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British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Consumer Defensive · Tobacco
Made on Aug 7, 2026
Price at call $58.73
6-month call Bull +8.1%
Target by Feb 2027 $63.50
Great value below $50.00
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 +8.1% to $63.50
Predicted High $63.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $58.10 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -1.1%

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 7, 2026 1:07 am
Bull BTI trends higher to $63.50 (+8.1% from $58.73) by Feb 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisBTI trades below composite fair value with a fat yield anchor and defensive beta, but risk-on tape and fallen-angel sentiment cap near-term upside. Expect a slow grind toward the $62-64 signal-adjusted zone as value gravity outweighs sentiment drag over 6 months.
Invalidated ifA break below $55 on regulatory or ZYN-category news, or failure to reclaim $60 by m3, would falsify the value-convergence path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $58.73 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 7, 2026 $58.73 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 21, 2026 $55.02–$62.44 typical range · internal point $58.40 ±6.3% 6/10 Risk-on tape starves defensive; slight drift lower
What actually happened: closed $56.70 on Aug 20, 2026 = -3.5% vs the call (predicted -0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.9 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±6.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.5% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 7, 2026 $53.36–$64.10 typical range · internal point $58.10 ±9.2% 5/10 Sentiment lid persists absent catalyst
2 months Oct 7, 2026 $59.20 +0.8% 5/10 Yield-seekers accumulate near support
3 months Nov 7, 2026 $60.50 +3.0% 5/10 Value gravity toward composite fair value
4 months Dec 7, 2026 $61.60 +4.9% 4/10 Dividend reinvestment plus ZYN-adjacent pouch narrative
5 months Jan 7, 2027 $62.80 +6.9% 4/10 Approaching signal-adjusted anchor as regime rotates
6 months Feb 7, 2027 $63.50 +8.1% 3/10 Convergence near baseline endpoint, uncertainty widens

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 $64.08 (+9.1%) — 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

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$58.73
Composite fair value$60.24
Signal-adjusted fair value$62.40
DCF fair value$84.78
Anchored-PE fair value$77.65
Buy-below (value lens)$50.00
Value net score-1
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+5
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 34.9%  3m 31.7%  6m 28.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.61  3m -0.46  5m 0.00  
Trailing 6-month return-4.7%

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 7, 2026 freshest BTI-20260807-000819-e6c0
ext-forensic-memo Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-BTI-20260807-005507-2aa7
ext-lens-quality Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-BTI-20260807-005507-2aa7
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-BTI-20260807-005507-2aa7
ext-lens-value Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-BTI-20260807-005507-2aa7
scenario-valuation Aug 7, 2026 freshest BTI-20260807-000819-e6c0
valuation-synthesis Aug 7, 2026 freshest BTI-20260807-000819-e6c0

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 7, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $58.73 $63.50 +8.1% 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.