Canadian Utilities Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

CU Stock  CAD 43.81  0.17  0.39%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Canadian Utilities Limited on the next trading day is expected to be 43.41 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.34 and the sum of the absolute errors of 20.47. Canadian Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Although Canadian Utilities' naive historical forecasting may sometimes provide an important future outlook for the firm, we recommend always cross-verifying it against solid analysis of Canadian Utilities' systematic risk associated with finding meaningful patterns of Canadian Utilities fundamentals over time.
As of today the relative strength index (rsi) of Canadian Utilities' share price is below 20 suggesting 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.

Momentum 0

 Sell Peaked

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Canadian Utilities' future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Canadian Utilities Limited, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Canadian Utilities' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.136
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.6953
EPS Estimate Current Year
2.4174
EPS Estimate Next Year
2.5003
Wall Street Target Price
42.7143
Using Canadian Utilities hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Canadian Utilities Limited from the perspective of Canadian Utilities response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Canadian Utilities Limited on the next trading day is expected to be 43.41 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.34 and the sum of the absolute errors of 20.47.

Canadian Utilities after-hype prediction price

    
  CAD 43.81  
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 Canadian Utilities to cross-verify your projections.

Canadian Utilities Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Canadian price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Canadian using various technical indicators. When you analyze Canadian 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.
A naive forecasting model for Canadian Utilities is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Canadian Utilities Limited value for a given trading day is simply the observed value for the previous period. Due to the simplistic nature of the naive forecasting model, it can only be used to forecast up to one period.

Canadian Utilities Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 24th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Canadian Utilities Limited on the next trading day is expected to be 43.41 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.34, mean absolute percentage error of 0.21, and the sum of the absolute errors of 20.47.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Canadian Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Canadian Utilities' next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Canadian Utilities Stock Forecast Pattern

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Canadian Utilities Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Canadian Utilities' 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. Canadian Utilities' downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 42.57 and 44.24, respectively. We have considered Canadian Utilities' 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
43.81
43.41
Expected Value
44.24
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Naive Prediction forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Canadian Utilities stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Canadian Utilities 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 Criteria116.5269
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation0.3355
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0081
SAESum of the absolute errors20.4651
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Canadian Utilities Limited. This model is simplistic and is included partly for completeness and partly because of its simplicity. It is unlikely that you'll want to use this model directly to predict Canadian Utilities. Instead, consider using either the moving average model or the more general weighted moving average model with a higher (i.e., greater than 1) number of periods, and possibly a different set of weights.

Predictive Modules for Canadian Utilities

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Canadian Utilities. 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.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Canadian Utilities' price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
42.9743.8144.65
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
41.7942.6348.19
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
40.9042.5544.19
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.590.710.61
Details

Canadian Utilities After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Canadian Utilities Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Canadian Utilities' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Canadian Utilities' historical news coverage. Canadian Utilities' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 42.97 and 44.65, respectively. We have considered Canadian Utilities' 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 outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
43.81
43.81
After-hype Price
44.65
Upside
Canadian Utilities is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Canadian Utilities is based on 3 months time horizon.

Canadian Utilities Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Canadian Utilities is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.18 
0.84
  0.14 
  0.06 
1 Events / Month
1 Events / Month
Very soon
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
43.81
43.81
0.00 
110.53  
Notes

Canadian Utilities Hype Timeline

Canadian Utilities is currently traded for 43.81on Toronto Exchange of Canada. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.14, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.06. Canadian is anticipated not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is about 110.53%. The immediate return on the next news is anticipated to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is currently at 0.18%. %. The volatility of related hype on Canadian Utilities is about 250.33%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 43.75. About 16.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of Canadian Utilities was currently reported as 19.79. The company last dividend was issued on the 5th of February 2026. Canadian Utilities had 2:1 split on the 17th of June 2013. Assuming the 90 days horizon the next anticipated press release will be very soon.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Canadian Utilities to cross-verify your projections.

Canadian Utilities Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Canadian Utilities' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Canadian Utilities' future price movements. Getting to know how Canadian Utilities' 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 Canadian Utilities 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
BEPCBrookfield Renewable Corp 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.07) 2.84 (2.44) 9.70 
ACO-XATCO(0.74)7 per month 0.72  0.07  1.47 (1.27) 4.78 
BIP-PEBrookfield Infrastructure Partners 0.00 0 per month 0.43 (0.06) 1.00 (0.84) 3.35 
BIPCBrookfield Infrastructure Corp 0.00 0 per month 1.22 (0.03) 2.15 (2.12) 7.62 
AQNAlgonquin Power Utilities(0.76)6 per month 0.93  0.06  2.89 (1.71) 10.69 
TATransAlta Corp 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.22) 3.24 (5.06) 14.79 
NPINorthland Power(0.76)4 per month 0.00 (0.11) 2.30 (2.90) 28.74 
CPXCapital Power 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.16) 2.22 (4.69) 10.21 
BEP-UNBrookfield Renewable Partners(0.76)1 per month 0.00 (0.1) 3.51 (2.36) 10.29 

Other Forecasting Options for Canadian Utilities

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

Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Canadian Utilities could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Canadian Utilities by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
 Risk & Return  Correlation

Canadian Utilities Market Strength Events

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

Canadian Utilities Risk Indicators

The analysis of Canadian Utilities' 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 Canadian Utilities' investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting canadian 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 Canadian Utilities

The number of cover stories for Canadian Utilities depends on current market conditions and Canadian Utilities' risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities' long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Canadian Utilities Short Properties

Canadian Utilities' future price predictability will typically decrease when Canadian Utilities' long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Canadian Utilities Limited often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Canadian Utilities' investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Canadian Utilities' indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding271.4 M
Cash And Short Term Investments332 M

Other Information on Investing in Canadian Stock

Canadian Utilities financial ratios help investors to determine whether Canadian 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 Canadian with respect to the benefits of owning Canadian Utilities security.