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IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
Made on Aug 4, 2026
Price at call $567.84
6-month call Bear -11.1%
Target by Feb 2027 $505.00
Great value below $460.00
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 -11.1% to $505.00
Predicted High $571.00 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $505.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -11.1%

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 4, 2026 2:49 am
Bear IDXX trends lower to $505.00 (-11.1% from $567.84) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisIDXX trades at roughly 2.5x fair value with a skeptical value lens, but a strong platform-monopoly narrative, high quality score, and risk-on regime are supporting price near-term. Expect modest drift lower as valuation gravity slowly asserts itself, but no near-term catalyst forces a sharp break given no earnings on the calendar.
Invalidated ifA move above $610 on strong volume or a decisive break below $500 accelerating the drawdown would invalidate this gentle decay path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $567.84 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 4, 2026 $567.84 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 18, 2026 $531.60–$604.08 typical range · internal point $571.00 ±6.4% 6/10 Risk-on regime and momentum hold price near current
What actually happened: closed $546.09 on Aug 17, 2026 = -3.8% vs the call (predicted +0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 4.4 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±6.4%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.6% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 4, 2026 $515.33–$620.35 typical range · internal point $566.00 ±9.2% 6/10 Sideways drift, low-vol name, no catalyst
2 months Oct 4, 2026 $555.00 -2.3% 5/10 Valuation skeptics gain marginal ground
3 months Nov 4, 2026 $542.00 -4.6% 5/10 Q3 print approaches, positioning trims
4 months Dec 4, 2026 $528.00 -7.0% 4/10 Post-earnings digestion, value gravity increases
5 months Jan 4, 2027 $515.00 -9.3% 4/10 Year-end rebalancing away from premium multiples
6 months Feb 4, 2027 $505.00 -11.1% 4/10 Slow convergence toward anchored-PE fair value

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 $496.70 (-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$567.84
Composite fair value$201.37
Signal-adjusted fair value$223.88
DCF fair value$132.29
Anchored-PE fair value$448.43
Buy-below (value lens)$460.00
Value net score-65
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+87
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 29.9%  3m 32.0%  6m 31.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.14  3m 0.43  5m 0.81  
Trailing 6-month return-15.6%

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 3, 2026 freshest IDXX-20260803-124954-abcf
ext-forensic-memo Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260803-132318-8504
ext-lens-quality Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260803-132318-8504
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260803-132318-8504
ext-lens-value Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-IDXX-20260803-132318-8504
scenario-valuation Aug 3, 2026 freshest IDXX-20260803-124954-abcf
valuation-synthesis Aug 3, 2026 freshest IDXX-20260803-124954-abcf

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 viewing
Jul 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $544.32 $485.00 -10.9% Jan 2027 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.