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Fiserv, Inc.
Technology · Information Technology Services
Made on Aug 27, 2026
Price at call $52.74
6-month call Bull +21.0%
Target by Feb 2027 $63.80
Great value below $46.00
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 +21.0% to $63.80
Predicted High $63.80 at 6 months
Predicted Low $52.20 in 2 weeks
Max Drawdown (predicted) -1.0%

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 27, 2026 1:11 pm
Bull FISV trends higher to $63.80 (+21.0% from $52.74) by Feb 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisBeaten-down Fiserv trades well below composite fair value with strong earnings history, but broken narrative and negative sentiment cap near-term upside. Expect choppy basing near current levels, then gradual mean-reversion toward the mid-60s as value gravity outweighs fading sentiment damage.
Invalidated ifA break below $46 support or a fresh guidance cut/forensic red flag; conversely, a sharp reclaim of $60 within weeks invalidates the slow-grind thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $52.74 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 27, 2026 — $52.74 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 10, 2026 $48.01–$57.47 typical range · internal point $52.20 — ±9.0% 6/10 Sentiment overhang keeps price pinned near current levels
What actually happened: closed $48.65 on Sep 9, 2026 = -7.8% vs the call (predicted -1.0%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 6.7 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±9.0%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.2% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 27, 2026 $45.88–$59.60 typical range · internal point $53.10 — ±13.0% 5/10 Risk-on tape provides mild lift, no catalyst
What actually happened: closed $46.48 on Sep 25, 2026 = -11.9% vs the call (predicted +0.7%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 12.6 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±13.0%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 27, 2026 $54.80 — +3.9% 5/10 Base builds as sellers exhaust, value buyers nibble
3 months Nov 27, 2026 $57.50 — +9.0% 4/10 Q3 print approaches, beat history supports recovery
4 months Dec 27, 2026 $60.20 — +14.1% 4/10 Post-earnings re-rating toward fair value begins
5 months Jan 27, 2027 $62.50 — +18.5% 3/10 Value convergence continues, narrative slowly heals
6 months Feb 27, 2027 $63.80 — +21.0% 3/10 Grinds toward composite fair value anchor

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 $64.26 (+21.8%) — 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 · 2 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [critical] High debt risk — interest coverage dangerously low or refinancing needed
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Degraded
    [critical] Sector in contraction — demand weakening across the industry
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe

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$52.74
Composite fair value$70.13
Signal-adjusted fair value$68.62
DCF fair value$89.04
Anchored-PE fair value—
Buy-below (value lens)$46.00
Value net score+12
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+43
Memo confidence6 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 38.7%  3m 45.1%  6m 40.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.8%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.95  3m -0.14  5m 0.00  
Trailing 6-month return-14.8%

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 2, 2026 24d behind FISV-20260802-132328-2218
ext-forensic-memo Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-FISV-20260826-154301-e7f1
ext-lens-quality Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-FISV-20260826-154301-e7f1
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-FISV-20260826-154301-e7f1
ext-lens-value Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-FISV-20260826-154301-e7f1
scenario-valuation Aug 27, 2026 freshest FISV-20260821-120721-b745
valuation-synthesis Aug 27, 2026 freshest FISV-20260821-120721-b745

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

Saved History

4 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $52.74 $63.80 +21.0% Feb 2027 viewing
Aug 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $52.35 $64.00 +22.3% Feb 2027 view
Aug 21, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $52.76 $66.50 +26.0% Feb 2027 view
Aug 14, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $55.50 $70.00 +26.1% Feb 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.