WH Smith (UK) Price Patterns
| SMWH Stock | 693.50 15.50 2.29% |
Momentum 52
Impartial
Oversold | Overbought |
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.065 | EPS Estimate Current Year 0.57 | EPS Estimate Next Year 0.6289 | Wall Street Target Price 708.364 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.027 |
Using WH Smith hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of WH Smith PLC from the perspective of WH Smith 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 WH Smith to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying SMWH 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.
WH Smith after-hype prediction price | GBX 692.55 |
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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WH Smith After-Hype Price Density Analysis
As far as predicting the price of WH Smith 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 WH Smith 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 WH Smith, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
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WH Smith Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility
In the context of predicting WH Smith's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on WH Smith's historical news coverage. WH Smith's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 690.21 and 694.89, respectively. We have considered WH Smith'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
WH Smith is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of WH Smith PLC is based on 3 months time horizon.
WH Smith Stock Price Outlook Analysis
Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as WH Smith is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading WH Smith 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 WH Smith, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
| Expected Return | Period Volatility | Hype Elasticity | Related Elasticity | News Density | Related Density | Expected Hype |
0.16 | 2.34 | 0.95 | 120.14 | 8 Events / Month | 2 Events / Month | In about 8 days |
| Latest traded price | Expected after-news price | Potential return on next major news | Average after-hype volatility | |
693.50 | 692.55 | 0.14 |
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WH Smith Hype Timeline
WH Smith PLC is at this time traded for 693.50on London Exchange of UK. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.95, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 120.14. SMWH is projected to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 692.55. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 39.39%. The price decline on the next news is expected to be -0.14%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.16%. The volatility of related hype on WH Smith is about 0.31%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 813.64. About 88.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company recorded a loss per share of 0.24. WH Smith PLC last dividend was issued on the 22nd of January 2026. The entity had 67:74 split on the 22nd of February 2008. Assuming the 90 days trading horizon the next projected press release will be in about 8 days. Check out WH Smith Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.WH Smith Related Hype Analysis
Having access to credible news sources related to WH Smith's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict WH Smith's future price movements. Getting to know how WH Smith'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 WH Smith may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
| HypeElasticity | NewsDensity | SemiDeviation | InformationRatio | PotentialUpside | ValueAt Risk | MaximumDrawdown | |||
| BC94 | Samsung Electronics Co | 14.00 | 5 per month | 1.81 | 0.31 | 5.77 | (3.80) | 13.29 | |
| SMSN | Samsung Electronics Co | 12.00 | 4 per month | 1.80 | 0.31 | 5.89 | (3.21) | 11.22 | |
| SMSD | Samsung Electronics Co | 10.00 | 4 per month | 1.77 | 0.28 | 5.44 | (3.79) | 12.16 | |
| TYT | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.25 | 3 per month | 1.27 | 0.10 | 3.26 | (2.29) | 10.55 | |
| 0K1Y | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial | 1.14 | 4 per month | 1.40 | 0.15 | 4.25 | (2.92) | 7.96 | |
| 0R15 | SoftBank Group Corp | 6,720 | 8 per month | 0.00 | (0.08) | 10.41 | (9.95) | 109.63 | |
| OTPD | OTP Bank Plc | 0.00 | 2 per month | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| SBID | State Bank of | 0.60 | 5 per month | 1.11 | 0.17 | 2.85 | (1.66) | 8.81 | |
| GTCO | Guaranty Trust Holding | 0.0008 | 5 per month | 3.63 | 0.12 | 8.83 | (5.20) | 23.04 |
WH Smith Additional Predictive Modules
Most predictive techniques to examine SMWH price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for SMWH using various technical indicators. When you analyze SMWH 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.| Cycle Indicators | ||
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About WH Smith Predictive Indicators
The successful prediction of WH Smith 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 WH Smith PLC, 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 WH Smith based on analysis of WH Smith hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to WH Smith's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to WH Smith's related companies.
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