Credit Acceptance Stock Price Prediction

CACC Stock  USD 484.82  2.58  0.54%   
At the present time, the relative strength indicator of Credit Acceptance's share price is approaching 46 suggesting that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its support level. The main point of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Credit Acceptance, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

46

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Credit Acceptance's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Credit Acceptance, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Credit Acceptance's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.169
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
9.26
EPS Estimate Current Year
31.1275
EPS Estimate Next Year
36.91
Wall Street Target Price
436.5
Using Credit Acceptance hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Credit Acceptance from the perspective of Credit Acceptance response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Credit Acceptance using Credit Acceptance's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Credit using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Credit Acceptance's stock price.

Credit Acceptance Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Credit Acceptance's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Credit. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Credit Acceptance stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
486.5154
Short Percent
0.0974
Short Ratio
8.7
Shares Short Prior Month
493.8 K
50 Day MA
467.0966

Credit Acceptance Hype to Price Pattern

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

Credit Acceptance Implied Volatility

    
  0.47  
Credit Acceptance's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Credit Acceptance stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Credit Acceptance'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 Credit Acceptance stock will not fluctuate a lot when Credit Acceptance's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Credit Acceptance to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Credit 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.

Credit Acceptance after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 484.67  
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.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Credit contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Credit Acceptance will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0294% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Credit Acceptance trading at USD 484.82, that is roughly USD 0.14 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Credit Acceptance's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Credit Acceptance options at the current volatility level of 0.47%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Check out Credit Acceptance Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Credit Stock refer to our How to Trade Credit Stock guide.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Credit Acceptance'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
439.17441.27533.30
Details
4 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
397.22436.50484.52
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
3.618.039.25
Details

Credit Acceptance After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

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

Credit Acceptance Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Credit Acceptance's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Credit Acceptance's historical news coverage. Credit Acceptance's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 482.57 and 486.77, respectively. We have considered Credit Acceptance'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
484.82
482.57
Downside
484.67
After-hype Price
486.77
Upside
Credit Acceptance is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Credit Acceptance is based on 3 months time horizon.

Credit Acceptance Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Credit Acceptance is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Credit Acceptance 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 Credit Acceptance, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.04 
2.08
  0.12 
  0.06 
10 Events / Month
4 Events / Month
In about 10 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
484.82
484.67
0.03 
69.80  
Notes

Credit Acceptance Hype Timeline

Credit Acceptance is currently traded for 484.82. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.12, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.06. Credit is forecasted to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 484.67. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 69.8%. The price decrease on the next news is expected to be -0.03%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at 0.04%. The volatility of related hype on Credit Acceptance is about 146.48%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 484.76. About 31.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders. The book value of Credit Acceptance was currently reported as 135.94. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.15. Credit Acceptance recorded earning per share (EPS) of 14.93. The entity had not issued any dividends in recent years. The firm had 2:1 split on the 21st of December 1994. Given the investment horizon of 90 days the next forecasted press release will be in about 10 days.
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Credit Acceptance Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Credit Acceptance's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Credit Acceptance's future price movements. Getting to know how Credit Acceptance'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 Credit Acceptance may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.

Credit Acceptance Additional Predictive Modules

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

The successful prediction of Credit Acceptance 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 Credit Acceptance, 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 Credit Acceptance based on analysis of Credit Acceptance hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Credit Acceptance's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Credit Acceptance's related companies.
 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Days Sales Outstanding1.9K0.830.74
PTB Ratio3.963.934.53

Story Coverage note for Credit Acceptance

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

Credit Acceptance Short Properties

Credit Acceptance's future price predictability will typically decrease when Credit Acceptance's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Credit Acceptance often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Credit Acceptance'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. Credit Acceptance's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding13 M
Cash And Short Term Investments13.2 M

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