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Norfolk Southern Corporation
Industrials · Railroads
Made on Jul 15, 2026
Price at call $326.83
6-month call Bear -5.1%
Target by Jan 2027 $310.02
Great value below $250.00
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 Jul 15, 2026 3:46 am
Bear NSC trends lower to $310.02 (-5.1% from $326.83) by Jan 2027.
Monthmonths after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $326.83 at call
Prediction made Jul 15, 2026 $326.83 at call
M1 Aug 15, 2026 $324.03 -0.9%
What actually happened: closed $334.42 on Aug 14, 2026 = +2.3% vs the call (predicted -0.9%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 3.2 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  S&P +2.8% over the same window — lagged it
M2 Sep 15, 2026 $321.23 -1.7%
M3 Oct 15, 2026 $318.42 -2.6%
M4 Nov 15, 2026 $315.62 -3.4%
M5 Dec 15, 2026 $312.82 -4.3%
M6 Jan 15, 2027 $310.02 -5.1%

Deserved value (DCF/composite) is $235.72; over 6 months we project closing only part-way to it (reach 18.5%). Value-only — see Not Yet Modeled below.

Weaknesses

0 blocking · 0 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$326.83
Composite fair value$217.45
Signal-adjusted fair value$214.41
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value$323.02
Buy-below (value lens)$250.00
Value net score-81
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+42
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)$217.45
Quality tilt+8.4%
Deserved value (used)$235.72
Coherence (value × quality)0.50

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 19.5%  3m 25.6%  6m 23.0%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.6%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.30  3m -0.01  5m 0.28  
Trailing 6-month return13.8%

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 Jul 15, 2026 freshest NSC-20260715-030001-7138
ext-forensic-memo Jul 15, 2026 freshest ext-NSC-20260715-033743-44ce
ext-lens-quality Jul 15, 2026 freshest ext-NSC-20260715-033743-44ce
ext-lens-value Jul 15, 2026 freshest ext-NSC-20260715-033743-44ce
scenario-valuation Jul 15, 2026 freshest NSC-20260715-030001-7138
valuation-synthesis Jul 15, 2026 freshest NSC-20260715-030001-7138

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 13, 2026 v0.3.0 view
Jul 15, 2026 v0.3.0 Bear $326.83 $310.02 -5.1% Jan 2027 viewing

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.3.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Signal-adjusted fair value ($214.41) — 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 (13.8%) 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.