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Roper Technologies Inc.
Technology · Software - Application
Made on Aug 23, 2026
Price at call $411.79
6-month call Bear -8.2%
Target by Feb 2027 $378.00
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 -8.2% to $378.00
Predicted High $410.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $378.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -8.2%

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 1:14 pm
Bear ROP trends lower to $378.00 (-8.2% from $411.79) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisROP trades at roughly 2.4x composite fair value, but with strong earnings quality, no upcoming catalyst to force revaluation, and a risk-on tape, near-term drift is modestly lower as the fading-compounder narrative gradually pressures the multiple. Expect slow decay rather than a sharp break, with value gravity partially pulling toward the baseline over six months.
Invalidated ifA decisive break above $430 on volume or accelerating organic growth guidance would invalidate the drift-lower thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $411.79 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 23, 2026 $411.79 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 6, 2026 $384.05–$439.53 typical range · internal point $410.50 ±6.7% 6/10 Risk-on tape holds, low-beta name drifts sideways
1 month Sep 23, 2026 $371.59–$451.99 typical range · internal point $407.00 ±9.8% 5/10 No catalyst, sentiment softens on stretched multiple
2 months Oct 23, 2026 $401.00 -2.6% 5/10 Q3 print approaches, valuation concerns creep in
3 months Nov 23, 2026 $395.00 -4.1% 4/10 Post-earnings digestion, compounder narrative fatigue
4 months Dec 23, 2026 $388.00 -5.8% 4/10 Year-end tax-loss rotation from crowded winners
5 months Jan 23, 2027 $382.00 -7.2% 3/10 January repricing toward value anchors continues
6 months Feb 23, 2027 $378.00 -8.2% 3/10 Gradual convergence toward baseline, quality floor holds

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 $370.72 (-10.0%) — 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 · 1 degraded · 2 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [warning] High debt risk — interest coverage dangerously low or refinancing needed
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • 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$411.79
Composite fair value$171.06
Signal-adjusted fair value$174.65
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$260.00
Value net score-64
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+53
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 32.5%  3m 33.8%  6m 29.1%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.1%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -1.02  3m -0.54  5m -0.39  
Trailing 6-month return22.6%

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 22, 2026 freshest ROP-20260822-155404-f00f
ext-forensic-memo Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-ROP-20260822-161119-ccac
ext-lens-quality Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-ROP-20260822-161119-ccac
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-ROP-20260822-161119-ccac
ext-lens-value Aug 22, 2026 freshest ext-ROP-20260822-161119-ccac
scenario-valuation Aug 22, 2026 freshest ROP-20260822-155404-f00f
valuation-synthesis Aug 22, 2026 freshest ROP-20260822-155404-f00f

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 $411.79 $378.00 -8.2% 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.