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The Kroger Co.
Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores
Made on Aug 26, 2026
Price at call $58.61
6-month call Neutral +3.7%
Target by Feb 2027 $60.80
Great value below $46.00
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 +3.7% to $60.80
Predicted High $60.80 at 6 months
Predicted Low $57.80 at 3 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -1.4%

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 26, 2026 1:07 pm
Neutral KR trends range-bound to $60.80 (+3.7% from $58.61) by Feb 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisKR sits below composite fair value with a mild sentiment tailwind and a risk-on tape, but overhang from merger uncertainty and weak 6m momentum cap upside. Expect a modest drift toward the deterministic baseline near $60, with a shallow dip-and-recover as value gravity pulls price toward the $63 deserved level over months.
Invalidated ifA close below $54 on merger/regulatory bad news, or a break above $65 on a clean catalyst, would falsify this path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $58.61 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 26, 2026 $58.61 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 9, 2026 $54.89–$62.33 typical range · internal point $59.10 ±6.4% 6/10 risk-on tape and Instacart narrative give modest lift
What actually happened: closed $57.20 on Sep 8, 2026 = -2.4% vs the call (predicted +0.8%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 3.2 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±6.4%: inside the band  ·  S&P 0.0% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 26, 2026 $53.21–$64.01 typical range · internal point $59.40 ±9.2% 6/10 sentiment carry continues, no near-term catalyst
2 months Oct 26, 2026 $58.20 -0.7% 5/10 merger overhang reasserts, momentum fades
3 months Nov 26, 2026 $57.80 -1.4% 4/10 value lens still negative near current price
4 months Dec 26, 2026 $59.20 +1.0% 4/10 year-end positioning, defensive bid returns
5 months Jan 26, 2027 $60.30 +2.9% 4/10 value gravity toward composite fair value
6 months Feb 26, 2027 $60.80 +3.7% 4/10 convergence toward deserved value near baseline

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 $60.21 (+2.7%) — 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

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$58.61
Composite fair value$52.23
Signal-adjusted fair value$41.61
DCF fair value$70.54
Anchored-PE fair value$41.68
Buy-below (value lens)$46.00
Value net score-68
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+14
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 22.0%  3m 31.9%  6m 30.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.45  3m -0.65  5m -0.73  
Trailing 6-month return-13.3%

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 25, 2026 freshest KR-20260825-233001-686f
ext-forensic-memo Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-KR-20260825-235623-ad81
ext-lens-quality Aug 25, 2026 freshest ext-KR-20260825-235623-ad81
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-KR-20260825-235623-ad81
ext-lens-value Aug 25, 2026 freshest ext-KR-20260825-235623-ad81
scenario-valuation Aug 26, 2026 freshest KR-20260825-233001-686f
valuation-synthesis Aug 26, 2026 freshest KR-20260825-233001-686f

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 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $58.61 $60.80 +3.7% 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.