Ziff Davis Stock Forecast - Simple Regression

ZD Stock  USD 39.29  0.25  0.63%   
Ziff Stock outlook is based on your current time horizon. Investors can use this forecasting interface to forecast Ziff Davis stock prices and determine the direction of Ziff Davis's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Ziff Davis' historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
At the present time, The relative strength indicator of Ziff Davis' share price is at 59. This usually means that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its resistance level. The main idea of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Ziff Davis, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 59

 Buy Extended

 
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
(0.19)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.6664
EPS Estimate Current Year
6.8508
EPS Estimate Next Year
7.3131
Wall Street Target Price
43.4286
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
34.2348
Short Percent
0.18
Short Ratio
8.61
Shares Short Prior Month
4.7 M
50 Day MA
34.94

Ziff Relative Strength Index

The Simple Regression forecasted value of Ziff Davis on the next trading day is expected to be 38.56 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.17 and the sum of the absolute errors of 71.51.

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

    
  0.95  
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 Simple Regression forecasted value of Ziff Davis on the next trading day is expected to be 38.56 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.17 and the sum of the absolute errors of 71.51.

Ziff Davis after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 39.6  
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.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Ziff Davis to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Ziff Stock refer to our How to Trade Ziff Stock guide.

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 0.0594% per day over the life of the 2026-03-20 option contract. With Ziff Davis trading at USD 39.29, that is roughly USD 0.0233 . 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 0.95%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Open Interest Against 2026-03-20 Ziff Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis' options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Ziff Davis 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 Ziff Davis' open interest, investors have to compare it to Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis 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 Ziff. 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.

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.
Simple Regression model is a single variable regression model that attempts to put a straight line through Ziff Davis price points. This line is defined by its gradient or slope, and the point at which it intercepts the x-axis. Mathematically, assuming the independent variable is X and the dependent variable is Y, then this line can be represented as: Y = intercept + slope * X.

Ziff Davis Simple Regression Price Forecast For the 30th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Simple Regression forecasted value of Ziff Davis on the next trading day is expected to be 38.56 with a mean absolute deviation of 1.17, mean absolute percentage error of 2.19, and the sum of the absolute errors of 71.51.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Ziff 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 Ziff Davis' next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Ziff Davis Stock Forecast Pattern

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Ziff Davis Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Ziff Davis' 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. Ziff Davis' downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 36.05 and 41.06, respectively. We have considered Ziff Davis' 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
39.29
38.56
Expected Value
41.06
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Simple Regression forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Ziff Davis stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Ziff Davis 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 Criteria118.8952
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation1.1723
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0346
SAESum of the absolute errors71.5117
In general, regression methods applied to historical equity returns or prices series is an area of active research. In recent decades, new methods have been developed for robust regression of price series such as Ziff Davis historical returns. These new methods are regression involving correlated responses such as growth curves and different regression methods accommodating various types of missing data.

Predictive Modules for Ziff Davis

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Ziff Davis. 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 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.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
37.1039.6042.10
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
37.7340.2342.73
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
32.8536.7740.70
Details
6 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
39.5243.4348.21
Details

Ziff Davis After-Hype Price 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 37.10 and 42.10, 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
39.29
39.60
After-hype Price
42.10
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 Outlook 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
  0.27 
2.50
  0.31 
  0.04 
9 Events / Month
7 Events / Month
In about 9 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
39.29
39.60
0.79 
219.30  
Notes

Ziff Davis Hype Timeline

As of January 29, 2026 Ziff Davis is listed for 39.29. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.31, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.04. Ziff is forecasted to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 39.6 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is over 100%. The price growth on the next news is projected to be 0.79%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.27%. The volatility of related hype on Ziff Davis is about 1748.25%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 39.25. The company generated the yearly revenue of 1.4 B. Reported Net Income was 63.05 M with gross profit of 1.25 B. Allowing for the 90-day total investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 9 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Ziff Davis to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Ziff Stock refer to our How to Trade Ziff Stock guide.

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
CRTOCriteo Sa(0.35)10 per month 0.00 (0.05) 3.86 (4.14) 12.13 
IASIntegral Ad Science(0.01)11 per month 0.00  0.10  0.39 (0.29) 21.04 
STGWStagwell 0.12 11 per month 3.28  0.09  5.90 (4.60) 31.07 
OPRAOpera(0.25)7 per month 0.00 (0.05) 4.11 (4.78) 11.94 
MNTNMNTN Inc 0.16 7 per month 0.00 (0.23) 2.86 (6.57) 23.70 
IDTIDT Corporation(0.63)9 per month 0.00 (0.08) 2.30 (2.49) 6.84 
TVGrupo Televisa SAB 0.01 9 per month 2.03  0.17  5.44 (2.90) 17.01 
CMPRCimpress NV(0.37)12 per month 2.18  0.07  5.84 (3.55) 17.86 
FUBOFubotv Inc(0.05)10 per month 0.00 (0.20) 4.41 (6.93) 19.34 
AMCAMC Entertainment Holdings(0.06)10 per month 0.00 (0.28) 5.49 (5.70) 20.04 

Other Forecasting Options for Ziff Davis

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

Ziff Davis Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Ziff Davis stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Ziff Davis could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Ziff Davis by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
 Risk & Return  Correlation

Ziff Davis Market Strength Events

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

Ziff Davis Risk Indicators

The analysis of Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis' investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting ziff 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.

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 Outstanding44.5 M
Cash And Short Term Investments505.9 M
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Ziff Davis to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Ziff Stock refer to our How to Trade Ziff Stock guide.
You can also try the Price Exposure Probability module to analyze equity upside and downside potential for a given time horizon across multiple markets.
Will Application Software sector continue expanding? Could Ziff diversify its offerings? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Ziff Davis. Anticipated expansion of Ziff directly elevates investor willingness to pay premium valuations. Accurate valuation requires analyzing both current fundamentals and future growth trajectories. Every Ziff Davis data point contributes insight, yet successful analysis hinges on identifying the most consequential variables.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.19)
Earnings Share
2.57
Revenue Per Share
34.826
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.029
Return On Assets
0.0345
Understanding Ziff Davis requires distinguishing between market price and book value, where the latter reflects Ziff's accounting equity. The concept of intrinsic value—what Ziff Davis' is actually worth based on fundamentals—guides informed investors toward better entry and exit points. Seasoned market participants apply comprehensive analytical frameworks to derive fundamental worth and identify mispriced opportunities. Market sentiment, economic cycles, and investor behavior can push Ziff Davis' price substantially above or below its fundamental value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Ziff Davis' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Ziff Davis is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. In contrast, Ziff Davis' trading price reflects the actual exchange value where willing buyers and sellers reach mutual agreement.