do to repair its image after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which saw data from 50 million people used without...

Social media stocks have been pounded in the past two weeks on fears that privacy concerns and data regulation could eat into social media ad revenue. The hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending off and on since the Cambridge Analytica story broke, and investors are rightfully concerned the wave...