NYSE: DKS · Specialty Retail

Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) stock sentiment

Over the past week, Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) racked up 5 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more cautious, with 15 of 26 analysts rating DKS a buy.

Tracked discussion on DKS is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.

Wall Street vs the crowd on DKS

Wall Street’s 58% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 67% to Reddit at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.

Analyst ratings

Buy
Buy 15
Hold 9
Sell 2
Avg target $250.14

Across 26 analysts the consensus is a Buy: 15 buy calls against 2 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $250.14.

26 analysts58% buy share

Crowd sentiment

Hold
Crowd bullish 89%
Spread 33 pts
Most bullish Reddit 100%
Most bearish X 67%

The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week DKS carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.

3 sourcesWide divergence

Who is bullish on DKS

33pt spread
Wall St
58%
Reddit
100%
News
100%
X
67%
Wall Street (analyst buy share)Crowd average 89%

The crowd runs 31 points hotter than the 58% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: Reddit reads 100% bullish while X sits at 67%, a 33-point spread that single-source trackers miss.

Why DKS reads Hold

Hold 0.0
Bullish Average
Average sentiment is 89.0% bullish, above the 50% neutral line.
+50.7
Trend
Momentum is balanced: 1 up, 1 down, 1 flat.
0.0
Buzz
Discussion intensity is 25.1, well below the usual midpoint.
-2.0
Source Breadth
This signal is based on 3 tracked sources.
+1.5
Consensus
All 3 sources lean bullish, so the score gets a small bonus.
+3.0
This window holds fewer than 10 tracked mentions, too small a sample to carry a buy or sell reading, so the contributions above are set aside and the score is held at zero.

Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) buzz score vs. EOD price

Over the 30-day window, Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) buzz held subdued around 37.6 while the price drifted down 6.4% 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 1.2M shares. Updated Jul 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, DKS lost 7.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 24.7 and was relatively stable, swinging between 17.9 and 37.6. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 8 of the 12 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.

How each source saw DKS this week

Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.

Reddit signal

Open source page
Buzz 17.2
Bullish 100%
Mentions 1
Trend Stable
1 subredditsSentiment +0.7
Bullish 100%Neutral 0%Bearish 0%
r/wallstreetbets Bullish
Loudest Reddit venue with 1 mentions this week.

X signal

Open source page
Buzz 34.0
Bullish 67%
Mentions 3
Trend Rising
3 tweetsSentiment +0.1
Bullish 46%Neutral 38%Bearish 15%
@salmaogs Bullish 0.16
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News signal

Open source page
Buzz 24.1
Bullish 100%
Mentions 1
Trend Falling
7 publishersSentiment +0.4
Bullish 75%Neutral 25%Bearish 0%
The Street Bullish 0.6
“Dick's Sporting Goods has spent the past year proving it can absorb a struggling retailer and make it stronger. Now, a very different kind…” Led by MarketBeat and Nasdaq.

Polymarket signal

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Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) at a glance

This week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Jul 15, 2026.

Adanos signal
Hold
Analyst consensus
Buy (15 / 9 / 2)
Crowd bullish (7d)
89%
Avg price target
$250.14
Most bullish source
Reddit, 100%
Most bearish source
X, 67%
Sentiment spread
33 pts
Mentions (7d)
5
Market cap
$18.92B
P/E · Forward P/E
21.1 · 15.1
EPS · Beta
$10.04 · 1.2
Revenue (TTM)
$19.2B · 5% margin
Industry
Specialty Retail

Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) stock sentiment FAQ

Is Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) a buy or sell right now?

Adanos will not call Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 5 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.

What does Reddit say about DKS stock?

Reddit discussion around Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) is fairly quiet with 1 mentions across 1 tracked subreddits. The tone is 100% bullish with stable 3-day activity momentum, suggesting steady attention.

Is Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) bullish or bearish right now?

There is not enough tracked discussion on Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 5 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 15 of 26 analysts rate DKS a buy.

What do analysts say about Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS)?

Of the 26 analysts covering Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS), 15 rate it a buy, 9 a hold and 2 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $250.14. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 89%.

What is the sentiment on DKS stock?

Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 5 mentions across 3 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.

Why does DKS carry a hold signal right now?

Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) drew 5 tracked mentions in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.

What is driving Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) sentiment right now?

X is the dominant discussion channel with 3 mentions (60% of total volume). Reddit contributes 1 mention and News contributes 1 mention. There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from, while x is the only source with rising 3-day activity.

What does the Adanos hold signal mean for Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS)?

The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. DKS's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.

How fresh is this DKS sentiment data?

The DKS 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.

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