United Fire Group Stock Price Prediction

UFCS Stock  USD 30.47  0.58  1.94%   
The relative strength indicator of United Fire's share price is above 70 at this time. This usually implies that the stock is becoming overbought or overvalued. The idea behind Relative Strength Index (RSI) is that it helps to track how fast people are buying or selling United, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

75

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of United Fire'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 United Fire and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from United Fire's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with United Fire Group, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting United Fire's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
2.04
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.48
EPS Estimate Current Year
1.84
EPS Estimate Next Year
2.2
Wall Street Target Price
26
Using United Fire hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of United Fire Group from the perspective of United Fire response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in United Fire to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying United because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

United Fire after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 31.04  
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.
  
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Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of United Fire'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.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
21.7225.4133.52
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
27.6631.3535.04
Details
1 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
16.3818.0019.98
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.460.460.46
Details

United Fire After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

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

United Fire Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting United Fire's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on United Fire's historical news coverage. United Fire's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 27.35 and 34.73, respectively. We have considered United Fire'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
30.47
31.04
After-hype Price
34.73
Upside
United Fire is not too volatile at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of United Fire Group is based on 3 months time horizon.

United Fire Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as United Fire is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading United Fire 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 United Fire, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.70 
3.69
  0.57 
  0.22 
7 Events / Month
9 Events / Month
In about 7 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
30.47
31.04
1.87 
455.56  
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United Fire Hype Timeline

United Fire Group is at this time traded for 30.47. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.57, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.22. United is forecasted to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 31.04 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is over 100%. The price appreciation on the next news is projected to be 1.87%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.7%. The volatility of related hype on United Fire is about 1153.13%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 30.69. The company reported the previous year's revenue of 1.1 B. Net Loss for the year was (29.7 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 15.27 M. Given the investment horizon of 90 days the next forecasted press release will be in about 7 days.
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United Fire Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to United Fire's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict United Fire's future price movements. Getting to know how United Fire'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 United Fire 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
DGICBDonegal Group B 0.00 9 per month 2.39  0.08  7.61 (4.52) 14.48 
HMNHorace Mann Educators(0.70)9 per month 1.34  0.11  2.13 (2.23) 11.51 
DGICADonegal Group A 0.01 10 per month 1.63  0.02  2.51 (1.90) 12.60 
GBLIGlobal Indemnity PLC(0.50)6 per month 0.98  0.03  2.91 (1.97) 7.14 
NODKNI Holdings(0.20)5 per month 1.23  0.02  2.13 (2.04) 5.60 
SIGIPSelective Insurance Group 0.00 0 per month 0.74 (0.16) 1.17 (1.29) 3.35 
WRBW R Berkley(0.03)11 per month 1.44 (0) 1.97 (2.36) 7.07 
SKWDSkyward Specialty Insurance(1.00)10 per month 1.58  0.19  3.41 (2.38) 10.47 
RLIRLI Corp 0.16 11 per month 1.15  0.11  1.76 (1.82) 7.01 
MKLMarkel 9.08 11 per month 0.96  0.04  1.84 (1.80) 7.55 
SIGISelective Insurance Group(2.56)10 per month 1.22  0.02  2.13 (1.82) 8.59 
CINFCincinnati Financial 0.48 9 per month 1.06  0.10  2.20 (1.75) 8.34 
SAFTSafety Insurance Group(0.58)6 per month 1.17 (0.05) 2.04 (2.24) 13.97 

United Fire Additional Predictive Modules

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

About United Fire Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of United Fire stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as United Fire Group, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of United Fire based on analysis of United Fire hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to United Fire's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to United Fire's related companies.
 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.02590.0230.03180.0214
Price To Sales Ratio0.550.70.460.72

Story Coverage note for United Fire

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

United Fire Short Properties

United Fire's future price predictability will typically decrease when United Fire's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of United Fire Group often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential United Fire'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. United Fire's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding25.2 M
Cash And Short Term Investments102.1 M

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