WH Smith Stock Forward View - Simple Exponential Smoothing

21Q Stock   7.20  0.50  6.49%   
21Q Stock outlook is based on your current time horizon. We suggest always using this module together with an analysis of WH Smith's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 18th of February 2026 the value of rsi of WH Smith's share price is below 20 . This suggests that the stock is significantly oversold. The fundamental principle of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to quantify the velocity at which market participants are driving the price of a financial instrument upwards or downwards.

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Oversold
 
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The successful prediction of WH Smith's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of WH Smith and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from WH Smith's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with WH Smith PLC, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting WH Smith's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.065
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.027
Using WH Smith hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of WH Smith PLC from the perspective of WH Smith response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors.
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of WH Smith PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 7.23 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.14 and the sum of the absolute errors of 8.37.

WH Smith after-hype prediction price

    
  EUR 7.22  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
  
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of WH Smith to cross-verify your projections.

WH Smith Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine 21Q price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for 21Q using various technical indicators. When you analyze 21Q charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.
WH Smith simple exponential smoothing forecast is a very popular model used to produce a smoothed price series. Whereas in simple Moving Average models the past observations for WH Smith PLC are weighted equally, Exponential Smoothing assigns exponentially decreasing weights as WH Smith PLC prices get older.

WH Smith Simple Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 19th of February

Given 90 days horizon, the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of WH Smith PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 7.23 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.14, mean absolute percentage error of 0.03, and the sum of the absolute errors of 8.37.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict 21Q Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not suggest using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that WH Smith's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

WH Smith Stock Forecast Pattern

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WH Smith Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting WH Smith's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. WH Smith's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 4.71 and 9.75, respectively. We have considered WH Smith's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
7.20
7.23
Expected Value
9.75
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of WH Smith stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent WH Smith stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria112.9171
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors -0.0097
MADMean absolute deviation0.1394
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0189
SAESum of the absolute errors8.3654
This simple exponential smoothing model begins by setting WH Smith PLC forecast for the second period equal to the observation of the first period. In other words, recent WH Smith observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for WH Smith

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as WH Smith PLC. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
4.707.229.74
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
3.596.118.63
Details

WH Smith After-Hype Price Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of WH Smith at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in WH Smith or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of WH Smith, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
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       Expected price to next headline  

WH Smith Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting WH Smith's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on WH Smith's historical news coverage. WH Smith's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 4.70 and 9.74, respectively. We have considered WH Smith's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models compare with traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
7.20
7.22
After-hype Price
9.74
Upside
WH Smith is somewhat reliable at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of WH Smith PLC is based on 3 months time horizon.

WH Smith Stock Price Outlook Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as WH Smith is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading WH Smith backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with WH Smith, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.07 
2.52
  0.02 
 0.00  
3 Events / Month
1 Events / Month
In about 3 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
7.20
7.22
0.28 
1,050  
Notes

WH Smith Hype Timeline

WH Smith PLC is presently traded for 7.20on Frankfurt Exchange of Germany. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.02, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. 21Q is estimated to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 7.22 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is over 100%. The price rise on the next news is forecasted to be 0.28%, whereas the daily expected return is presently at 0.07%. The volatility of related hype on WH Smith is about 6640.32%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 7.20. The company reported the revenue of 1.55 B. Net Loss for the year was (144 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 889 M. Assuming the 90 days horizon the next estimated press release will be in about 3 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of WH Smith to cross-verify your projections.

WH Smith Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to WH Smith's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict WH Smith's future price movements. Getting to know how WH Smith's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how WH Smith may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
TLIKTELES Informationstechnologien AG 0.00 1 per month 14.52  0.09  27.27 (31.58) 202.56 
0BDZovio Inc 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
6GP1GRAND PEAK CAPITAL 0.0005 1 per month 11.93  0.11  2.63 (2.56) 289.31 
8SPSuperior Plus Corp(0.04)6 per month 3.68 (0.01) 4.67 (2.27) 21.54 
94PAUREA SA INH 0.00 0 per month 2.07  0.02  3.44 (3.49) 11.80 
DVDGFranklin Global Quality 0.00 0 per month 0.33  0.18  1.00 (0.65) 3.06 
INLIntel(0.81)9 per month 4.14  0.07  8.76 (5.60) 24.14 
VOWVolkswagen AG 0.00 3 per month 0.70  0.08  1.86 (1.19) 6.95 
BTC1Bitwise Core Bitcoin 0.07 8 per month 0.00 (0.23) 3.98 (5.63) 14.40 
RRURolls Royce Holdings plc 0.40 5 per month 2.01  0.06  3.53 (3.25) 9.23 

Other Forecasting Options for WH Smith

For every potential investor in 21Q, whether a beginner or expert, WH Smith's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. 21Q Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in 21Q. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying WH Smith's price trends.

WH Smith Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with WH Smith stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of WH Smith could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing WH Smith by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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WH Smith Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how WH Smith stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading WH Smith shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying WH Smith stock market strength indicators, traders can identify WH Smith PLC entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

WH Smith Risk Indicators

The analysis of WH Smith's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in WH Smith's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting 21q stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

Story Coverage note for WH Smith

The number of cover stories for WH Smith depends on current market conditions and WH Smith's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that WH Smith is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about WH Smith's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

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Other Information on Investing in 21Q Stock

WH Smith financial ratios help investors to determine whether 21Q Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in 21Q with respect to the benefits of owning WH Smith security.