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Ferguson Enterprises Inc
Industrials · Industrial Distribution
Made on Jul 25, 2026
Price at call $230.67
6-month call Bear -7.2%
Target by Jan 2027 $214.00
Great value below $170.00
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 -7.2% to $214.00
Predicted High $228.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $214.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -7.2%

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 25, 2026 11:56 am
Bear FERG trends lower to $214.00 (-7.2% from $230.67) by Jan 2027. decay
ThesisFERG trades well above composite fair value ($156) with negative value and sentiment lenses, but quality is solid and beats have been consistent. Expect near-term drift lower under stretched-narrative pressure and risk-off tape, with gradual mean reversion toward the deterministic $214-ish endpoint rather than a full collapse to DCF.
Invalidated ifA close back above $245 on strong volume or a blowout print reigniting the compounder narrative would invalidate the drift-lower path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $230.67 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 25, 2026 $230.67 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 8, 2026 $217.06–$244.28 typical range · internal point $228.50 ±5.9% 6/10 Mild drift as risk-off tape pressures stretched name
What actually happened: closed $256.72 on Aug 7, 2026 = +11.3% vs the call (predicted -0.9%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 12.2 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±5.9%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +4.7% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Aug 25, 2026 $210.94–$250.40 typical range · internal point $225.00 ±8.6% 6/10 Sentiment headwind continues, no catalyst to defend
2 months Sep 25, 2026 $221.00 -4.2% 5/10 Valuation gravity toward fair value begins asserting
3 months Oct 25, 2026 $218.50 -5.3% 5/10 Earnings window approaches, positioning cautious
4 months Nov 25, 2026 $216.00 -6.4% 4/10 Post-print digestion, quality floor limits downside
5 months Dec 25, 2026 $215.00 -6.8% 4/10 Year-end tape, low conviction range-bound
6 months Jan 25, 2027 $214.00 -7.2% 4/10 Converges near 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 $214.66 (-6.9%) — 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 · 2 degraded · 0 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    Revenue is volatile and unreliable — growth projections are speculative
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Degraded
    Valuation is extremely fragile — almost no scenarios support the current price
    upstream:valuation-synthesis

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$230.67
Composite fair value$156.28
Signal-adjusted fair value$144.71
DCF fair value$105.70
Anchored-PE fair value$320.24
Buy-below (value lens)$170.00
Value net score-91
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+61
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 23.4%  3m 29.6%  6m 30.2%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.9%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.05  3m 0.80  5m 1.11  
Trailing 6-month return-8.4%

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 25, 2026 freshest FERG-20260725-110802-98d4
ext-forensic-memo Jul 25, 2026 freshest ext-FERG-20260725-114448-cba4
ext-lens-quality Jul 25, 2026 freshest ext-FERG-20260725-114448-cba4
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 25, 2026 freshest ext-FERG-20260725-114448-cba4
ext-lens-value Jul 25, 2026 freshest ext-FERG-20260725-114448-cba4
valuation-synthesis Jul 25, 2026 freshest FERG-20260725-110802-98d4

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 19, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $244.45 $212.00 -13.3% Feb 2027 view
Jul 25, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $230.67 $214.00 -7.2% 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.