Hartford Financial Services Stock Price Prediction

HIG Stock  USD 99.86  0.17  0.17%   
As of 25th of April 2024, the relative strength indicator of Hartford Financial's share price is approaching 49. This usually indicates 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 Hartford Financial, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

49

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
Hartford Financial stock price prediction is an act of determining the future value of Hartford Financial shares using few different conventional methods such as EPS estimation, analyst consensus, or fundamental intrinsic valuation. The successful prediction of Hartford Financial'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 Hartford Financial and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Hartford Financial's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Hartford Financial Services, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed.
Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Hartford Financial's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.374
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.34
EPS Estimate Current Year
10.15
EPS Estimate Next Year
11.46
Wall Street Target Price
109.08
It is a matter of debate whether stock price prediction based on information in financial news can generate a strong buy or sell signal. We use our internally-built news screening methodology to estimate the value of Hartford Financial based on different types of headlines from major news networks to social media. The Hartford stock price prediction module provides an analysis of price elasticity to changes in media outlook on Hartford Financial over a specific investment horizon. Using Hartford Financial hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Hartford Financial Services from the perspective of Hartford Financial response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Hartford Financial using Hartford Financial's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Hartford using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Hartford Financial's stock price.

Hartford Financial Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Hartford Financial's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Hartford. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Hartford Financial stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall. An investor who is long Hartford Financial may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Hartford Financial and may potentially protect profits, hedge Hartford Financial with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
81.5671
Short Percent
0.0163
Short Ratio
2.11
Shares Short Prior Month
3.6 M
50 Day MA
97.8696

Hartford Financial Hype to Price Pattern

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

Hartford Financial Implied Volatility

    
  25.99  
Hartford Financial's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Hartford Financial Services stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Hartford Financial'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 Hartford Financial stock will not fluctuate a lot when Hartford Financial's options are near their expiration.
This module is based on analyzing investor sentiment around taking a position in Hartford Financial. This speculative approach is based exclusively on the idea that markets are driven by emotions such as investor fear and greed. The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Hartford Financial to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Hartford 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.

Hartford Financial after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 99.69  
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 Hartford contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Hartford Financial Services will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 1.62% per day over the life of the 2024-05-17 option contract. With Hartford Financial trading at USD 99.86, that is roughly USD 1.62 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Hartford Financial's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Hartford Financial Services options at the current volatility level of 25.99%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Check out Hartford Financial Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Hartford Financial'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
99.11100.15101.19
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
99.39100.43101.48
Details
21 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
77.8185.5094.91
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
2.302.452.57
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Hartford Financial. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Hartford Financial's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Hartford Financial's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Hartford Financial.

Hartford Financial After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

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

Hartford Financial Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Hartford Financial's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Hartford Financial's historical news coverage. Hartford Financial's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 98.65 and 100.73, respectively. We have considered Hartford Financial'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
99.86
99.69
After-hype Price
100.73
Upside
Hartford Financial is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Hartford Financial is based on 3 months time horizon.

Hartford Financial Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Hartford Financial is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Hartford Financial 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 Hartford Financial, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.24 
1.05
  0.17 
 0.00  
11 Events / Month
0 Events / Month
In about 11 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
99.86
99.69
0.17 
145.83  
Notes

Hartford Financial Hype Timeline

On the 25th of April Hartford Financial is traded for 99.86. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.17, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. Hartford is forecasted to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 99.69. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 145.83%. The price depreciation on the next news is expected to be -0.17%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at 0.24%. The volatility of related hype on Hartford Financial is about 0.0%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 99.86. About 96.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.94. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Hartford Financial has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.41. The entity recorded earning per share (EPS) of 7.97. The firm last dividend was issued on the 1st of March 2024. Hartford Financial had 2:1 split on the 16th of July 1998. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 11 days.
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Hartford Financial Related Hype Analysis

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

Hartford Financial Additional Predictive Modules

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

The successful prediction of Hartford Financial 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 Hartford Financial Services, 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 Hartford Financial based on analysis of Hartford Financial hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Hartford Financial's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Hartford Financial's related companies.
 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.02070.02110.02190.0185
Price To Sales Ratio1.091.121.020.66

Story Coverage note for Hartford Financial

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

Hartford Financial Short Properties

Hartford Financial's future price predictability will typically decrease when Hartford Financial's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Hartford Financial Services often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Hartford Financial'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. Hartford Financial's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding311.5 M
Cash And Short Term Investments43.8 B
When determining whether Hartford Financial is a strong investment it is important to analyze Hartford Financial's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Hartford Financial's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Hartford Stock, refer to the following important reports:
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Is Hartford Financial's industry 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 Hartford Financial. If investors know Hartford 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 Hartford Financial 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
0.374
Dividend Share
1.745
Earnings Share
7.97
Revenue Per Share
79.951
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.064
The market value of Hartford Financial is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Hartford that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Hartford Financial's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Hartford Financial'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 Hartford Financial's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Hartford Financial'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 Hartford Financial's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Hartford Financial is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Hartford Financial'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.