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Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Made on Aug 30, 2026
Price at call $235.09
6-month call Bear -9.0%
Target by Mar 2027 $214.00
Great value below $165.00
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 -9.0% to $214.00
Predicted High $242.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $214.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -9.0%

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 30, 2026 1:01 pm
Bear WSM trends lower to $214.00 (-9.0% from $235.09) by Mar 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisPost-earnings momentum and analyst upgrades in a risk-on tape keep WSM firm to slightly higher near-term, but stretched valuation (fair value ~$95, DCF ~$106) exerts gradual gravity as the sentiment tailwind fades over the multi-month horizon, pulling the stock modestly lower toward the deterministic baseline.
Invalidated ifA decisive break above $255 on continued upgrades, or a break below $215 that confirms momentum failure, would invalidate this fade path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $235.09 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 30, 2026 — $235.09 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 13, 2026 $220.27–$249.91 typical range · internal point $240.50 — ±6.3% 7/10 Post-earnings momentum and upgrades extend near-term
What actually happened: closed $226.23 on Sep 11, 2026 = -3.8% vs the call (predicted +2.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 6.1 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±6.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.7% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 30, 2026 $213.62–$256.56 typical range · internal point $242.00 — ±9.1% 6/10 Risk-on tape supports drift higher, no catalyst
What actually happened: closed $229.96 on Sep 29, 2026 = -2.2% vs the call (predicted +2.9%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 5.1 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±9.1%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.5% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 30, 2026 $237.00 — +0.8% 5/10 Momentum cools, valuation concerns creep in
3 months Nov 30, 2026 $230.00 — -2.2% 5/10 Pre-earnings positioning, holiday retail scrutiny
4 months Dec 30, 2026 $225.00 — -4.3% 4/10 Value gravity accumulates against premium multiple
5 months Jan 30, 2027 $220.00 — -6.4% 4/10 January reset, guidance normalization pressures shares
6 months Mar 2, 2027 $214.00 — -9.0% 4/10 Fade toward deterministic baseline as sentiment dissolves

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 $213.14 (-9.3%) — 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

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [warning] Valuation is extremely fragile — almost no scenarios support the current price
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • 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$235.09
Composite fair value$95.44
Signal-adjusted fair value$85.16
DCF fair value$106.00
Anchored-PE fair value—
Buy-below (value lens)$165.00
Value net score-70
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+54
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 27.9%  3m 31.6%  6m 33.1%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.74  3m 0.91  5m 1.07  
Trailing 6-month return14.3%

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 30, 2026 freshest WSM-20260830-023001-e3a4
ext-forensic-memo Aug 30, 2026 freshest ext-WSM-20260830-024835-a3d7
ext-lens-quality Aug 30, 2026 freshest ext-WSM-20260830-024835-a3d7
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 30, 2026 freshest ext-WSM-20260830-024835-a3d7
ext-lens-value Aug 30, 2026 freshest ext-WSM-20260830-024835-a3d7
scenario-valuation Aug 30, 2026 freshest WSM-20260830-023001-e3a4
valuation-synthesis Aug 30, 2026 freshest WSM-20260830-023001-e3a4

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 30, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $235.09 $214.00 -9.0% Mar 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.