Walker Dunlop Stock Forward View - Double Exponential Smoothing

WD Stock  USD 44.63  -0.23  -0.51%   
The Double Exponential Smoothing forecast reference data for Walker Dunlop is based on the equity's recent trading history. This page summarizes the model output and key accuracy metrics for reference.
The Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Walker Dunlop on the next trading day is expected to be 44.12 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.40 and the sum of the absolute errors of 82.71.When Walker Dunlop 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 Walker Dunlop 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 Walker Dunlop observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations. All Double Exponential Smoothing forecast figures shown for Walker Dunlop are reference data reflecting model output based on available historical prices.
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 Walker Dunlop works best with periods where there are trends or seasonality.

Double Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 20th of March

Given 90 days horizon, the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Walker Dunlop on the next trading day is expected to be 44.12 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.40 , mean absolute percentage error of 4.35 , and the sum of the absolute errors of 82.71 .
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Walker 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 Walker Dunlop'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

This next-day forecast for Walker Dunlop uses model performance to estimate practical downside and upside boundaries rather than a single point target alone. The current forecast range spans downside near 40.67 and upside near 47.56.
Market Value
44.63
44.12
Expected Value
47.56
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 Walker Dunlop stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Walker Dunlop 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 0.372
MADMean absolute deviation1.4019
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0252
SAESum of the absolute errors82.7109
When Walker Dunlop 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 Walker Dunlop 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 Walker Dunlop observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Other Forecasting Options for Walker Dunlop

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Walker Dunlop Risk Indicators

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