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The Home Depot, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement Retail
Made on Aug 1, 2026
Price at call $332.02
6-month call Bear -5.1%
Target by Feb 2027 $315.00
Great value below $260.00
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 -5.1% to $315.00
Predicted High $331.00 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $315.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.1%

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 Aug 1, 2026 12:48 am
Bear HD trends lower to $315.00 (-5.1% from $332.02) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisHD trades well above composite fair value ($231.81) with a negative value lens and only mildly positive sentiment. In a neutral regime with no imminent catalyst, gravity toward fair value should apply gradually, partially offset by quality and beat history. Expect a slow drift lower toward the deterministic baseline around $316.
Invalidated ifA break above $345 on strong volume, or a market regime shift to clearly bullish, would falsify the drift-lower thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $332.02 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 1, 2026 $332.02 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 15, 2026 $313.09–$350.95 typical range · internal point $331.00 ±5.7% 7/10 Neutral tape, low vol, minimal near-term catalyst
What actually happened: closed $338.80 on Aug 14, 2026 = +2.0% vs the call (predicted -0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.4 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±5.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.0% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 1, 2026 $304.59–$359.45 typical range · internal point $329.50 ±8.3% 6/10 Mild mean reversion in calm sentiment backdrop
2 months Oct 1, 2026 $326.00 -1.8% 5/10 Value gravity begins asserting on rich multiple
3 months Nov 1, 2026 $322.00 -3.0% 5/10 Q3 print risk, overvaluation pressure continues
4 months Dec 1, 2026 $319.00 -3.9% 4/10 Seasonal chop, holiday retail sentiment mixed
5 months Jan 1, 2027 $317.00 -4.5% 4/10 Drift toward deterministic baseline endpoint
6 months Feb 1, 2027 $315.00 -5.1% 4/10 Fair-value pull persists but quality cushions downside

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 $316.40 (-4.7%) — 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$332.02
Composite fair value$231.81
Signal-adjusted fair value$202.63
DCF fair value$230.52
Anchored-PE fair value$296.43
Buy-below (value lens)$260.00
Value net score-53
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+35
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 26.9%  3m 28.6%  6m 27.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.8%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.72  3m 0.61  5m 0.89  
Trailing 6-month return-11.2%

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 Aug 1, 2026 freshest HD-20260801-001034-9c89
ext-forensic-memo Aug 1, 2026 freshest ext-HD-20260801-003431-617f
ext-lens-quality Aug 1, 2026 freshest ext-HD-20260801-003431-617f
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 1, 2026 freshest ext-HD-20260801-003431-617f
ext-lens-value Aug 1, 2026 freshest ext-HD-20260801-003431-617f
scenario-valuation Aug 1, 2026 freshest HD-20260801-001034-9c89
valuation-synthesis Aug 1, 2026 freshest HD-20260801-001034-9c89

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 1, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $332.02 $315.00 -5.1% Feb 2027 viewing
Jun 24, 2026 v0.3.0 Bear $324.45 $307.34 -5.3% 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.