Office Depot Stock Forecast
Office Depot stock downgraded from Sell Candidate to Strong Sell Candidate after Wednesday trading session.
(Updated on May 15, 2024)
The Office Depot stock price fell by -1.21% on the last day (Wednesday, 15th May 2024) from $41.22 to $40.72. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 3.41% from a day low at $40.45 to a day high of $41.83. The price has fallen in 6 of the last 10 days and is down by -19.92% for this period. Volume fell on the last day along with the stock, which is actually a good sign as volume should follow the stock. On the last day, the trading volume fell by -67 thousand shares and in total, 410 thousand shares were bought and sold for approximately $16.71 million.
The stock has broken the wide and falling short-term trend down. Firstly a stronger fallrate is indicated, but false breaks and "sell-off" may occur. However, a further fall is realistic and any reactions back to the breaking point ($45.45) are considered to be a "second chance" to get out. According to the fan-theory $40.42 will represent the new bottom line of the next trend, but it is far too early to say this for certain.
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ODP Signals & Forecast
There are few to no technical positive signals at the moment. The Office Depot stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $43.25 and $49.59. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, and so far it has fallen -22.16%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Volume fell together with the price during the last trading day and this reduces the overall risk as volume should follow the price movements.
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Office Depot stock
There is no support from accumulated volume below today's level and given the right condition the stock may perform very badly in the next couple of days.
This stock may move much during the day (volatility) and with a large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $1.38 between high and low, or 3.41%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 4.54%.
Office Depot is oversold on RSI14 (17). Some stocks may drop long and hard while being oversold on RSI before turning, which increases the general risk.
Our recommended stop-loss: We hold a negative evaluation for this stock. No stop-loss is set.
Trading Expectations (ODP) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Thursday 16th
For the upcoming trading day on Thursday, 16th we expect Office Depot to open at $41.00, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $38.99 and $42.45, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$1.73 (+/-4.26%) up or down from last closing price. If Office Depot takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 8.51% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
With no support below and resistance from accumulated volume @ $40.76, some $0.0400 (0.10%) from the current price of $40.72, our system finds the risk reward not very attractive.
Is Office Depot stock A Buy?
Office Depot holds several negative signals and is within a wide and falling trend, so we believe it will still perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. We therefore hold a negative evaluation of this stock. Due to some small weaknesses in the technical picture we have downgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Sell to a Strong Sell candidate.
Current score: -5.145 Strong Sell Candidate Downgraded
Predicted Opening Price for Office Depot of Thursday, May 16, 2024
| Fair opening price May 16, 2024 | Current price |
|---|---|
| $41.00 ( 0.688%) | $40.72 |
The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.
Trading levels for ODP
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 42.38 | 4.08 % | |
| R2 | 41.85 | 2.78 % | ||
| R1 | 41.53 | 1.98 % | ||
| Current price: | 40.72 | |||
| Support | S1 | 40.47 | -0.607 % | |
| S2 | 40.15 | -1.41 % | ||
| S3 | 39.62 | -2.70 % |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 43.22 | 6.13 % | |
| R2 | 43.20 | 6.09 % | ||
| R1 | 40.76 | 0.0982 % | ||
| Current price | 40.72 | |||
| Support | S1 | 0 | . | |
| S2 | 0 | . | ||
| S3 | 0 | . |
ODP Dividend Payout History
| # | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 04, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | Jul 01, 2020 | $0.250 | 1.10% |
| 2 | Nov 06, 2019 | Nov 21, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | $0.250 | 1.02% |
| 3 | Aug 07, 2019 | Aug 22, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | $0.250 | 1.49% |
| 4 | May 08, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | $0.250 | 1.32% |
| 5 | Feb 05, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | $0.250 | 0.744% |
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