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The Coca-Cola Company
Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Made on Jul 31, 2026
Price at call $88.49
6-month call Neutral -3.7%
Target by Jan 2027 $85.20
Great value below $68.00
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 -3.7% to $85.20
Predicted High $89.20 at 1 month
Predicted Low $85.20 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.7%

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 31, 2026 12:49 am
Neutral KO trends range-bound to $85.20 (-3.7% from $88.49) by Jan 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisKO is extended on a durable defensive-dividend narrative with earnings beat momentum and all-time high print, but trades far above any reasonable fair value anchor. Near-term sentiment and low-vol/negative-beta bid sustain the ride, with mild mean reversion as the year progresses and value gravity slowly reasserts.
Invalidated ifA break below $84 on rising volume or a guidance cut would invalidate the sustained-premium path; conversely a decisive break above $92 would negate the fade.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $88.49 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 31, 2026 $88.49 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 14, 2026 $84.26–$92.72 typical range · internal point $88.90 ±4.8% 7/10 momentum and defensive bid persist post-beat
What actually happened: closed $87.42 on Aug 13, 2026 = -1.2% vs the call (predicted +0.5%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.7 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.8%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.1% over the same window — beat it
1 month Aug 31, 2026 $82.36–$94.62 typical range · internal point $89.20 ±6.9% 6/10 all-time high narrative attracts flows
2 months Oct 1, 2026 $88.30 -0.2% 5/10 consolidation as no catalyst near-term
3 months Oct 31, 2026 $87.40 -1.2% 5/10 Q3 print risk and mild profit-taking
4 months Dec 1, 2026 $86.50 -2.2% 4/10 valuation gravity begins to weigh
5 months Dec 31, 2026 $86.00 -2.8% 4/10 year-end rotation from defensives possible
6 months Jan 31, 2027 $85.20 -3.7% 3/10 mean reversion toward attractive-below zone

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 $77.46 (-12.5%) — 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$88.49
Composite fair value$30.12
Signal-adjusted fair value$28.46
DCF fair value$20.79
Anchored-PE fair value$54.24
Buy-below (value lens)$68.00
Value net score-62
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+64
Memo confidence7 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 30.4%  3m 24.0%  6m 21.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.04  3m -0.60  5m -0.22  
Trailing 6-month return21.1%

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 31, 2026 freshest KO-20260731-001024-8c9a
ext-forensic-memo Jul 31, 2026 freshest ext-KO-20260731-003545-3817
ext-lens-quality Jul 31, 2026 freshest ext-KO-20260731-003545-3817
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 31, 2026 freshest ext-KO-20260731-003545-3817
ext-lens-value Jul 31, 2026 freshest ext-KO-20260731-003545-3817
valuation-synthesis Jul 31, 2026 freshest KO-20260731-001024-8c9a

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
Jul 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $88.49 $85.20 -3.7% Jan 2027 viewing
Jun 24, 2026 v0.3.0 Bear $80.31 $75.39 -6.1% Dec 2026 view

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.