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Yum! Brands Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Made on Jul 27, 2026
Price at call $148.92
6-month call Bear -5.5%
Target by Jan 2027 $140.80
Great value below $118.00
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 -5.5% to $140.80
Predicted High $148.20 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $140.80 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.5%

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 Jul 27, 2026 12:57 am
Bear YUM trends lower to $140.80 (-5.5% from $148.92) by Jan 2027. decay
ThesisYUM trades meaningfully above composite fair value near $114 with a negative value net and only marginally positive sentiment, so gravity should pull the price gradually lower over six months. Low beta and defensive cash flows prevent a sharp derating, producing a slow decay toward the anchored-PE zone near $140 rather than the DCF.
Invalidated ifA close above $158 on positive comp/margin surprise, or a broad risk-off shock dragging YUM below $128, would falsify this gentle decay.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $148.92 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 27, 2026 — $148.92 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 10, 2026 $141.77–$156.07 typical range · internal point $148.20 — ±4.8% 6/10 Low-beta drift, neutral regime, no near catalyst
What actually happened: closed $150.76 on Aug 7, 2026 = +1.2% vs the call (predicted -0.5%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.7 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.8%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.7% over the same window — beat it
1 month Aug 27, 2026 $138.56–$159.28 typical range · internal point $147.10 — ±7.0% 6/10 Mild mean reversion as value lens weighs
What actually happened: closed $154.41 on Aug 26, 2026 = +3.7% vs the call (predicted -1.2%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 4.9 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±7.0%: inside the band  ·  S&P +3.5% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Sep 27, 2026 $145.80 — -2.1% 5/10 Q3 print approaches, positioning trims premium
What actually happened: closed $138.63 on Sep 25, 2026 = -6.9% vs the call (predicted -2.1%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 4.8 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  S&P +4.5% over the same window — beat it
3 months Oct 27, 2026 $144.50 — -3.0% 5/10 Earnings-window reset toward anchored-PE fair value
4 months Nov 27, 2026 $143.20 — -3.8% 4/10 Post-print digestion, value gravity persists
5 months Dec 27, 2026 $142.00 — -4.6% 4/10 Year-end defensive bid partly offsets derating
6 months Jan 27, 2027 $140.80 — -5.5% 4/10 Converges toward anchored-PE fair value zone

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 $144.63 (-2.9%) — 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$148.92
Composite fair value$113.71
Signal-adjusted fair value$115.55
DCF fair value$112.19
Anchored-PE fair value$141.56
Buy-below (value lens)$118.00
Value net score-78
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+60
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 25.8%  3m 24.1%  6m 21.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.38  3m -0.10  5m 0.15  
Trailing 6-month return-3.0%

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 Jul 27, 2026 freshest YUM-20260727-000446-99ce
ext-forensic-memo Jul 27, 2026 freshest ext-YUM-20260727-004658-e865
ext-lens-quality Jul 27, 2026 freshest ext-YUM-20260727-004658-e865
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 27, 2026 freshest ext-YUM-20260727-004658-e865
ext-lens-value Jul 27, 2026 freshest ext-YUM-20260727-004658-e865
scenario-valuation Jul 27, 2026 freshest YUM-20260727-000446-99ce
valuation-synthesis Jul 27, 2026 freshest YUM-20260727-000446-99ce

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 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $148.92 $140.80 -5.5% 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.