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IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
Made on Jul 26, 2026
Price at call $544.32
6-month call Bear -10.9%
Target by Jan 2027 $485.00
Great value below $400.00
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 -10.9% to $485.00
Predicted High $552.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $485.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -10.9%

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 1:32 am
Bear IDXX trends lower to $485.00 (-10.9% from $544.32) by Jan 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisIDXX trades far above every fair-value anchor, but quality-monopoly narrative and positive momentum keep it elevated near-term. Value gravity pulls the stock lower over months as no catalyst offsets the extreme premium, though low beta and neutral regime moderate the drift.
Invalidated ifA break above $580 on strong volume, or a blowout earnings beat that resets consensus higher, 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 $544.32 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 26, 2026 $544.32 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 9, 2026 $509.66–$578.98 typical range · internal point $548.00 ±6.4% 6/10 Momentum and platform narrative sustain near current levels
What actually happened: closed $586.67 on Aug 7, 2026 = +7.8% vs the call (predicted +0.7%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 7.1 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 $494.09–$594.55 typical range · internal point $552.00 ±9.2% 5/10 Quality bid persists in neutral tape, mild drift up
2 months Sep 26, 2026 $540.00 -0.8% 4/10 Pre-earnings positioning as Q3 print approaches
3 months Oct 26, 2026 $525.00 -3.5% 5/10 Earnings met but guide fails to justify premium
4 months Nov 26, 2026 $510.00 -6.3% 5/10 Value gravity reasserts, no fresh catalyst
5 months Dec 26, 2026 $495.00 -9.1% 4/10 Year-end derisking trims high-multiple names
6 months Jan 26, 2027 $485.00 -10.9% 4/10 Slow convergence toward deterministic baseline

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 $471.66 (-13.3%) — 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

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$544.32
Composite fair value$118.58
Signal-adjusted fair value$119.58
DCF fair value$132.29
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$400.00
Value net score-68
Value confidence6 / 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 32.9%  3m 32.0%  6m 31.4%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.49  3m 0.61  5m 0.93  
Trailing 6-month return-21.2%

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 IDXX-20260726-002605-191b
ext-forensic-memo Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260726-012018-9653
ext-lens-quality Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260726-012018-9653
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260726-012018-9653
ext-lens-value Jul 26, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260726-012018-9653
scenario-valuation Jul 26, 2026 freshest IDXX-20260726-002605-191b
valuation-synthesis Jul 26, 2026 freshest IDXX-20260726-002605-191b

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 4, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $567.84 $505.00 -11.1% Feb 2027 view
Jul 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $544.32 $485.00 -10.9% 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.