Universal Technical Stock Forward View - Double Exponential Smoothing

UTI Stock  USD 27.83  0.21  0.75%   
Universal Stock outlook is based on your current time horizon. We suggest always using this module together with an analysis of Universal Technical's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 2nd of February 2026, The relative strength index (RSI) of Universal Technical's share price is at 51. This usually implies 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 Universal Technical, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 51

 Impartial

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Universal Technical's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Universal Technical Institute, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Universal Technical's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.04)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.24
EPS Estimate Current Year
0.7583
EPS Estimate Next Year
0.884
Wall Street Target Price
37.3333
Using Universal Technical hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Universal Technical Institute from the perspective of Universal Technical response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Universal Technical using Universal Technical's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Universal using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Universal Technical's stock price.

Universal Technical Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Universal Technical's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Universal. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Universal Technical stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
29.6234
Short Percent
0.0538
Short Ratio
4.28
Shares Short Prior Month
2.6 M
50 Day MA
26.274

Universal Relative Strength Index

The Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Universal Technical Institute on the next trading day is expected to be 27.93 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.61 and the sum of the absolute errors of 35.78.

Universal Technical Hype to Price Pattern

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

Universal Technical Implied Volatility

    
  0.45  
Universal Technical's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Universal Technical Institute stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Universal Technical'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 Universal Technical stock will not fluctuate a lot when Universal Technical's options are near their expiration.
The Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Universal Technical Institute on the next trading day is expected to be 27.93 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.61 and the sum of the absolute errors of 35.78.

Universal Technical after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 27.97  
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 Universal Technical to cross-verify your projections.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Universal contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Universal Technical Institute will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0281% per day over the life of the 2026-04-17 option contract. With Universal Technical trading at USD 27.83, that is roughly USD 0.007827 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Universal Technical's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Universal Technical Institute options at the current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Open Interest Against 2026-04-17 Universal Option Contracts

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

Universal Technical Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Universal price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Universal using various technical indicators. When you analyze Universal 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.
Double exponential smoothing - also known as Holt exponential smoothing is a refinement of the popular simple exponential smoothing model with an additional trending component. Double exponential smoothing model for Universal Technical works best with periods where there are trends or seasonality.

Universal Technical Double Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 3rd of February

Given 90 days horizon, the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Universal Technical Institute on the next trading day is expected to be 27.93 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.61, mean absolute percentage error of 1.10, and the sum of the absolute errors of 35.78.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Universal Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not suggest using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Universal Technical's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Universal Technical Stock Forecast Pattern

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Universal Technical Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Universal Technical'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. Universal Technical's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 24.21 and 31.65, respectively. We have considered Universal Technical'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
27.83
27.93
Expected Value
31.65
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Universal Technical stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Universal Technical 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 CriteriaHuge
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors 0.1064
MADMean absolute deviation0.6064
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0235
SAESum of the absolute errors35.78
When Universal Technical Institute prices exhibit either an increasing or decreasing trend over time, simple exponential smoothing forecasts tend to lag behind observations. Double exponential smoothing is designed to address this type of data series by taking into account any Universal Technical Institute trend in the prices. So in double exponential smoothing past observations are given exponentially smaller weights as the observations get older. In other words, recent Universal Technical observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for Universal Technical

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Universal Technical. 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 Universal Technical's 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
24.2527.9731.69
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
25.0532.1135.83
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
25.8227.4529.07
Details
6 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
33.9737.3341.44
Details

Universal Technical After-Hype Price Density Analysis

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

Universal Technical Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Universal Technical's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Universal Technical's historical news coverage. Universal Technical's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 24.25 and 31.69, respectively. We have considered Universal Technical'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 compare with traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
27.83
27.97
After-hype Price
31.69
Upside
Universal Technical is not too volatile at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Universal Technical is based on 3 months time horizon.

Universal Technical Stock Price Outlook Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Universal Technical is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Universal Technical 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 Universal Technical, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.05 
3.72
  0.14 
  0.02 
12 Events / Month
8 Events / Month
In about 12 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
27.83
27.97
0.50 
130.99  
Notes

Universal Technical Hype Timeline

On the 2nd of February Universal Technical is traded for 27.83. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.14, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.02. Universal is anticipated to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 27.97 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is about 130.99%. The price growth on the next news is projected to be 0.5%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.05%. The volatility of related hype on Universal Technical is about 971.28%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 27.81. The company reported the last year's revenue of 835.62 M. Total Income to common stockholders was 63.02 M with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 471.09 M. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next anticipated press release will be in about 12 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Universal Technical to cross-verify your projections.

Universal Technical Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Universal Technical's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Universal Technical's future price movements. Getting to know how Universal Technical'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 Universal Technical 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
STRAStrategic Education 0.38 11 per month 2.21  0  2.32 (4.08) 12.29 
AFYAAfya(0.09)10 per month 1.67  0.01  2.30 (2.99) 6.95 
PXEDPhoenix Education Partners(3.79)9 per month 0.00 (0.06) 6.27 (6.69) 19.88 
TRTootsie Roll Industries(0.09)8 per month 1.04  0.05  2.76 (1.65) 8.05 
COURCoursera 0.02 11 per month 0.00 (0.26) 2.66 (4.25) 14.34 
ANDEThe Andersons(0.11)9 per month 1.14  0.22  4.37 (2.24) 7.65 
DAOYoudao Inc(0.30)7 per month 0.00 (0.02) 6.96 (5.06) 16.06 
WMKWeis Markets(0.41)6 per month 1.12  0.07  2.23 (1.65) 7.02 
PRDOPerdoceo Education Corp 0.11 9 per month 0.00 (0.11) 2.71 (3.17) 11.89 
JJSFJ J Snack 0.45 11 per month 1.49  0.03  2.79 (2.71) 9.39 

Other Forecasting Options for Universal Technical

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

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

Universal Technical Market Strength Events

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

Universal Technical Risk Indicators

The analysis of Universal Technical'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 Universal Technical's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting universal 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 Universal Technical

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

Universal Technical Short Properties

Universal Technical's future price predictability will typically decrease when Universal Technical's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Universal Technical Institute often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Universal Technical'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. Universal Technical's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding55.6 M
Cash And Short Term Investments127.4 M
When determining whether Universal Technical offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Universal Technical'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 Universal Technical Institute Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Universal Technical Institute Stock:
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Universal Technical to cross-verify your projections.
You can also try the Headlines Timeline module to stay connected to all market stories and filter out noise. Drill down to analyze hype elasticity.
Is there potential for Diversified Consumer Services market expansion? Will Universal introduce new products? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Universal Technical. If investors know Universal will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. Understanding fair value requires weighing current performance against future potential. All the valuation information about Universal Technical 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
(0.04)
Earnings Share
1.12
Revenue Per Share
15.389
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.133
Return On Assets
0.0665
The market value of Universal Technical is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Universal that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Universal Technical's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Universal Technical's true underlying value. Analysts utilize numerous techniques to assess fundamental value, seeking to purchase shares when trading prices fall beneath estimated intrinsic worth. Because Universal Technical's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Universal Technical'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 Universal Technical's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Universal Technical is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. Meanwhile, Universal Technical's quoted price indicates the marketplace figure where supply meets demand through bilateral consent.