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McDonald's Corporation
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Made on Jun 27, 2026
Price at call $269.76
6-month call Neutral -3.5%
Target by Dec 2026 $260.37
Great value below $225.00
Model v0.3.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

Our straight 6-month prediction (bold) with a textured realism line, and the actual price overlaid from the prediction date forward.

Forecast

One directional 6-month call and the six monthly points we'll be scored against. Predicted Jun 27, 2026 3:23 am
Neutral MCD trends range-bound to $260.37 (-3.5% from $269.76) by Dec 2026.
Monthmonths after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $269.76 at call
Prediction made Jun 27, 2026 $269.76 at call
M1 Jul 27, 2026 $268.19 -0.6%
What actually happened: closed $264.76 on Jul 24, 2026 = -1.9% vs the call (predicted -0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.3 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  S&P +0.8% over the same window — beat it
M2 Aug 27, 2026 $266.63 -1.2%
M3 Sep 27, 2026 $265.06 -1.7%
M4 Oct 27, 2026 $263.50 -2.3%
M5 Nov 27, 2026 $261.93 -2.9%
M6 Dec 27, 2026 $260.37 -3.5%

Deserved value (DCF/composite) is $220.65; over 6 months we project closing only part-way to it (reach 19.1%). Value-only — see Not Yet Modeled below.

Weaknesses

0 blocking · 0 degraded · 2 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.3.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$269.76
Composite fair value$189.24
Signal-adjusted fair value$189.24
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$225.00
Value net score-60
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+83
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)$189.24
Quality tilt+16.6%
Deserved value (used)$220.65
Coherence (value × quality)0.50

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 23.6%  3m 20.1%  6m 18.2%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.3%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.29  3m -0.01  5m 0.03  
Trailing 6-month return-13.2%

Knobs (equation params)

Deserved wt · DCF0.5
Quality tilt cap (±)0.2
Horizon reach (6mo)0.45
Coherence floor (conflict)0.5
Conviction gain / pt0.06
Realism mean-reversion φ0.85
Conviction floor0.4
Deserved wt · composite0.5
Realism vol window3m
Neutral band (%)5
Horizon (months)6
Realism σ fallback0.015

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.3.0 #6bd904191719

Tech composition (what this version is built from)

#ProcessKindGroup
1 Synthesis valuation-synthesis deterministic final
2 Scenario Analysis scenario-valuation deterministic valuation
3 Valuation / Mispricing ext-lens-value llm extended
4 Company Quality ext-lens-quality llm extended
5 Forensic Memo (combiner) ext-forensic-memo llm extended
6 Classification company-classification llm foundation
7 Live Quote fmp-quote data market-data

Inputs used (the runs that fed this prediction)

Upstream processRanLagRun id
company-classification Jun 27, 2026 freshest MCD-20260627-031202-5f65
ext-forensic-memo Jun 27, 2026 freshest ext-MCD-20260627-032138-d842
ext-lens-quality Jun 27, 2026 freshest ext-MCD-20260627-032138-d842
ext-lens-value Jun 27, 2026 freshest ext-MCD-20260627-032138-d842
scenario-valuation Jun 27, 2026 freshest MCD-20260627-031202-5f65
valuation-synthesis Jun 27, 2026 freshest MCD-20260627-031202-5f65

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 4, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $265.23 $275.50 +3.9% Feb 2027 view
Jun 27, 2026 v0.3.0 Neutral $269.76 $260.37 -3.5% Dec 2026 viewing

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.3.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Signal-adjusted fair value ($189.24) — the red-flag-adjusted anchor isn't the primary input yet (we use the raw DCF/composite blend, which double-counts DCF).
  • Recent momentum / drift — the line takes off straight; the trailing 6-month move (-13.2%) doesn't bend the slope.
  • Market beta — computed (1–5mo) for context but does not condition the path.
  • Earnings dates, catalysts, and known events — not modeled.
  • Macro regime & sector rotation — not modeled.
  • Horizon is a fixed 6-month assumption, not a modeled time-to-target.
  • Outcome scoring — predictions aren't yet graded against realized price once the evaluation date passes.