# What is the difference between the SentiSense Score, sentiment and the Rating?

> Three different measures, what each one reads, and how to tell them apart.

These are three different measures with different scales.

| Measure | What it reads | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Sentiment | The average tone of mentions, with no weight for how many there are | -1 to 1 |
| SentiSense Score | How bullish or bearish the market is on a stock, from news and social sentiment weighted by how actively it is discussed | Positive or negative, with no fixed limit. Labels follow bands with boundaries at -23, -13, -5, 5, 13 and 23, running from strong bearish through neutral to strong bullish |
| SentiSense Rating | A daily A to F grade across seven dimensions, ranked against every other rated stock | A letter grade cut from a 0 to 100 score |

The Score is one of the seven inputs to the Rating, so the two can point in different directions.

None of these is a buy or sell signal, a price target or a forecast. The Score reads what news and social coverage say, not what the price did, so it can stay positive on a day the stock falls.

More detail: [metrics reference](/docs/api/metrics/) and [how the Rating works](/docs/api/sentisense-rating/).

*Educational content, not investment advice.*