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Expedia Group Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Travel Services
Made on Aug 23, 2026
Price at call $321.63
6-month call Bear -5.2%
Target by Feb 2027 $305.00
Great value below $260.00
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 $305.00
Predicted High $330.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $305.00 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 23, 2026 1:19 pm
Bear EXPE trends lower to $305.00 (-5.2% from $321.63) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisPost-earnings momentum and risk-on tape support near-term drift higher, but rich valuation vs composite fair value ($296) creates gravity that reasserts over 3-6 months, leaving the path modestly positive then fading toward fair value.
Invalidated ifBreak below $290 on volume, or regime flip to risk-off with sector selling, invalidates the mild-drift thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $321.63 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 23, 2026 — $321.63 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 6, 2026 $295.10–$348.16 typical range · internal point $326.50 — ±8.2% 7/10 Momentum and risk-on tape carry price slightly higher
What actually happened: closed $298.04 on Sep 4, 2026 = -7.3% vs the call (predicted +1.5%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 8.9 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±8.2%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.6% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 23, 2026 $283.18–$360.08 typical range · internal point $330.00 — ±12.0% 6/10 Beat-and-raise afterglow, no catalyst against it yet
What actually happened: closed $280.70 on Sep 22, 2026 = -12.7% vs the call (predicted +2.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 15.3 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±12.0%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +1.2% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 23, 2026 $325.00 — +1.0% 5/10 Momentum fades, valuation gravity begins to bite
3 months Nov 23, 2026 $318.00 — -1.1% 5/10 Pre-earnings drift lower, value lens pulls toward $296
4 months Dec 23, 2026 $312.00 — -3.0% 4/10 Year-end profit-taking on 58% YTD winner
5 months Jan 23, 2027 $308.00 — -4.2% 4/10 January mean-reversion toward composite fair value
6 months Feb 23, 2027 $305.00 — -5.2% 4/10 Convergence toward DCF and composite anchor 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 $323.24 (+0.5%) — 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$321.63
Composite fair value$296.05
Signal-adjusted fair value$297.84
DCF fair value$316.32
Anchored-PE fair value$446.48
Buy-below (value lens)$260.00
Value net score-51
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+40
Memo confidence6 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 44.5%  3m 41.4%  6m 47.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.6%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.05  3m 0.56  5m 0.65  
Trailing 6-month return58.1%

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 22, 2026 freshest EXPE-20260822-161422-3dc3
ext-forensic-memo Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-EXPE-20260822-163256-d48d
ext-lens-quality Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-EXPE-20260822-163256-d48d
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-EXPE-20260822-163256-d48d
ext-lens-value Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-EXPE-20260822-163256-d48d
scenario-valuation Aug 22, 2026 freshest EXPE-20260822-161422-3dc3
valuation-synthesis Aug 22, 2026 freshest EXPE-20260822-161422-3dc3

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 23, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $321.63 $305.00 -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.