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Walmart Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
Made on Jul 30, 2026
Price at call $114.22
6-month call Bear -8.2%
Target by Jan 2027 $104.80
Great value below $95.00
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 $104.80
Predicted High $113.40 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $104.80 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 Jul 30, 2026 1:10 am
Bear WMT trends lower to $104.80 (-8.2% from $114.22) by Jan 2027. decay
ThesisWMT is materially above composite fair value ($97) with a negative value lens, but quality is elite and beta is negative in a stress regime, making it a defensive port. Expect modest mean-reversion pressure over the window as multiple compresses toward $100-105, partially offset by defensive bid during macro stress.
Invalidated ifA rally above $122 on a broad risk-on rotation, or a beat-and-raise print, would falsify 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 $114.22 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 30, 2026 $114.22 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 13, 2026 $107.99–$120.45 typical range · internal point $113.40 ±5.5% 6/10 Stress regime supports low-beta defensive near-term
What actually happened: closed $116.01 on Aug 12, 2026 = +1.6% vs the call (predicted -0.7%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.3 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±5.5%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.2% over the same window — beat it
1 month Aug 30, 2026 $105.19–$123.25 typical range · internal point $112.10 ±7.9% 5/10 Slow drift as no catalyst, valuation heavy
2 months Sep 30, 2026 $110.50 -3.3% 5/10 Q3 print approaches, positioning trims premium
3 months Oct 30, 2026 $108.75 -4.8% 4/10 Post-earnings digestion, gravity toward fair value
4 months Nov 30, 2026 $107.50 -5.9% 4/10 Holiday season hopes cushion but multiple compresses
5 months Dec 30, 2026 $106.00 -7.2% 3/10 Year-end tax and rotation from defensives
6 months Jan 30, 2027 $104.80 -8.2% 3/10 Continued convergence toward $97 fair value 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 $114.41 (+0.2%) — 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 · 2 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • 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$114.22
Composite fair value$97.13
Signal-adjusted fair value$97.13
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$95.00
Value net score-69
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+93
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 25.5%  3m 27.4%  6m 27.4%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.7%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.50  3m -0.35  5m 0.01  
Trailing 6-month return-2.3%

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 Jul 30, 2026 freshest WMT-20260730-001020-399b
ext-forensic-memo Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-WMT-20260730-005820-ee03
ext-lens-quality Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-WMT-20260730-005820-ee03
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-WMT-20260730-005820-ee03
ext-lens-value Jul 30, 2026 freshest ext-WMT-20260730-005820-ee03
scenario-valuation Jul 30, 2026 freshest WMT-20260730-001020-399b
valuation-synthesis Jul 30, 2026 freshest WMT-20260730-001020-399b

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Jul 30, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $114.22 $104.80 -8.2% Jan 2027 viewing
Jun 22, 2026 v0.3.0 Neutral $117.18 $116.68 -0.4% Dec 2026 view

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.