DS Smith Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

SMDS Stock   582.50  5.50  0.94%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of DS Smith PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 554.32 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.75 and the sum of the absolute errors of 350.77. SMDS Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon.
  
A naive forecasting model for DS Smith is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of DS Smith PLC 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.

DS Smith Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 27th of February

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of DS Smith PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 554.32 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.75, mean absolute percentage error of 51.77, and the sum of the absolute errors of 350.77.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict SMDS 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 DS Smith's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

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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 DS Smith stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent DS Smith 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 Criteria122.0573
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation5.7504
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0102
SAESum of the absolute errors350.7746
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of DS Smith PLC. 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 DS Smith. 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 DS Smith

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as DS Smith 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.
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Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
582.50582.50582.50
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
541.72541.72640.75
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Bollinger
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553.66585.67617.69
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