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Qualys, Inc.
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Made on Jul 31, 2026
Price at call $141.71
6-month call Bull +11.5%
Target by Jan 2027 $158.00
Great value below $115.00
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 +11.5% to $158.00
Predicted High $158.00 at 6 months
Predicted Low $138.75 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -2.1%

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 Jul 31, 2026 2:07 am
Bull QLYS trends higher to $158.00 (+11.5% from $141.71) by Jan 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisQLYS sits near composite fair value with high quality but weak value and neutral sentiment; expect modest drift with a pre-earnings dip then gradual convergence toward DCF-supported upside as beat streak reasserts.
Invalidated ifBreak below $125 support or a Q3 EPS miss would falsify the recovery path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $141.71 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 31, 2026 $141.71 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 14, 2026 $126.56–$156.86 typical range · internal point $140.50 ±10.7% 7/10 Neutral tape, low beta, mild pre-earnings overhang
What actually happened: closed $195.88 on Aug 13, 2026 = +38.2% vs the call (predicted -0.9%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 39.1 pp  ·  accuracy 2/10  ·  typical range ±10.7%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +4.1% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Aug 31, 2026 $119.76–$163.66 typical range · internal point $138.75 ±15.5% 6/10 Sentiment drag persists, quiet summer flows
2 months Oct 1, 2026 $142.00 +0.2% 5/10 Earnings print approaches, positioning firms
3 months Oct 31, 2026 $148.50 +4.8% 6/10 Beat streak likely extends, quality rerating begins
4 months Dec 1, 2026 $152.00 +7.3% 5/10 Post-print drift toward signal-adjusted fair value
5 months Dec 31, 2026 $155.50 +9.7% 4/10 Year-end quality bid, DCF gravity pulls up
6 months Jan 31, 2027 $158.00 +11.5% 4/10 Convergence toward baseline endpoint, DCF anchor

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 $158.76 (+12.0%) — 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

0 blocking · 0 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe

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$141.71
Composite fair value$140.76
Signal-adjusted fair value$142.66
DCF fair value$180.42
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$115.00
Value net score-31
Value confidence8 / 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 62.4%  3m 53.7%  6m 58.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)3.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.41  3m 0.38  5m 0.16  
Trailing 6-month return6.8%

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 Jul 30, 2026 freshest QLYS-20260730-193532-ce40
ext-forensic-memo Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-QLYS-20260730-211426-e63e
ext-lens-quality Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-QLYS-20260730-211426-e63e
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-QLYS-20260730-211426-e63e
ext-lens-value Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-QLYS-20260730-211426-e63e
valuation-synthesis Jul 30, 2026 freshest QLYS-20260730-205438-45f3

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
Jul 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $141.71 $158.00 +11.5% Jan 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.