Knight Transportation Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

KNX Stock  USD 55.14  0.10  0.18%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Knight Transportation on the next trading day is expected to be 55.54 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.01 and the sum of the absolute errors of 62.69. Knight Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon.
At this time the value of relative strength index of Knight Transportation's share price is below 20 . This 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.

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The successful prediction of Knight Transportation's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Knight Transportation, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Knight Transportation's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.74)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.3983
EPS Estimate Current Year
1.3403
EPS Estimate Next Year
2.0312
Wall Street Target Price
56.1579
Using Knight Transportation hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Knight Transportation from the perspective of Knight Transportation response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Knight Transportation using Knight Transportation's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Knight using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Knight Transportation's stock price.

Knight Transportation Short Interest

An investor who is long Knight Transportation may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Knight Transportation and may potentially protect profits, hedge Knight Transportation with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
44.3468
Short Percent
0.073
Short Ratio
3.07
Shares Short Prior Month
8.4 M
50 Day MA
47.9932

Knight Transportation Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Knight Transportation's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Knight. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Knight can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Knight Transportation. 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 Knight Transportation's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Knight Transportation.

Knight Transportation Implied Volatility

    
  0.71  
Knight Transportation's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Knight Transportation stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Knight Transportation'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 Knight Transportation stock will not fluctuate a lot when Knight Transportation's options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Knight Transportation on the next trading day is expected to be 55.54 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.01 and the sum of the absolute errors of 62.69.

Knight Transportation after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 54.61  
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 Knight Transportation to cross-verify your projections.
For more information on how to buy Knight Stock please use our How to Invest in Knight Transportation guide.At this time, Knight Transportation's Inventory Turnover is fairly stable compared to the past year. Payables Turnover is likely to rise to 21.05 in 2026, whereas Receivables Turnover is likely to drop 6.07 in 2026. . Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to rise to about 213.5 M in 2026, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop slightly above 118.7 M in 2026.

Open Interest Against 2026-02-20 Knight Option Contracts

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

Knight Transportation Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Knight price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Knight using various technical indicators. When you analyze Knight 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 Knight Transportation's financial statements to predict how it will affect future prices.
 
Cash  
First Reported
1994-12-31
Previous Quarter
339.4 M
Current Value
294.4 M
Quarterly Volatility
127.9 M
 
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A naive forecasting model for Knight Transportation is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Knight Transportation 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.

Knight Transportation Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 9th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Knight Transportation on the next trading day is expected to be 55.54 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.01, mean absolute percentage error of 1.51, and the sum of the absolute errors of 62.69.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Knight 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 Knight Transportation's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Knight Transportation Stock Forecast Pattern

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Knight Transportation Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Knight Transportation'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. Knight Transportation's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 53.24 and 57.83, respectively. We have considered Knight Transportation'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
55.14
55.54
Expected Value
57.83
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 Knight Transportation stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Knight Transportation 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 Criteria120.3604
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation1.0112
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0218
SAESum of the absolute errors62.6945
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Knight Transportation. 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 Knight Transportation. 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 Knight Transportation

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Knight Transportation. 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
52.2254.6157.00
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
49.6358.5360.92
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21 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
51.1056.1662.34
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Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.320.390.36
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Other Forecasting Options for Knight Transportation

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

Knight Transportation 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 Knight Transportation stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Knight Transportation could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Knight Transportation by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Knight Transportation 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 Knight Transportation'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 Knight Transportation's current price.

Knight Transportation Market Strength Events

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

Knight Transportation Risk Indicators

The analysis of Knight Transportation'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 Knight Transportation's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting knight 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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