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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
Made on Aug 31, 2026
Price at call $241.15
6-month call Bear -5.9%
Target by Mar 2027 $227.00
Great value below $205.00
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 -5.9% to $227.00
Predicted High $240.00 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $227.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.9%

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 31, 2026 1:09 pm
Bear DGX trends lower to $227.00 (-5.9% from $241.15) by Mar 2027. decay
ThesisDGX trades above composite fair value ($217.5) with a negative value lens, but quality is decent and earnings momentum is intact with no imminent catalyst. Expect modest drift lower toward fair value over the six months, with sentiment-neutral tape and risk-on regime limiting downside speed.
Invalidated ifA break above $255 on strong volume or a surprise M&A/guide-up would falsify; conversely a break below $215 accelerates decay.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $241.15 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 31, 2026 — $241.15 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 14, 2026 $228.97–$253.33 typical range · internal point $240.00 — ±5.1% 6/10 Risk-on regime and momentum hold price near current
What actually happened: closed $235.02 on Sep 11, 2026 = -2.5% vs the call (predicted -0.5%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.1 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±5.1%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.4% over the same window — beat it
1 month Oct 1, 2026 $223.49–$258.81 typical range · internal point $237.50 — ±7.3% 5/10 Mild mean reversion begins toward fair value
What actually happened: closed $233.07 on Sep 30, 2026 = -3.4% vs the call (predicted -1.5%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.8 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±7.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.5% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 31, 2026 $234.00 — -3.0% 5/10 Value gravity pulls as no catalyst emerges
3 months Dec 1, 2026 $230.00 — -4.6% 5/10 Year-end positioning, valuation overhang persists
4 months Dec 31, 2026 $228.00 — -5.5% 4/10 Tax-loss and rebalancing pressure into year-end
5 months Jan 31, 2027 $232.00 — -3.8% 4/10 January bounce, pre-earnings positioning
6 months Mar 3, 2027 $227.00 — -5.9% 4/10 Convergence toward composite fair value zone

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 $239.47 (-0.7%) — 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 · 0 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [critical] High debt risk — interest coverage dangerously low or refinancing needed
    upstream:valuation-synthesis

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$241.15
Composite fair value$217.51
Signal-adjusted fair value$210.75
DCF fair value$217.03
Anchored-PE fair value$364.23
Buy-below (value lens)$205.00
Value net score-64
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+34
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 11.9%  3m 25.4%  6m 23.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.6%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.00  3m -0.50  5m -0.32  
Trailing 6-month return14.6%

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 31, 2026 freshest DGX-20260831-043001-dd46
ext-forensic-memo Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-DGX-20260831-045415-357d
ext-lens-quality Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-DGX-20260831-045415-357d
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-DGX-20260831-045415-357d
ext-lens-value Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-DGX-20260831-045415-357d
scenario-valuation Aug 31, 2026 freshest DGX-20260831-043001-dd46
valuation-synthesis Aug 31, 2026 freshest DGX-20260831-043001-dd46

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 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $241.15 $227.00 -5.9% Mar 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.