Meritage Stock Forward View - Double Exponential Smoothing

MTH Stock  USD 62.41  -1.77  -2.76%   
Meritage's Double Exponential Smoothing forecast reference data is generated from the equity's historical trading prices. This page presents the model output and associated accuracy measures as reference information.
The Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Meritage on the next trading day is projected to be 62.08 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.41 and the sum of the absolute errors of 83.09.When Meritage prices exhibit either an increasing or decreasing trend over time, simple exponential smoothing forecasts tend to lag behind observations. Double exponential smoothing is designed to address this type of data series by taking into account any Meritage trend in the prices. So in double exponential smoothing past observations are given exponentially smaller weights as the observations get older. In other words, recent Meritage observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations. The Double Exponential Smoothing projections for Meritage are reference data based on historical daily prices and are provided as informational context.
Double exponential smoothing - also known as Holt exponential smoothing is a refinement of the popular simple exponential smoothing model with an additional trending component. Double exponential smoothing model for Meritage works best with periods where there are trends or seasonality.

Double Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 19th of March

Given 90 days horizon, the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Meritage on the next trading day is expected to be 62.08 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.41 , mean absolute percentage error of 3.24 , and the sum of the absolute errors of 83.09 .
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Meritage Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not suggest using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Meritage's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

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Forecasted Value

Forecasting Meritage for the next session involves measuring the model's historical ability to define credible downside and upside scenarios. At the moment, the model places downside around 59.65 and upside around 64.51 for the forecasting period.
Market Value
62.41
62.08
Expected Value
64.51
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Meritage stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Meritage 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 CriteriaHuge
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors -0.083
MADMean absolute deviation1.4083
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0196
SAESum of the absolute errors83.0895
When Meritage prices exhibit either an increasing or decreasing trend over time, simple exponential smoothing forecasts tend to lag behind observations. Double exponential smoothing is designed to address this type of data series by taking into account any Meritage trend in the prices. So in double exponential smoothing past observations are given exponentially smaller weights as the observations get older. In other words, recent Meritage observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Other Forecasting Options for Meritage

The price trajectory of Meritage is the primary concern for any investor assessing it as an opportunity. Meritage Stock price charts are filled with noise that can easily mislead uninformed investment decisions.

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Meritage Market Strength Events

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Meritage Risk Indicators

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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.

Story Coverage note for Meritage

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Meritage Short Properties

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Common Stock Shares Outstanding70.8 M
Cash And Short Term Investments775.2 M

More Resources for Meritage Stock Analysis

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