Elevance Health Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

ELV Stock  USD 366.69  4.68  1.26%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Elevance Health on the next trading day is expected to be 378.44 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.53 and the sum of the absolute errors of 337.62. Elevance Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon.
At this time, The relative strength index (RSI) of Elevance Health's share price is at 54 suggesting that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its resistance level. The main idea of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Elevance Health, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 54

 Impartial

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Elevance Health'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 Elevance Health and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Elevance Health's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Elevance Health, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Elevance Health's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.22
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
4.1019
EPS Estimate Current Year
29.986
EPS Estimate Next Year
26.8687
Wall Street Target Price
390.2105
Using Elevance Health hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Elevance Health from the perspective of Elevance Health response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Elevance Health using Elevance Health's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Elevance using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Elevance Health's stock price.

Elevance Health Short Interest

An investor who is long Elevance Health may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Elevance Health and may potentially protect profits, hedge Elevance Health with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
353.485
Short Percent
0.0215
Short Ratio
2.96
Shares Short Prior Month
M
50 Day MA
334.5022

Elevance Health Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Elevance Health's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Elevance. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Elevance can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Elevance Health. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Elevance Health's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Elevance Health.

Elevance Health Implied Volatility

    
  0.5  
Elevance Health's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Elevance Health stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Elevance Health's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Elevance Health stock will not fluctuate a lot when Elevance Health's options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Elevance Health on the next trading day is expected to be 378.44 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.53 and the sum of the absolute errors of 337.62.

Elevance Health after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 371.61  
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 Elevance Health to cross-verify your projections.
For more information on how to buy Elevance Stock please use our How to Invest in Elevance Health guide.At this time, Elevance Health's Receivables Turnover is fairly stable compared to the past year. Fixed Asset Turnover is likely to climb to 44.13 in 2026, whereas Asset Turnover is likely to drop 1.55 in 2026. . Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to climb to about 259.2 M in 2026, whereas Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop slightly above 3.4 B in 2026.

Open Interest Against 2026-03-20 Elevance Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Elevance Health's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Elevance Health's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Elevance Health stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Elevance Health's open interest, investors have to compare it to Elevance Health's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Elevance Health is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Elevance. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.

Elevance Health Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Elevance price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Elevance using various technical indicators. When you analyze Elevance 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.
Forecasting cash, or other financial indicators, requires analysts to apply different statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms to find hidden patterns within the Elevance Health's financial statements to predict how it will affect future prices.
 
Cash  
First Reported
2000-12-31
Previous Quarter
8.6 B
Current Value
8.7 B
Quarterly Volatility
2.6 B
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
A naive forecasting model for Elevance Health is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Elevance Health 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.

Elevance Health Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 8th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Elevance Health on the next trading day is expected to be 378.44 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.53, mean absolute percentage error of 45.44, and the sum of the absolute errors of 337.62.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Elevance 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 Elevance Health's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Elevance Health Stock Forecast Pattern

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Elevance Health Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Elevance Health'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. Elevance Health's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 376.63 and 380.24, respectively. We have considered Elevance Health'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
366.69
376.63
Downside
378.44
Expected Value
380.24
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 Elevance Health stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Elevance Health 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 Criteria121.9269
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation5.5348
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0165
SAESum of the absolute errors337.6198
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Elevance Health. 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 Elevance Health. 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 Elevance Health

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Elevance Health. 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
369.81371.61373.41
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
365.99367.79408.51
Details
22 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
355.09390.21433.13
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
7.423.107.54
Details

Other Forecasting Options for Elevance Health

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

Elevance Health 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 Elevance Health stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Elevance Health could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Elevance Health by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Elevance Health Technical and Predictive Analytics

The stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of Elevance Health's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of Elevance Health's current price.

Elevance Health Market Strength Events

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

Elevance Health Risk Indicators

The analysis of Elevance Health'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 Elevance Health's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting elevance 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.

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