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Progressive Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
Made on Aug 7, 2026
Price at call $215.34
6-month call Neutral -2.5%
Target by Feb 2027 $210.00
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 -2.5% to $210.00
Predicted High $220.00 at 2 months
Predicted Low $210.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -2.5%

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 7, 2026 1:09 am
Neutral PGR trends range-bound to $210.00 (-2.5% from $215.34) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisPGR is a high-quality compounder trading well above the value lens's attractive zone, with sentiment already fully embracing the story and a negative short beta muting risk-on tailwinds. The deterministic $440 endpoint implies a doubling in six months that has no catalyst on the calendar; more realistically, the stock grinds modestly higher on quality bid with mean-reversion pressure capping upside.
Invalidated ifA break above $235 on strong volume or a decisive break below $200 would falsify the drift-higher-then-fade path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $215.34 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 7, 2026 $215.34 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 21, 2026 $200.84–$229.84 typical range · internal point $216.80 ±6.7% 6/10 Risk-on regime and quality bid keep drift positive
What actually happened: closed $220.34 on Aug 20, 2026 = +2.3% vs the call (predicted +0.7%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.6 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±6.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.5% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 7, 2026 $194.33–$236.35 typical range · internal point $218.50 ±9.8% 6/10 Compounder narrative sustains modest grind higher
2 months Oct 7, 2026 $220.00 +2.2% 5/10 Low beta mutes tape, sentiment plateau near highs
3 months Nov 7, 2026 $218.00 +1.2% 4/10 No earnings catalyst, valuation gravity begins pressing
4 months Dec 7, 2026 $214.00 -0.6% 4/10 Value lens overhang and profit-taking trim gains
5 months Jan 7, 2027 $212.00 -1.6% 3/10 Mean reversion toward attractive-below zone continues
6 months Feb 7, 2027 $210.00 -2.5% 3/10 Rich multiple fades as narrative freshness wears off

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 $439.94 (+104.3%) — 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$215.34
Composite fair value$621.83
Signal-adjusted fair value$871.33
DCF fair value$798.86
Anchored-PE fair value$267.78
Buy-below (value lens)$180.00
Value net score-36
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+80
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 43.2%  3m 33.8%  6m 28.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.1%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -1.14  3m -1.05  5m -0.69  
Trailing 6-month return4.8%

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 7, 2026 freshest PGR-20260807-000819-b837
ext-forensic-memo Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-PGR-20260807-005507-424f
ext-lens-quality Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-PGR-20260807-005507-424f
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-PGR-20260807-005507-424f
ext-lens-value Aug 7, 2026 freshest ext-PGR-20260807-005507-424f
valuation-synthesis Aug 7, 2026 freshest PGR-20260807-000819-b837

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 7, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $215.34 $210.00 -2.5% 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.