Sharemaestro company-news research for Independent Bank (INDB), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.

NASDAQ United States Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

INDB news sentiment

Independent Bank

Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.

Full chart Weekly report Factor research Options activity RSS feed
30-day score56Neutral is 50
Early balanced news score 33/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 13 current stories across 11 publishers
Latest weekly closeUSD 83.73week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update76/100 share of current news
News data statusHealthy1 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

13 company-specific stories are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.

Observed headline tone71/100 Reliability-adjusted score56/100

Freshness, source quality and evidence depth temper uncertain readings toward 50; confidence remains a separate reliability measure.

Latest source headline 3 Inflated Stocks with Open Questions finance.yahoo.com · 13 Aug 2026 13:01

What supports the score

Direct evidence

13 current stories are mapped specifically to INDB.

Source breadth

The read spans 11 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.

What limits the score

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.328.

Confidence

Evidence confidence is 33/100, below the threshold for a firm classification.

56/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
33/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news13 company stories
88/100
Story agreement12/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
16 Jul: 1 stories19 Jul: 1 stories20 Jul: 1 stories23 Jul: 3 stories24 Jul: 1 stories02 Aug: 2 stories03 Aug: 1 stories05 Aug: 1 stories10 Aug: 1 stories13 Aug: 1 stories 16 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories19 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories20 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories23 Jul: tone 50, 3 stories24 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories02 Aug: tone 50, 2 stories03 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories05 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories10 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories13 Aug: tone 78, 1 stories 95505
15 Jul30 Jul13 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline

Confidence

How reliable the score is

Separate from direction

Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.

Amount of evidence7
0.328 after freshness weighting
Source breadth100
11 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness81
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement88
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix41
less reliance on one publisher

Price and news history

News score and weekly price over 26 weeks

Early company-news score

Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.

One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb 2026: close 82.96, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 82.74, indexed 99.727 Feb 2026: close 77.4, indexed 93.306 Mar 2026: close 76.54, indexed 92.313 Mar 2026: close 74.1, indexed 89.320 Mar 2026: close 74.06, indexed 89.327 Mar 2026: close 73.09, indexed 88.103 Apr 2026: close 76.78, indexed 92.610 Apr 2026: close 79.62, indexed 96.017 Apr 2026: close 77.95, indexed 94.024 Apr 2026: close 77.75, indexed 93.701 May 2026: close 76.86, indexed 92.608 May 2026: close 77.6, indexed 93.515 May 2026: close 75.46, indexed 91.022 May 2026: close 78.22, indexed 94.329 May 2026: close 78.48, indexed 94.605 Jun 2026: close 78.96, indexed 95.212 Jun 2026: close 82.64, indexed 99.619 Jun 2026: close 80.43, indexed 97.026 Jun 2026: close 84.54, indexed 101.903 Jul 2026: close 84.18, indexed 101.510 Jul 2026: close 83.71, indexed 100.917 Jul 2026: close 84.51, indexed 101.924 Jul 2026: close 85.12, indexed 102.631 Jul 2026: close 83.83, indexed 101.107 Aug 2026: close 83.73, indexed 100.9 26 Jun 2026: news score 50, close 84.54, 5 stories5003 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 84.18, 10 stories5010 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 83.71, 14 stories5017 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 84.51, 17 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 85.12, 20 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 83.83, 16 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 83.73, 15 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price+0.9%latest close 83.73
News score change+0first to latest comparable week
One-week response-0.1%Price digesting
Fair-value position+34.8%Materially above fair value
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650USD 83.73-0.1%
31 Jul 202650USD 83.83-1.5%
24 Jul 202650USD 85.12+0.7%
17 Jul 202650USD 84.51+1.0%
10 Jul 202650USD 83.71-0.6%
03 Jul 202650USD 84.18-0.4%
26 Jun 202650USD 84.54+5.1%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Earnings756 stories · 46%
Market update506 stories · 46%
Capital return501 stories · 8%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

41/100 independence
TradingKey503 stories · 23%
finance.yahoo.com781 stories · 8%
Stock Titan501 stories · 8%
Simply Wall St501 stories · 8%
Kalkine Media501 stories · 8%
Moby501 stories · 8%
scanx.trade501 stories · 8%

Recurring subjects

Subjects appearing most often

Current evidence
Return On Equity1Insurance1Free Cash Flow1Financials1Earnings Per Share1Banking1

Earlier readings

How the score has changed

23 comparable readings · 54 days
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
Comparable move+050 to 50 · Broadly stable
Observed range49–5250 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth14stories at latest stored reading · +13
Confidence24/100Provisional · -6
20 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 16:09
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious

Changes in the stored score

Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.

ObservedScoreMoveConfidenceStoriesStatus
13 Aug 16:0950+024/100 (0)14 (-1)Provisional
10 Aug 23:5950+024/100 (-2)15 (0)Provisional
05 Aug 23:5950+026/100 (0)15 (0)Provisional
03 Aug 23:5950+026/100 (+1)15 (-1)Provisional
02 Aug 23:5950+025/100 (-4)16 (-4)Provisional
24 Jul 23:5950+029/100 (-1)20 (+1)Provisional
23 Jul 23:5950+030/100 (+4)19 (+1)Provisional
20 Jul 23:5950+026/100 (+1)18 (0)Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-13 of 13

Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.

#178Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverage

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BankingEarnings Per ShareFinancialsFree Cash FlowInsuranceReturn On Equity
Published
13 Aug 2026 13:01
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Improving financial comparison, Operating growth
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 75.7% · 0.1d old
Duplicates
3 consolidated
#350Tone
Simply Wall StDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Three Top Dividend Stocks To Consider

Published
05 Aug 2026 02:48
News subject
Capital return
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 7.3% · 8.6d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#450Tone
Kalkine MediaDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

What Boosted Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) Revenue This Quarter?

Published
03 Aug 2026 11:33
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 6.1% · 10.2d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#550Tone
TradingKeyDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Independent Bank Corp (Massachusetts)

Published
02 Aug 2026 04:45
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 0.3% · 11.5d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#650Tone
TradingKeyDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Independent Bank Corp (Massachusetts)

Published
02 Aug 2026 04:45
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 0.3% · 11.5d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#750Tone
TradingKeyDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

INDB|Independent Bank Corp (Massachusetts)|Price:85.070|Chg%:+0.300

Published
24 Jul 2026 16:26
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 20.0d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#850Tone
MobyDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Independent Bank Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary

Published
23 Jul 2026 21:48
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 1.4% · 20.8d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#950Tone
scanx.tradeDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Independent Bank net income rises to $18.8 million in Q2 2026

Published
23 Jul 2026 15:54
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 21.0d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#1350Tone
MarketBeatDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) Reaches New 12-Month High - Here's Why

Published
16 Jul 2026 19:20
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 27.9d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated

Earlier company news

INDB news archive

Showing 1-17 of 17 stored headlines

Stored newest first for historical research. These older headlines are retained for reference and do not contribute to the current sentiment gauge above. Where an early legacy import did not retain its canonical URL, the headline links to an exact publisher-aware source lookup instead of inventing an article address.

How the page works

How to read the score

The score shows direction

It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.

Confidence is separate

Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme.

Price is confirmation

Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.

What the page does

It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.

Evidence context