Gen Digital Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

GEN Stock  USD 25.46  0.64  2.58%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Gen Digital on the next trading day is expected to be 23.16 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.63 and the sum of the absolute errors of 38.44. Gen Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Investors can use this forecasting interface to forecast Gen Digital stock prices and determine the direction of Gen Digital's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Gen Digital's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns. Although Gen Digital's naive historical forecasting may sometimes provide an important future outlook for the firm, we recommend always cross-verifying it against solid analysis of Gen Digital's systematic risk associated with finding meaningful patterns of Gen Digital fundamentals over time.
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As of the 6th of June 2024, Inventory Turnover is likely to drop to 6.23. In addition to that, Payables Turnover is likely to drop to 7.65. As of the 6th of June 2024, Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop to about 634.1 M. In addition to that, Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop to about 1.1 B.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-21 Gen Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Gen Digital's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Gen Digital's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Gen Digital stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Gen Digital's open interest, investors have to compare it to Gen Digital's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Gen Digital is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Gen. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.
Most investors in Gen Digital cannot accurately predict what will happen the next trading day because, historically, stock markets tend to be unpredictable and even illogical. Modeling turbulent structures requires applying different statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms to find hidden data structures or patterns within the Gen Digital's time series price data and predict how it will affect future prices. One of these methodologies is forecasting, which interprets Gen Digital's price structures and extracts relationships that further increase the generated results' accuracy.
A naive forecasting model for Gen Digital is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Gen Digital 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.

Gen Digital Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 7th of June

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Gen Digital on the next trading day is expected to be 23.16 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.63, mean absolute percentage error of 0.65, and the sum of the absolute errors of 38.44.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Gen 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 Gen Digital's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Gen Digital Stock Forecast Pattern

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Gen Digital Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Gen Digital's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. Gen Digital's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 20.72 and 25.60, respectively. We have considered Gen Digital's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
25.46
23.16
Expected Value
25.60
Upside

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 Gen Digital stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Gen Digital 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 Criteria117.68
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation0.6302
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.028
SAESum of the absolute errors38.4405
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Gen Digital. 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 Gen Digital. 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 Gen Digital

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Gen Digital. 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.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Gen Digital'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.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
23.0725.5127.95
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
23.4225.8628.30
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
24.4525.0825.70
Details
8 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
21.2923.4025.97
Details

Other Forecasting Options for Gen Digital

For every potential investor in Gen, whether a beginner or expert, Gen Digital's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. Gen Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in Gen. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying Gen Digital's price trends.

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Gen Digital Technical and Predictive Analytics

The stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of Gen Digital's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of Gen Digital's current price.

Gen Digital Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Gen Digital stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Gen Digital shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Gen Digital stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Gen Digital entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Gen Digital Risk Indicators

The analysis of Gen Digital's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in Gen Digital's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting gen stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in Gen Stock

When determining whether Gen Digital offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Gen Digital's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Gen Digital Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Gen Digital Stock:
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Is Application Software space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Gen Digital. If investors know Gen will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Gen Digital listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.85)
Dividend Share
0.5
Earnings Share
0.96
Revenue Per Share
5.984
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.021
The market value of Gen Digital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Gen that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Gen Digital's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Gen Digital's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Gen Digital's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Gen Digital's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Gen Digital's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Gen Digital is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Gen Digital's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.