PennyMac Financial Services Inc Stock Forecast
Is PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock still a buy after falling -6.38% on Thursday?
(Updated on Apr 25, 2024)
The PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock price fell by -6.38% on the last day (Thursday, 25th Apr 2024) from $92.07 to $86.20. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 4.88% from a day low at $83.03 to a day high of $87.08. The price has been going up and down for this period, and there has been a -3.37% loss for the last 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day by 711 thousand shares but on falling prices. This may be an early warning and the risk will be increased slightly over the next couple of days. In total, 1 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $91.85 million.
The stock is moving within a wide and horizontal trend and further movements within this trend can be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock with a 90% probability to be traded between $84.39 and $93.88 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and stocks seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. Stocks turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners.
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PFSI Signals & Forecast
There are few to no technical positive signals at the moment. The PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $88.97 and $88.41. 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 -7.09%. 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 rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely.
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock
PennyMac Financial Services Inc finds support from accumulated volume at $86.04 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.
This stock is usually traded at a good volume, and with minor daily changes, the risk is considered to be low. During the last day, the stock moved $4.05 (4.88%) between high and low. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 3.24%.
Our recommended stop-loss: We hold a negative evaluation for this stock. No stop-loss is set.
Trading Expectations (PFSI) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Friday 26th
For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 26th we expect PennyMac Financial Services Inc to open at $85.44, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $83.40 and $89.00, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$2.80 (+/-3.25%) up or down from last closing price. If PennyMac Financial Services Inc takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 6.49% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
Since the stock is closer to the support from accumulated volume at $86.04 (0.19%) than the resistance at $89.26 (3.55%), our systems sees the trading risk/reward intra-day as attractive and believe profit can be made before the stock reaches first resistance..
Is PennyMac Financial Services Inc stock A Buy?
PennyMac Financial Services Inc 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 Hold/Accumulate to a Sell candidate.
Current score: -2.915 Sell Candidate Downgraded
Predicted Opening Price for PennyMac Financial Services Inc of Friday, April 26, 2024
Fair opening price April 26, 2024 | Current price |
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$85.44 ( 0.89%) | $86.20 |
The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.
Trading levels for PFSI
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
Level | Price | |||
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Resistance | R3 | 89.49 | 3.81 % | |
R2 | 87.94 | 2.02 % | ||
R1 | 86.98 | 0.91 % | ||
Current price: | 86.20 | |||
Support | S1 | 83.89 | -2.68 % | |
S2 | 82.93 | -3.79 % | ||
S3 | 81.39 | -5.58 % |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
Level | Price | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Resistance | R3 | 93.24 | 8.17 % | |
R2 | 91.09 | 5.67 % | ||
R1 | 89.26 | 3.55 % | ||
Current price | 86.20 | |||
Support | S1 | 86.04 | -0.186% | |
S2 | 85.73 | -0.545% | ||
S3 | 85.06 | -1.32% |
PFSI Dividend Payout History
# | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Yield | |
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1 | Feb 01, 2024 | Feb 12, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 | $0.200 | 0.230% |
2 | Oct 26, 2023 | Nov 10, 2023 | Nov 22, 2023 | $0.200 | 0.256% |
3 | Jul 27, 2023 | Aug 14, 2023 | Aug 25, 2023 | $0.200 | 0.290% |
4 | Apr 27, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | Aug 25, 2023 | $0.200 | 0.290% |
5 | Feb 02, 2023 | Feb 13, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 | $0.200 | 0.329% |
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