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General Dynamics Corporation
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Made on Aug 9, 2026
Price at call $392.05
6-month call Neutral -3.1%
Target by Feb 2027 $380.00
Great value below $320.00
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 -3.1% to $380.00
Predicted High $399.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $380.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.1%

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 9, 2026 12:53 am
Neutral GD trends range-bound to $380.00 (-3.1% from $392.05) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisGD rides positive Q2 beat momentum and defense tailwinds in a risk-on tape near-term, but rich valuation vs composite fair value ($316) creates gravity that flattens the path by year-end. Low beta and steady compounder status limit downside; no near-term earnings catalyst until late fall.
Invalidated ifBreak below $370 on defense-budget headline risk, or sustained move above $410 on new major contract wins 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 $392.05 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 9, 2026 $392.05 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 23, 2026 $374.16–$409.94 typical range · internal point $396.50 ±4.6% 7/10 Post-beat momentum, risk-on tape, low-vol grind higher
What actually happened: closed $384.29 on Aug 21, 2026 = -2.0% vs the call (predicted +1.1%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 3.1 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±4.6%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.1% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 9, 2026 $366.13–$417.97 typical range · internal point $399.00 ±6.6% 6/10 Backlog narrative and cyber win sustain bid
2 months Oct 9, 2026 $395.00 +0.8% 5/10 Pre-earnings drift, valuation gravity begins
3 months Nov 9, 2026 $398.00 +1.5% 4/10 Q3 print likely another beat, modest pop
4 months Dec 9, 2026 $390.00 -0.5% 4/10 Post-earnings fade, budget cycle uncertainty
5 months Jan 9, 2027 $384.00 -2.1% 4/10 Value gravity toward anchored-PE $415 ceiling capped
6 months Feb 9, 2027 $380.00 -3.1% 4/10 Convergence toward composite fair value, flat 6mo return

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 $386.75 (-1.4%) — 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$392.05
Composite fair value$316.09
Signal-adjusted fair value$318.75
DCF fair value$329.86
Anchored-PE fair value$414.67
Buy-below (value lens)$320.00
Value net score-63
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+64
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 18.0%  3m 22.9%  6m 24.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.18  3m 0.16  5m 0.24  
Trailing 6-month return11.4%

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 9, 2026 freshest GD-20260809-000707-7156
ext-forensic-memo Aug 9, 2026 freshest ext-GD-20260809-004137-be74
ext-lens-quality Aug 9, 2026 freshest ext-GD-20260809-004137-be74
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 9, 2026 freshest ext-GD-20260809-004137-be74
ext-lens-value Aug 9, 2026 freshest ext-GD-20260809-004137-be74
scenario-valuation Aug 9, 2026 freshest GD-20260809-000707-7156
valuation-synthesis Aug 9, 2026 freshest GD-20260809-000707-7156

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

3 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 9, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $392.05 $380.00 -3.1% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 22, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $367.73 $398.00 +8.2% Jan 2027 view
Jul 8, 2026 v0.3.0 Bull $374.64 $417.42 +11.4% 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.