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NatWest Group plc
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Made on Jul 26, 2026
Price at call $17.97
6-month call Bull +26.6%
Target by Jan 2027 $22.75
Great value below $15.50
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 +26.6% to $22.75
Predicted High $22.75 at 6 months
Predicted Low $18.05 in 2 weeks

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 26, 2026 1:29 am
Bull NWG trends higher to $22.75 (+26.6% from $17.97) by Jan 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisNWG trades at a steep discount to composite fair value ($51.69) with solid quality and consistent EPS beats, but weak sentiment and neutral regime cap near-term upside. Expect gradual re-rating over 6 months as value gravity asserts, though far below the deterministic baseline given no catalyst and low-intensity narrative.
Invalidated ifBreak below $15.50 on rising volume, or UK bank sector shock invalidating fallen-angel thesis
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $17.97 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 26, 2026 $17.97 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 9, 2026 $16.82–$19.12 typical range · internal point $18.05 ±6.4% 7/10 Low-beta drift, neutral regime, no catalyst near-term
What actually happened: closed $19.19 on Aug 7, 2026 = +6.8% vs the call (predicted +0.5%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 6.3 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±6.4%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +4.7% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Aug 26, 2026 $16.30–$19.64 typical range · internal point $18.30 ±9.3% 6/10 Mild mean reversion as sentiment drag fades
2 months Sep 26, 2026 $19.10 +6.3% 5/10 Earnings season approaches, beat history supports bid
3 months Oct 26, 2026 $20.20 +12.4% 5/10 Post-print re-rating on likely EPS beat
4 months Nov 26, 2026 $21.00 +16.9% 4/10 Value gravity pulls toward discounted fair value
5 months Dec 26, 2026 $21.80 +21.3% 4/10 Year-end positioning into cheap UK financials
6 months Jan 26, 2027 $22.75 +26.6% 3/10 Continued slow re-rate, well below baseline target

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 $30.91 (+72.0%) — 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 · 1 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    Cash flow quality is poor — reported earnings may not reflect reality
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$17.97
Composite fair value$51.69
Signal-adjusted fair value$50.71
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value$51.69
Buy-below (value lens)$15.50
Value net score+10
Value confidence5 / 10
Quality net score+55
Memo confidence6 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 27.7%  3m 32.1%  6m 36.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.62  3m 1.29  5m 1.57  
Trailing 6-month return1.8%

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 26, 2026 freshest NWG-20260726-002605-0fca
ext-forensic-memo Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-NWG-20260726-012018-6c8a
ext-lens-quality Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-NWG-20260726-012018-6c8a
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-NWG-20260726-012018-6c8a
ext-lens-value Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-NWG-20260726-012018-6c8a
scenario-valuation Jul 26, 2026 freshest NWG-20260726-002605-0fca
valuation-synthesis Jul 26, 2026 freshest NWG-20260726-002605-0fca

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

Saved History

3 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 23, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $18.62 $22.40 +20.3% Feb 2027 view
Aug 13, 2026 v0.3.0 view
Jul 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $17.97 $22.75 +26.6% 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.