ShareTrader (sharetrader.co.nz) is New Zealand's largest and longest-running stock market discussion forum, with over 714,000 posts, 5,000 threads, and 26 years of history. It is an independent community and is not affiliated with NZXplorer.

What does the community sentiment score measure?

The score (0-100) measures forum activity intensity using four components: Volume Intensity (30pts based on reply count), Recency (10pts based on last post date), Sentiment Polarity (40pts, requires post text analysis — currently placeholder), and Discussion Quality (20pts, also requires post text — currently placeholder).

How many NZX companies have ShareTrader threads?

We currently track forum threads for 86 of 131 NZX-listed companies. The remaining 45 companies may have threads that haven't been indexed yet.

Community Sentiment

Most Active Discussions

#	Company	Sector	Score	Replies	Views	Trend	Thread
1	OCAOceania Healthcare Limited	Healthcare	65	26.0K	7.0M	Spiking
2	ATMThe a2 Milk Company Limited

All Companies — Activity Score Ranking

86 companies

#	Ticker	Company	Score	Replies	Views	Trend	Thread
1	OCA	Oceania Healthcare Limited	65	26.0K	7.0M	Spiking
2	AIR

Sector Breakdown

Healthcare

11 companies71.3K repliesavg 58

Industrials

14 companies49.3K repliesavg 55

Consumer Discretionary

14 companies42.4K repliesavg 54

Financials

16 companies36.7K repliesavg 52

Consumer Staples

6 companies32.7K repliesavg 55

Utilities

3 companies11.0K repliesavg 59

Not Yet Tracked (45 companies)

These companies may have ShareTrader threads that haven't been indexed yet.

AFI AGL APL BFG BIF BIT BLT CCC CVT DOW ENS FBU FCG FCT FSF HFL IPL IPR LOC

Methodology & Data Source

Source: All community data is sourced from ShareTrader.co.nz, New Zealand's largest and longest-running stock market discussion forum (est. ~2000). ShareTrader has over 714,000 posts across 5,000+ threads. NZXplorer is not affiliated with ShareTrader.

Activity Score (0-100): Currently derived from publicly visible thread metadata only — reply counts, view counts, and last post dates. The score has four components:

Sentiment Polarity (40pts max, currently 20/40): Placeholder — requires post-level text analysis to classify bull/bear sentiment.
Volume Intensity (30pts max): Log-scale from reply count. 10 replies = 5pts, 1,000 = 15pts, 20,000+ = 30pts.
Discussion Quality (20pts max, currently 5/20): Placeholder — requires post text to assess financial analysis content.
Recency (10pts max): Days since last post. Under 7 days = 10pts, under 30 = 8pts, under 90 = 6pts, etc.

Volume Trend:Based on reply count thresholds — spiking (10,000+), increasing (5,000+), stable (1,000+), declining (100+), quiet (<100).

Coverage: 86 of 131 NZX-listed companies tracked. 45 companies may have threads on pages not yet indexed.

Limitations: Polarity and quality scores are placeholder values. Full sentiment analysis requires post-level text which is not yet available. Scores will improve significantly when post content is accessible.

Data sourced from publicly available forum discussions. Our datasets may not be complete. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.