Suburban Propane Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

SPH Stock  USD 18.54  0.24  1.28%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Suburban Propane Partners on the next trading day is expected to be 18.86 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.20 and the sum of the absolute errors of 12.24. Suburban Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Suburban Propane's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 2nd of January 2026 the relative strength index (rsi) of Suburban Propane's share price is below 20 . This usually implies 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 Suburban Propane's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Suburban Propane Partners, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Suburban Propane's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.221
EPS Estimate Current Year
2.11
EPS Estimate Next Year
2.05
Wall Street Target Price
17
EPS Estimate Current Quarter
(0.51)
Using Suburban Propane hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Suburban Propane Partners from the perspective of Suburban Propane response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Suburban Propane using Suburban Propane's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Suburban using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Suburban Propane's stock price.

Suburban Propane Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Suburban Propane's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Suburban. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Suburban Propane stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
18.995
Short Percent
0.0091
Short Ratio
4.04
Shares Short Prior Month
589.2 K
50 Day MA
18.8214

Suburban Propane Partners Hype to Price Pattern

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

Suburban Propane Implied Volatility

    
  0.89  
Suburban Propane's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Suburban Propane Partners stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Suburban Propane'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 Suburban Propane stock will not fluctuate a lot when Suburban Propane's options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Suburban Propane Partners on the next trading day is expected to be 18.86 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.20 and the sum of the absolute errors of 12.24.

Suburban Propane after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 18.54  
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 Suburban Propane to cross-verify your projections.
As of now, Suburban Propane's Asset Turnover is increasing as compared to previous years. . The current Common Stock Shares Outstanding is estimated to decrease to about 46 M. The current Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is estimated to decrease to about 89.2 M.

Open Interest Against 2026-02-20 Suburban Option Contracts

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

Suburban Propane Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Suburban price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Suburban using various technical indicators. When you analyze Suburban 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.

Suburban Propane Cash Forecast

Predicting cash flow or other financial metrics requires analysts to utilize a variety of statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms. These tools help uncover hidden patterns in the Suburban Propane's financial statements, enabling forecasts of their impact on future stock prices.
 
Cash  
First Reported
1995-09-30
Previous Quarter
4.6 M
Current Value
405 K
Quarterly Volatility
60.8 M
 
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Covid
A naive forecasting model for Suburban Propane is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Suburban Propane Partners 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.

Suburban Propane Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 3rd of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Suburban Propane Partners on the next trading day is expected to be 18.86 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.20, mean absolute percentage error of 0.06, and the sum of the absolute errors of 12.24.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Suburban 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 Suburban Propane's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Suburban Propane Stock Forecast Pattern

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Suburban Propane Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Suburban Propane'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. Suburban Propane's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 17.74 and 19.99, respectively. We have considered Suburban Propane'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
18.54
18.86
Expected Value
19.99
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 Suburban Propane stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Suburban Propane 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 Criteria115.2752
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation0.2007
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0108
SAESum of the absolute errors12.2419
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Suburban Propane Partners. 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 Suburban Propane. 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 Suburban Propane

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Suburban Propane Partners. 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
17.4218.5419.66
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
17.4818.6019.72
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
18.3218.9119.50
Details
2 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
15.4717.0018.87
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Other Forecasting Options for Suburban Propane

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

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

Suburban Propane Market Strength Events

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

Suburban Propane Risk Indicators

The analysis of Suburban Propane'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 Suburban Propane's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting suburban 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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When determining whether Suburban Propane Partners offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Suburban Propane's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Suburban Propane Partners Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Suburban Propane Partners Stock:
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Suburban Propane to cross-verify your projections.
You can also try the Portfolio Diagnostics module to use generated alerts and portfolio events aggregator to diagnose current holdings.
Is Gas Utilities 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 Suburban Propane. If investors know Suburban 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 Suburban Propane 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
0.221
Dividend Share
1.3
Earnings Share
1.62
Revenue Per Share
22.001
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.013
The market value of Suburban Propane Partners is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Suburban that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Suburban Propane's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Suburban Propane'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 Suburban Propane's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Suburban Propane'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 Suburban Propane's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Suburban Propane is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Suburban Propane'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.