Ziff Davis Stock Price Prediction

ZD Stock  USD 57.22  1.18  2.11%   
The relative strength indicator of Ziff Davis' the stock price is about 60. This usually means that the stock is rather overbought by investors at the present time. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Ziff, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

60

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Ziff Davis' fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Ziff Davis, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Ziff Davis' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.164
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.69
EPS Estimate Current Year
6.645
EPS Estimate Next Year
7.3099
Wall Street Target Price
74.8333
Using Ziff Davis hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Ziff Davis from the perspective of Ziff Davis response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Ziff Davis using Ziff Davis' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Ziff using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Ziff Davis' stock price.

Ziff Davis Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Ziff Davis' short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Ziff. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Ziff Davis stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
53.4562
Short Percent
0.0764
Short Ratio
6.05
Shares Short Prior Month
2.7 M
50 Day MA
49.0698

Ziff Davis Hype to Price Pattern

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

Ziff Davis Implied Volatility

    
  0.9  
Ziff Davis' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Ziff Davis stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis stock will not fluctuate a lot when Ziff Davis' options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Ziff Davis to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Ziff 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.

Ziff Davis after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 56.95  
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 Ziff contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Ziff Davis will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0563% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Ziff Davis trading at USD 57.22, that is roughly USD 0.0322 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Ziff Davis' daily price movement you should consider acquiring Ziff Davis options at the current volatility level of 0.9%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
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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 Ziff Davis' 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
51.5068.5871.43
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
52.5955.4458.29
Details
6 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
83.5291.78101.88
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.651.661.67
Details

Ziff Davis After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

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

Ziff Davis Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Ziff Davis' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Ziff Davis' historical news coverage. Ziff Davis' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 54.10 and 59.80, respectively. We have considered Ziff Davis' 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
57.22
56.95
After-hype Price
59.80
Upside
Ziff Davis is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Ziff Davis is based on 3 months time horizon.

Ziff Davis Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Ziff Davis is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Ziff Davis 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 Ziff Davis, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.35 
2.87
  0.26 
  0.05 
7 Events / Month
8 Events / Month
In about 7 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
57.22
56.95
0.47 
387.84  
Notes

Ziff Davis Hype Timeline

As of November 22, 2024 Ziff Davis is listed for 57.22. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.26, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.05. Ziff is forecasted to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 56.95. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is over 100%. The price decline on the next news is expected to be -0.47%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.35%. The volatility of related hype on Ziff Davis is about 2050.0%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 57.27. About 97.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.37. Historically many companies with similar price-to-book (P/B) ratio do better than the market in the long run. Ziff Davis has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.84. The entity last dividend was issued on the 17th of May 2019. The firm had 115:100 split on the 8th of October 2021. Allowing for the 90-day total investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 7 days.
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Ziff Davis Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Ziff Davis' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Ziff Davis' future price movements. Getting to know how Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis 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
IPGInterpublic Group of 0.1 9 per month 0.00 (0.14) 1.72 (1.60) 9.73 
CRTOCriteo Sa(0.59)11 per month 0.00 (0.12) 3.92 (4.38) 26.95 
WPPWPP PLC ADR 1.06 7 per month 1.16  0.07  2.12 (1.96) 8.80 
IASIntegral Ad Science 0.13 10 per month 0.00 (0.04) 3.45 (2.41) 23.54 
OMCOmnicom Group(0.02)11 per month 1.55 (0.02) 1.82 (1.24) 10.11 
TSQTownsquare Media(0.16)9 per month 0.00 (0.09) 3.24 (2.72) 9.63 
CMPRCimpress NV 0.94 10 per month 0.00 (0.07) 3.77 (4.08) 16.61 
TZOOTravelzoo(0.07)11 per month 2.44  0.14  12.85 (4.06) 20.89 
EEXEmerald Expositions Events(0.10)10 per month 0.00 (0.03) 4.73 (7.44) 36.80 
DRCTDirect Digital Holdings 0.11 7 per month 0.00 (0.14) 8.40 (16.56) 55.53 

Ziff Davis Additional Predictive Modules

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

The successful prediction of Ziff Davis 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 Ziff Davis, 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 Ziff Davis based on analysis of Ziff Davis hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Ziff Davis's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Ziff Davis's related companies.
 2023 2024 (projected)
Payout Ratio0.180.32
Interest Coverage6.626.29

Story Coverage note for Ziff Davis

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

Ziff Davis Short Properties

Ziff Davis' future price predictability will typically decrease when Ziff Davis' long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Ziff Davis often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Ziff Davis' 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. Ziff Davis' indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding46.5 M
Cash And Short Term Investments764.7 M

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