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Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Made on Sep 2, 2026
Price at call $221.24
6-month call Neutral +1.9%
Target by Mar 2027 $225.50
Great value below $180.00
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 +1.9% to $225.50
Predicted High $227.00 at 5 months
Predicted Low $221.80 in 2 weeks

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 Sep 2, 2026 1:12 pm
Neutral DRI trends range-bound to $225.50 (+1.9% from $221.24) by Mar 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisDRI sits near composite fair value with a quiet neutral tape and low-beta profile. Expect a mild drift higher as value gravity nudges price toward the $224-230 zone, with modest chop but no strong catalyst either direction absent an earnings surprise.
Invalidated ifBreak below $205 or above $240 on sustained volume, or a material earnings miss
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $221.24 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Sep 2, 2026 $221.24 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 16, 2026 $208.74–$233.74 typical range · internal point $221.80 ±5.7% 7/10 Neutral tape, low beta, minimal near-term drift
What actually happened: closed $209.12 on Sep 15, 2026 = -5.5% vs the call (predicted +0.3%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 5.7 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±5.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.1% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Oct 2, 2026 $203.12–$239.36 typical range · internal point $222.50 ±8.2% 6/10 Quiet narrative, slight mean reversion to fair value
2 months Nov 2, 2026 $223.60 +1.1% 5/10 Value gravity pulls gently toward composite anchor
3 months Dec 2, 2026 $225.00 +1.7% 5/10 Earnings window may lift on prior beat cadence
4 months Jan 2, 2027 $226.20 +2.2% 4/10 Post-earnings drift, still range-bound
5 months Feb 2, 2027 $227.00 +2.6% 4/10 Slow convergence toward deserved value zone
6 months Mar 2, 2027 $225.50 +1.9% 4/10 Fade near anchored fair value, no catalyst

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 $224.56 (+1.5%) — 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$221.24
Composite fair value$219.46
Signal-adjusted fair value$219.04
DCF fair value$209.41
Anchored-PE fair value$337.14
Buy-below (value lens)$180.00
Value net score-42
Value confidence8 / 10
Quality net score+55
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 29.8%  3m 28.4%  6m 27.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.8%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.08  3m -0.35  5m 0.03  
Trailing 6-month return2.4%

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 Sep 2, 2026 freshest DRI-20260902-060001-5f52
ext-forensic-memo Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-DRI-20260902-062944-cb31
ext-lens-quality Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-DRI-20260902-062944-cb31
ext-lens-sentiment Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-DRI-20260902-062944-cb31
ext-lens-value Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-DRI-20260902-062944-cb31
scenario-valuation Sep 2, 2026 freshest DRI-20260902-060001-5f52
valuation-synthesis Sep 2, 2026 freshest DRI-20260902-060001-5f52

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
Sep 2, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $221.24 $225.50 +1.9% 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.