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The Sherwin-Williams Company
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Made on Aug 11, 2026
Price at call $362.71
6-month call Bear -7.6%
Target by Feb 2027 $335.00
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 -7.6% to $335.00
Predicted High $364.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $335.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -7.6%

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 11, 2026 1:20 am
Bear SHW trends lower to $335.00 (-7.6% from $362.71) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisSHW trades far above every fair-value anchor but momentum, quality, and a risk-on tape sustain the premium near term; over six months mild value gravity and prior-prediction bias pull the path modestly lower, though nothing like a full convergence.
Invalidated ifA break above $385 on volume or a hold above $370 through October invalidates the fade; conversely a break below $330 accelerates it.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $362.71 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 11, 2026 — $362.71 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 25, 2026 $338.40–$387.02 typical range · internal point $364.50 — ±6.7% 7/10 Risk-on tape, no catalyst, drift slightly higher
What actually happened: closed $346.73 on Aug 24, 2026 = -4.4% vs the call (predicted +0.5%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 4.9 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±6.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.0% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 11, 2026 $327.48–$397.94 typical range · internal point $361.00 — ±9.7% 6/10 Flat consolidation around current levels, low vol
What actually happened: closed $317.44 on Sep 10, 2026 = -12.5% vs the call (predicted -0.5%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 12.0 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±9.7%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P -1.8% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 11, 2026 $355.00 — -2.1% 5/10 Q3 print approaches, valuation concerns weigh
3 months Nov 11, 2026 $348.00 — -4.1% 5/10 Post-earnings digestion, premium slowly compresses
4 months Dec 11, 2026 $345.00 — -4.9% 4/10 Year-end positioning, mild profit-taking on winner
5 months Jan 11, 2027 $340.00 — -6.3% 4/10 January reset, value gravity reasserts modestly
6 months Feb 11, 2027 $335.00 — -7.6% 3/10 Drift toward deterministic baseline as sentiment cools

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 $331.35 (-8.6%) — 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 · 0 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$362.71
Composite fair value$175.23
Signal-adjusted fair value$195.03
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$234.31
Buy-below (value lens)$260.00
Value net score-73
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+67
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 41.8%  3m 33.6%  6m 31.4%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.1%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.34  3m 0.80  5m 1.02  
Trailing 6-month return0.2%

Knobs (equation params)

ladder["w2","m1","m2","m3","m4","m5","m6"]
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobs{"w_dcf":0.5,"k_qual":0.200000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"reach_6m":0.450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"coh_floor":0.5,"conf_gain":0.059999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"noise_phi":0.84999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"conf_floor":0.40000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625,"w_composite":0.5,"noise_window":"3m","flat_band_pct":5,"horizon_months":6,"noise_sigma_fallback":0.01499999999999999944488848768742172978818416595458984375}
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 11, 2026 freshest SHW-20260811-000713-9639
ext-forensic-memo Aug 11, 2026 freshest ext-SHW-20260811-010850-3683
ext-lens-quality Aug 11, 2026 freshest ext-SHW-20260811-010850-3683
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 11, 2026 freshest ext-SHW-20260811-010850-3683
ext-lens-value Aug 11, 2026 freshest ext-SHW-20260811-010850-3683
scenario-valuation Aug 11, 2026 freshest SHW-20260811-000713-9639
valuation-synthesis Aug 11, 2026 freshest SHW-20260811-000713-9639

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 11, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $362.71 $335.00 -7.6% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 13, 2026 v0.3.0 Bear $333.99 $300.61 -10.0% 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.