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Kenvue Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Made on Aug 24, 2026
Price at call $19.30
6-month call Bear -6.2%
Target by Feb 2027 $18.10
Great value below $15.50
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 -6.2% to $18.10
Predicted High $19.25 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $18.10 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -6.2%

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 24, 2026 1:12 pm
Bear KVUE trends lower to $18.10 (-6.2% from $19.30) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisKVUE trades slightly above composite fair value with negative value/quality/sentiment lenses and a defensive low-beta profile. Expect a gentle drift toward the $18 fair-value anchor over months, with modest chop from the risk-on tape favoring higher-beta names over this quiet defensive.
Invalidated ifA sustained break above $20.50 on positive catalyst, or a drop below $17 signaling faster de-rating toward bear scenario.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $19.30 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 24, 2026 — $19.30 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 7, 2026 $18.39–$20.21 typical range · internal point $19.25 — ±4.7% 7/10 Low-beta drift, no catalyst, risk-on rotates elsewhere
What actually happened: closed $18.74 on Sep 4, 2026 = -2.9% vs the call (predicted -0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.6 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±4.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.9% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 24, 2026 $17.98–$20.62 typical range · internal point $19.10 — ±6.8% 6/10 Mild fade as defensives lag risk-on tape
What actually happened: closed $17.67 on Sep 23, 2026 = -8.5% vs the call (predicted -1.0%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 7.4 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±6.8%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +0.7% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 24, 2026 $18.80 — -2.6% 6/10 Gradual pull toward composite fair value anchor
3 months Nov 24, 2026 $18.50 — -4.1% 5/10 Value gravity dominates, no earnings catalyst nearby
4 months Dec 24, 2026 $18.60 — -3.6% 4/10 Year-end defensive bid partially offsets drift lower
5 months Jan 24, 2027 $18.30 — -5.2% 4/10 January reset, sentiment still net negative
6 months Feb 24, 2027 $18.10 — -6.2% 4/10 Settles near composite fair value $18.06

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 $18.70 (-3.1%) — 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$19.30
Composite fair value$18.06
Signal-adjusted fair value$17.89
DCF fair value$18.24
Anchored-PE fair value$24.84
Buy-below (value lens)$15.50
Value net score-37
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score-13
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 22.2%  3m 23.7%  6m 22.1%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.21  3m -0.24  5m 0.10  
Trailing 6-month return1.8%

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 24, 2026 freshest KVUE-20260824-063001-0b2d
ext-forensic-memo Aug 24, 2026 freshest ext-KVUE-20260824-065040-36ec
ext-lens-quality Aug 24, 2026 freshest ext-KVUE-20260824-065040-36ec
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 24, 2026 freshest ext-KVUE-20260824-065040-36ec
ext-lens-value Aug 24, 2026 freshest ext-KVUE-20260824-065040-36ec
scenario-valuation Aug 24, 2026 freshest KVUE-20260824-063001-0b2d
valuation-synthesis Aug 24, 2026 freshest KVUE-20260824-063001-0b2d

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 24, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $19.30 $18.10 -6.2% 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.