Ferguson Plc Stock Forecast - Simple Exponential Smoothing

FERG Stock  USD 251.37  0.40  0.16%   
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Ferguson Plc on the next trading day is expected to be 251.37 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.15 and the sum of the absolute errors of 189.16. Ferguson Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Ferguson Plc's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 23rd of January 2026 the relative strength index (rsi) of Ferguson Plc's share price is below 20 . This usually indicates 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 Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Ferguson Plc's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Ferguson Plc, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Ferguson Plc's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.239
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.0769
EPS Estimate Current Year
10.333
EPS Estimate Next Year
12.1942
Wall Street Target Price
261.4546
Using Ferguson Plc hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Ferguson Plc from the perspective of Ferguson Plc response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Ferguson Plc using Ferguson Plc's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Ferguson using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Ferguson Plc's stock price.

Ferguson Plc Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Ferguson Plc's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Ferguson. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Ferguson Plc stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
218.1561
Short Percent
0.0125
Short Ratio
1.77
Shares Short Prior Month
2.6 M
50 Day MA
237.7712

Ferguson Plc Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Ferguson Plc's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Ferguson. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Ferguson can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Ferguson Plc. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.

Ferguson Plc Implied Volatility

    
  0.28  
Ferguson Plc's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Ferguson Plc stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc stock will not fluctuate a lot when Ferguson Plc's options are near their expiration.
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Ferguson Plc on the next trading day is expected to be 251.37 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.15 and the sum of the absolute errors of 189.16.

Ferguson Plc after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 251.43  
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 Ferguson Plc to cross-verify your projections.
For more detail on how to invest in Ferguson Stock please use our How to Invest in Ferguson Plc guide.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Ferguson contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Ferguson Plc will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0175% per day over the life of the 2026-03-20 option contract. With Ferguson Plc trading at USD 251.37, that is roughly USD 0.044 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Ferguson Plc's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Ferguson Plc options at the current volatility level of 0.28%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Open Interest Against 2026-03-20 Ferguson Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Ferguson Plc 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 Ferguson Plc's open interest, investors have to compare it to Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc 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 Ferguson. 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.

Ferguson Plc Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Ferguson price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Ferguson using various technical indicators. When you analyze Ferguson 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.
Ferguson Plc 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 Ferguson Plc are weighted equally, Exponential Smoothing assigns exponentially decreasing weights as Ferguson Plc prices get older.

Ferguson Plc Simple Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 24th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Ferguson Plc on the next trading day is expected to be 251.37 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.15, mean absolute percentage error of 19.68, and the sum of the absolute errors of 189.16.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Ferguson 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 Ferguson Plc's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Ferguson Plc Stock Forecast Pattern

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Ferguson Plc Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Ferguson Plc'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. Ferguson Plc's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 249.52 and 253.22, respectively. We have considered Ferguson Plc'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
251.37
249.52
Downside
251.37
Expected Value
253.22
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 Ferguson Plc stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Ferguson Plc 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 Criteria119.2524
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors -0.0227
MADMean absolute deviation3.1527
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0133
SAESum of the absolute errors189.16
This simple exponential smoothing model begins by setting Ferguson Plc forecast for the second period equal to the observation of the first period. In other words, recent Ferguson Plc observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for Ferguson Plc

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Ferguson 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
249.58251.43253.28
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
226.23253.90255.75
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
212.99234.79256.60
Details
24 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
237.92261.45290.21
Details

Ferguson Plc After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

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

Ferguson Plc Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Ferguson Plc's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Ferguson Plc's historical news coverage. Ferguson Plc's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 249.58 and 253.28, respectively. We have considered Ferguson Plc'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 outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
251.37
249.58
Downside
251.43
After-hype Price
253.28
Upside
Ferguson Plc is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Ferguson Plc is based on 3 months time horizon.

Ferguson Plc Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Ferguson Plc is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Ferguson Plc 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 Ferguson Plc, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.03 
1.85
  0.06 
  0.01 
10 Events / Month
6 Events / Month
In about 10 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
251.37
251.43
0.02 
95.85  
Notes

Ferguson Plc Hype Timeline

Ferguson Plc is currently traded for 251.37. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.06, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.01. Ferguson is projected to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 251.43 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is about 95.85%. The price rise on the next news is projected to be 0.02%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at 0.03%. The volatility of related hype on Ferguson Plc is about 596.77%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 251.36. The company reported the previous year's revenue of 30.76 B. Net Income was 1.86 B with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 9.6 B. Given the investment horizon of 90 days the next projected press release will be in about 10 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Ferguson Plc to cross-verify your projections.
For more detail on how to invest in Ferguson Stock please use our How to Invest in Ferguson Plc guide.

Ferguson Plc Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Ferguson Plc's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Ferguson Plc's future price movements. Getting to know how Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc 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
GWWWW Grainger(10.90)11 per month 1.00  0.06  2.85 (1.69) 7.07 
FASTFastenal Company(0.11)9 per month 1.15 (0) 2.00 (1.85) 5.49 
ROPRoper Technologies 6.54 10 per month 0.00 (0.33) 1.54 (2.35) 7.40 
AMEAmetek Inc(0.16)9 per month 0.64  0.12  2.39 (1.39) 9.36 
CARRCarrier Global Corp(0.32)7 per month 1.62 (0.02) 4.09 (2.33) 8.90 
PCARPACCAR Inc(1.47)7 per month 0.67  0.20  3.68 (1.63) 7.16 
FERFerrovial SE(0.96)9 per month 0.90  0.01  1.94 (1.65) 6.80 
SYMSymbotic(1.18)9 per month 6.53  0.01  9.37 (10.11) 60.87 
LHXL3Harris Technologies 3.34 9 per month 1.08  0.16  3.09 (2.27) 7.10 
ROKRockwell Automation 2.12 9 per month 1.16  0.14  2.72 (1.91) 8.52 

Other Forecasting Options for Ferguson Plc

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

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

Ferguson Plc Market Strength Events

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

Ferguson Plc Risk Indicators

The analysis of Ferguson Plc'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 Ferguson Plc's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting ferguson 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 Ferguson Plc

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

Ferguson Plc Short Properties

Ferguson Plc's future price predictability will typically decrease when Ferguson Plc's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Ferguson Plc often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Ferguson Plc's 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. Ferguson Plc's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding199.2 M
Cash And Short Term Investments674 M
When determining whether Ferguson Plc is a strong investment it is important to analyze Ferguson Plc's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Ferguson Plc's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Ferguson Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Ferguson Plc to cross-verify your projections.
For more detail on how to invest in Ferguson Stock please use our How to Invest in Ferguson Plc guide.
You can also try the Portfolio Suggestion module to get suggestions outside of your existing asset allocation including your own model portfolios.
Is Trading Companies & Distributors space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Ferguson Plc. If investors know Ferguson will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Ferguson Plc listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.239
Dividend Share
3.32
Earnings Share
9.87
Revenue Per Share
157.568
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.051
The market value of Ferguson Plc is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Ferguson that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Ferguson Plc's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Ferguson Plc's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Ferguson Plc's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Ferguson Plc's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Ferguson Plc's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Ferguson Plc is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Ferguson Plc's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.