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Starbucks Corporation
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Made on Aug 8, 2026
Price at call $105.59
6-month call Bear -14.8%
Target by Feb 2027 $90.00
Great value below $55.00
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 -14.8% to $90.00
Predicted High $107.50 at 1 month
Predicted Low $90.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -14.8%

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 8, 2026 12:54 am
Bear SBUX trends lower to $90.00 (-14.8% from $105.59) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisNiccol turnaround narrative and recent Q3 comp beat sustain momentum near-term, but extreme valuation (composite FV ~$37 vs $105 price) and quality/forensic concerns exert gradual gravity over 6 months as story fatigue sets in without a scheduled catalyst.
Invalidated ifA confirmed re-acceleration in comps on next print or breakout above $115 on volume would invalidate the fade; conversely a break below $95 accelerates it.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $105.59 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 8, 2026 $105.59 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 22, 2026 $101.02–$110.16 typical range · internal point $106.80 ±4.3% 6/10 Momentum and risk-on regime carry recent strength
What actually happened: closed $107.06 on Aug 21, 2026 = +1.4% vs the call (predicted +1.2%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 0.3 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.1% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 8, 2026 $98.96–$112.22 typical range · internal point $107.50 ±6.3% 5/10 Narrative intact, no catalyst, drift higher
2 months Oct 8, 2026 $104.00 -1.5% 4/10 Story fatigue begins as next print approaches
3 months Nov 8, 2026 $100.50 -4.8% 5/10 Valuation gravity meets pre-earnings de-risking
4 months Dec 8, 2026 $97.00 -8.1% 5/10 Post-print reality check on mature-brand growth
5 months Jan 8, 2027 $93.50 -11.4% 5/10 Quality and forensic concerns pressure multiple
6 months Feb 8, 2027 $90.00 -14.8% 5/10 Continued mean reversion toward deserved 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 $80.15 (-24.1%) — 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 · 0 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [warning] Valuation is extremely fragile — almost no scenarios support the current price
    upstream:valuation-synthesis

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$105.59
Composite fair value$36.84
Signal-adjusted fair value$37.02
DCF fair value$38.90
Anchored-PE fair value$36.02
Buy-below (value lens)$55.00
Value net score-77
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score-16
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 20.1%  3m 21.7%  6m 27.9%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.07  3m -0.14  5m 0.51  
Trailing 6-month return9.9%

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 8, 2026 freshest SBUX-20260808-000712-842f
ext-forensic-memo Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-SBUX-20260808-004135-a0c8
ext-lens-quality Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-SBUX-20260808-004135-a0c8
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-SBUX-20260808-004135-a0c8
ext-lens-value Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-SBUX-20260808-004135-a0c8
scenario-valuation Aug 8, 2026 freshest SBUX-20260808-000712-842f
valuation-synthesis Aug 8, 2026 freshest SBUX-20260808-000712-842f

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 8, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $105.59 $90.00 -14.8% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 6, 2026 v0.3.0 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.