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The TJX Companies, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
Made on Jul 22, 2026
Price at call $155.00
6-month call Bear -6.1%
Target by Jan 2027 $145.50
Great value below $115.00
Model v0.6.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

The masterbrain's trajectory (blue, curved through its 7 checkpoints), the deterministic v0.3 control (dashed), and the actual price (green) overlaid from the prediction date forward.
Forecast Change -6.1% to $145.50
Predicted High $159.50 at 1 month
Predicted Low $145.50 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -6.1%

Forecast

The masterbrain trajectory — 7 dated checkpoints. Short rungs (2w, 1m) show the typical range as the primary claim; point calls run from 2 months out. Every claim still gets graded. Predicted Jul 22, 2026 6:10 am
Bear TJX trends lower to $145.50 (-6.1% from $155.00) by Jan 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisTJX trades well above every fair-value anchor, but quality is elite, sentiment is a mild tailwind, and an 8-of-8 beat streak lands inside the m1 window - so the near path likely holds firm or drifts up on earnings before valuation gravity slowly pulls it toward the deterministic $145 endpoint over months.
Invalidated ifAn earnings miss or lowered comp guidance on 2026-08-19, or a break below $148 support, would accelerate the fade well past the baseline.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $155.00 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 22, 2026 $155.00 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 5, 2026 $147.37–$162.63 typical range · internal point $156.20 ±4.9% 7/10 Low-beta drift into earnings, defensive bid intact
What actually happened: closed $157.55 on Aug 4, 2026 = +1.7% vs the call (predicted +0.8%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 0.9 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P +3.2% over the same window — beat it
1 month Aug 22, 2026 $143.94–$166.06 typical range · internal point $159.50 ±7.1% 5/10 Ninth straight beat lifts shares modestly post-print
What actually happened: closed $140.52 on Aug 21, 2026 = -9.3% vs the call (predicted +2.9%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 12.3 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±7.1%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +2.3% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Sep 22, 2026 $157.80 +1.8% 5/10 Post-earnings drift fades, valuation concerns resurface
3 months Oct 22, 2026 $153.00 -1.3% 5/10 Value gravity begins asserting against rich multiple
4 months Nov 22, 2026 $150.00 -3.2% 4/10 Holiday comp worries, sector rotation pressure
5 months Dec 22, 2026 $147.50 -4.8% 4/10 Convergence toward deterministic baseline continues
6 months Jan 22, 2027 $145.50 -6.1% 4/10 Endpoint aligns with control model fair-value pull

Why ranges on the short rungs? A 102-prediction trial (2026-07-21) showed 2-week point calls carry no information here — three prompt formulations all lost to simply predicting zero — while the stock's own volatility scale (σ×√t) described those windows well. So the short rungs claim what's actually knowable: the typical travel, with earnings timing flagged where the variance will come from. The internal point calls keep being generated and graded to map where real skill begins. Full evidence: stocks/predictions/V0.5-DESIGN.md §8.

Deterministic control (v0.3 value line) targets $145.29 (-6.3%) — both lines get graded at every checkpoint, so the brain has to beat the formula, not just replace it. Brain: claude-opus-4-7.

Weaknesses

No weaknesses recorded for this run.

All inputs present, no fallbacks used — nothing to flag.

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.6.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$155.00
Composite fair value$87.26
Signal-adjusted fair value$99.23
DCF fair value$86.43
Anchored-PE fair value$117.93
Buy-below (value lens)$115.00
Value net score-98
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+100
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 28.1%  3m 24.7%  6m 22.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.6%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.80  3m -0.28  5m 0.19  
Trailing 6-month return-1.5%

Knobs (equation params)

ladderArray
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobsArray
Neutral band (%)5
earnings_briefv1
prompt_versionp1
control_versionv0.3.0

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.6.0 #271041f8fcd5

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 22, 2026 freshest TJX-20260722-030001-a3d9
ext-forensic-memo Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260722-055558-ce67
ext-lens-quality Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260722-055558-ce67
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260722-055558-ce67
ext-lens-value Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260722-055558-ce67
scenario-valuation Jul 22, 2026 freshest TJX-20260722-030001-a3d9
valuation-synthesis Jul 22, 2026 freshest TJX-20260722-030001-a3d9

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 5, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $157.55 $148.50 -5.7% Feb 2027 view
Jul 22, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $155.00 $145.50 -6.1% Jan 2027 viewing

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.6.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Scenario probabilities — one path, no bull/bear split (base_prob = 1.0).
  • Intraday / sub-2-week behaviour — the first claim is at 14 days by design (EOD product).
  • Position sizing / portfolio context — the path is a price claim only.