NYSE: ABT · Medical Devices
Over the past week, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) racked up about 102 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 26% bullish but is at odds: X runs 49% bullish while Reddit sits at just 11%. Wall Street is more constructive, with 20 of 27 analysts rating ABT a buy.
There is little buzz around ABT this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 74% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 11% to X at 49%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
27 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 20 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $118.42.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
Analysts sit 48 points above the crowd average of 26%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 49% bullish while Reddit sits at 11%, a 38-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) buzz held moderate around 58.8 while the price drifted up 10.5% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 9.6M shares. Updated Aug 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, ABT gained 3.0%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 48.9 and was variable, swinging between 38.4 and 58.8. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 17 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
No Polymarket data for this stock this week.
Query sentiment for ABT and 2000+ stocks from your terminal. Filter by source, timeframe and signal strength.
View CLIEmbed live ABT sentiment on your own site with drop-in web components.
View WidgetsThis week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Aug 18, 2026.
| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Strong Buy (20 / 7 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 26% |
| Avg price target | $118.42 |
| Most bullish source | X, 49% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 11% |
| Sentiment spread | 38 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 102 |
| Market cap | $191.92B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 35.4 · 19.7 |
| EPS · Beta | $3.13 · 0.6 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $46.59B · 12% margin |
| Industry | Medical Devices |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 26% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 102 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is fairly quiet with 9 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 20 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 11% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Abbott Laboratories (ABT), averaging 26% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 49% bullish and Reddit at 11%, a 38-point spread. On the professional side, 20 of 27 analysts rate ABT a buy.
Of the 27 analysts covering Abbott Laboratories (ABT), 20 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $118.42. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 26% bullish.
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)'s cross-source average is bearish at 26% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. X reads 49% bullish, News reads 19% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 11% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) at 26% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 11% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit and X, while news activity is rising. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 55 mentions (54% of total volume). News contributes 38 mentions and Reddit contributes 9 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 26% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. ABT's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 26% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The ABT sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
Every data point on this page comes from the Adanos sentiment APIs. Get a free API key and start querying Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sentiment programmatically.
Get Free API Key