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Centene Corp.
Healthcare · Healthcare Plans
Made on Aug 27, 2026
Price at call $65.95
6-month call Bear -5.2%
Target by Feb 2027 $62.50
Great value below $55.00
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 -5.2% to $62.50
Predicted High $69.00 at 2 months
Predicted Low $62.50 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.2%

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 1:15 pm
Bear CNC trends lower to $62.50 (-5.2% from $65.95) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisCNC has rallied 53% in six months on margin-recovery optimism with quietly improving analyst tone and a risk-on tape. With no earnings catalyst in the window, momentum likely carries the tape modestly higher near-term before value gravity (attractive-below $55, quality net negative) tempers gains and introduces mean-reversion risk into winter.
Invalidated ifA break below $58 on rising volume, or a Medicaid/MLR guidance cut, would invalidate the drift-higher-then-fade path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $65.95 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 27, 2026 — $65.95 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 10, 2026 $60.77–$71.13 typical range · internal point $67.20 — ±7.9% 7/10 Risk-on regime and positive tone extend recent momentum
What actually happened: closed $64.06 on Sep 9, 2026 = -2.9% vs the call (predicted +1.9%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 4.8 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±7.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.2% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 27, 2026 $58.44–$73.46 typical range · internal point $68.50 — ±11.4% 6/10 Sentiment tailwind persists absent negative catalysts
What actually happened: closed $61.82 on Sep 25, 2026 = -6.3% vs the call (predicted +3.9%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 10.1 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±11.4%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 27, 2026 $69.00 — +4.6% 5/10 Momentum peaks as low beta caps upside
3 months Nov 27, 2026 $67.00 — +1.6% 4/10 Quality drag and profit-taking begin fade
4 months Dec 27, 2026 $65.00 — -1.4% 4/10 Year-end rebalancing trims outperformers
5 months Jan 27, 2027 $63.50 — -3.7% 4/10 Value gravity pulls toward attractive-below zone
6 months Feb 27, 2027 $62.50 — -5.2% 3/10 Pre-earnings de-risking as margin narrative matures

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 $0.00 (+0.0%) — 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 · 1 degraded · 6 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    No usable fair-value anchor — brain-only (anchorless) mode: no v0.3 control line, prediction reasons from lenses/sentiment/regime/price behaviour.
    value_anchor
  • Note
    No positive earnings — traditional DCF and EPV are not applicable
    upstream:classification
  • Note
    Valuation is inherently speculative — based on revenue multiples and growth assumptions
    upstream:classification
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: composite_fair_value.
    anchor:composite_fair_value
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: signal_adjusted.
    anchor:signal_adjusted

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$65.95
Composite fair value—
Signal-adjusted fair value—
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value—
Buy-below (value lens)—
Value net score+25
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score-22
Memo confidence— / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 38.5%  3m 39.4%  6m 50.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.90  3m 0.28  5m 0.27  
Trailing 6-month return53.4%

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 #8eb3df85c300

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 26, 2026 freshest CNC-20260826-233001-9f4d
ext-forensic-memo Aug 27, 2026 freshest ext-CNC-20260826-235054-9e6b
ext-lens-quality Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-CNC-20260826-235054-9e6b
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 27, 2026 freshest ext-CNC-20260826-235054-9e6b
ext-lens-value Aug 27, 2026 freshest ext-CNC-20260826-235054-9e6b
scenario-valuation Aug 27, 2026 freshest CNC-20260826-233001-9f4d
valuation-synthesis Aug 27, 2026 freshest CNC-20260826-233001-9f4d

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 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $65.95 $62.50 -5.2% 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.