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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Industrials · Trucking
Made on Jul 22, 2026
Price at call $234.79
6-month call Bear -14.8%
Target by Jan 2027 $200.00
Great value below $180.00
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 -14.8% to $200.00
Predicted High $238.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $200.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -14.8%

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 6:30 am
Bear ODFL trends lower to $200.00 (-14.8% from $234.79) by Jan 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisODFL trades at a massive premium to intrinsic value anchors ($42-49 fair value vs $235 price), but quality is elite and the tape is neutral not bearish. Near-term earnings (7/8 beats) likely cushions the w2 print, then fading freight momentum and gravity toward the deterministic $199 endpoint pulls prices lower through year-end.
Invalidated ifA clean Q2 beat with raised guidance driving a close above $250, or freight-cycle inflection data, would invalidate the fade thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $234.79 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 22, 2026 $234.79 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 5, 2026 $216.76–$252.82 typical range · internal point $238.50 ±7.7% 5/10 Earnings print 7/29 within window; beat streak supports
What actually happened: closed $219.32 on Aug 4, 2026 = -6.6% vs the call (predicted +1.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 8.2 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±7.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P +3.2% over the same window — beat it
1 month Aug 22, 2026 $208.66–$260.92 typical range · internal point $232.00 ±11.1% 6/10 Post-earnings drift as guidance digested, neutral tape
What actually happened: closed $206.56 on Aug 21, 2026 = -12.0% vs the call (predicted -1.2%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 10.8 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±11.1%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +2.3% over the same window — beat it
2 months Sep 22, 2026 $225.00 -4.2% 6/10 Freight cycle momentum fades, valuation gravity begins
3 months Oct 22, 2026 $216.00 -8.0% 6/10 Q3 pre-announcement window, analyst caps upside
4 months Nov 22, 2026 $210.00 -10.6% 5/10 Q3 print risk, sentiment weight compounds
5 months Dec 22, 2026 $205.00 -12.7% 5/10 Year-end positioning, premium valuation pressure
6 months Jan 22, 2027 $200.00 -14.8% 4/10 Convergence toward deterministic baseline endpoint

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 $199.28 (-15.1%) — 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

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

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$234.79
Composite fair value$42.74
Signal-adjusted fair value$43.16
DCF fair value$39.15
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$180.00
Value net score-75
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 26.7%  3m 38.6%  6m 42.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.03  3m 0.87  5m 1.09  
Trailing 6-month return33.7%

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 ODFL-20260722-030001-79c9
ext-forensic-memo Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-ODFL-20260722-055558-3504
ext-lens-quality Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-ODFL-20260722-055558-3504
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-ODFL-20260722-055558-3504
ext-lens-value Jul 22, 2026 freshest ext-ODFL-20260722-055558-3504
scenario-valuation Jul 22, 2026 freshest ODFL-20260722-030001-79c9
valuation-synthesis Jul 22, 2026 freshest ODFL-20260722-030001-79c9

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 21, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $206.03 $185.50 -10.0% Feb 2027 view
Jul 22, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $234.79 $200.00 -14.8% 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.