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Atmos Energy Corporation
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Gas
Made on Aug 28, 2026
Price at call $166.75
6-month call Bear -11.8%
Target by Feb 2027 $147.00
Great value below $130.00
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 -11.8% to $147.00
Predicted High $168.50 at 1 month
Predicted Low $147.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -11.8%

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 28, 2026 1:06 pm
Bear ATO trends lower to $147.00 (-11.8% from $166.75) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisATO trades meaningfully above composite fair value ($119) despite negative value and quality scores, but a risk-on tape, a fresh Zacks upgrade, low beta, and consistent earnings beats support near-term stability. Over 6 months value gravity should pull the price lower toward the deterministic baseline near $147, though not all the way to fair value given utility premium and earnings consistency.
Invalidated ifA break above $175 on strong volume or a decisive move below $150 before m3 would invalidate the gradual fade thesis
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $166.75 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 28, 2026 — $166.75 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 11, 2026 $161.23–$172.27 typical range · internal point $167.80 — ±3.3% 7/10 Zacks upgrade and risk-on tape support near-term drift up
What actually happened: closed $164.81 on Sep 10, 2026 = -1.2% vs the call (predicted +0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.8 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±3.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.6% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 28, 2026 $158.75–$174.75 typical range · internal point $168.50 — ±4.8% 6/10 Sentiment tailwind persists, low beta dampens moves
What actually happened: closed $157.21 on Sep 25, 2026 = -5.7% vs the call (predicted +1.1%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 6.8 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±4.8%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +0.4% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 28, 2026 $165.00 — -1.0% 5/10 Momentum fades as valuation concerns resurface
3 months Nov 28, 2026 $160.50 — -3.7% 5/10 Value gravity begins asserting, no catalyst to defend premium
4 months Dec 28, 2026 $155.00 — -7.0% 4/10 Year-end rebalancing pressures overvalued defensive names
5 months Jan 28, 2027 $150.50 — -9.7% 4/10 Continued drift toward deterministic baseline
6 months Feb 28, 2027 $147.00 — -11.8% 4/10 Converges near baseline as fair value pull dominates

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 $147.13 (-11.8%) — 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 · 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$166.75
Composite fair value$119.04
Signal-adjusted fair value$127.97
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$204.83
Buy-below (value lens)$130.00
Value net score-69
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score-15
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 13.5%  3m 16.6%  6m 16.6%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.45  3m -0.48  5m -0.28  
Trailing 6-month return-8.9%

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 28, 2026 freshest ATO-20260828-023001-2461
ext-forensic-memo Aug 28, 2026 freshest ext-ATO-20260828-025229-b9f7
ext-lens-quality Aug 28, 2026 freshest ext-ATO-20260828-025229-b9f7
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 28, 2026 freshest ext-ATO-20260828-025229-b9f7
ext-lens-value Aug 28, 2026 freshest ext-ATO-20260828-025229-b9f7
valuation-synthesis Aug 28, 2026 freshest ATO-20260828-023001-2461

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

Saved History

1 frozen snapshot — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 28, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $166.75 $147.00 -11.8% Feb 2027 viewing

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.