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Snapshot from Oct 13, 2026. Predictions are paused, so this will not update until research restarts.
NICE Ltd.
Technology · Software - Application
Made on Aug 21, 2026
Price at call $101.13
6-month call Bull +30.5%
Target by Feb 2027 $132.00
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 +30.5% to $132.00
Predicted High $132.00 at 6 months
Predicted Low $98.00 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.1%

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 Aug 21, 2026 1:00 pm
Bull NICE trends higher to $132.00 (+30.5% from $101.13) by Feb 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisNICE trades at a deep discount to fair value with strong quality and consistent earnings beats, but heavy negative sentiment and fallen-angel selling keep near-term pressure on. Expect a shallow dip or drift before value gravity and mean reversion pull the stock higher over the 3-6 month horizon, though full convergence to $197+ is unlikely in the window.
Invalidated ifA break below $92 on rising volume, or a guide-down/negative pre-announcement, would falsify the recovery thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $101.13 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 21, 2026 — $101.13 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 4, 2026 $91.40–$110.86 typical range · internal point $99.50 — ±9.6% 6/10 Sentiment overhang and drift continue near term
What actually happened: closed $108.31 on Sep 3, 2026 = +7.1% vs the call (predicted -1.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 8.7 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±9.6%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.1% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 21, 2026 $87.03–$115.23 typical range · internal point $98.00 — ±13.9% 5/10 Fallen-angel selling probes value zone near 95
What actually happened: closed $104.97 on Sep 18, 2026 = +3.8% vs the call (predicted -3.1%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 6.9 pp  ·  accuracy 7/10  ·  typical range ±13.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.3% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 21, 2026 $102.50 — +1.4% 5/10 Basing near attractive-below level invites buyers
Matured — awaiting scoring. This checkpoint's date has passed; the next scorer run (score-outcomes.php) records what actually happened.
3 months Nov 21, 2026 $110.00 — +8.8% 5/10 Earnings beat streak likely extends, sentiment thaws
4 months Dec 21, 2026 $118.00 — +16.7% 4/10 Year-end quality rotation lifts discounted compounders
5 months Jan 21, 2027 $125.00 — +23.6% 4/10 Value gravity toward bear-case anchor 118
6 months Feb 21, 2027 $132.00 — +30.5% 3/10 Partial convergence toward composite fair value

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 $157.60 (+55.8%) — 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
    [caution] Sector in contraction — demand weakening across the industry
    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$101.13
Composite fair value$197.48
Signal-adjusted fair value$314.44
DCF fair value$250.75
Anchored-PE fair value—
Buy-below (value lens)$95.00
Value net score+46
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+80
Memo confidence6 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 56.0%  3m 48.3%  6m 60.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)3.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.12  3m 0.00  5m -0.41  
Trailing 6-month return-14.1%

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 30, 2026 20d behind NICE-20260730-193151-56c1
ext-forensic-memo Aug 20, 2026 freshest ext-NICE-20260820-155917-b188
ext-lens-quality Aug 20, 2026 freshest ext-NICE-20260820-155917-b188
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 20, 2026 freshest ext-NICE-20260820-155917-b188
ext-lens-value Aug 20, 2026 freshest ext-NICE-20260820-155917-b188
scenario-valuation Aug 20, 2026 freshest NICE-20260820-125859-1ae7
valuation-synthesis Aug 20, 2026 freshest NICE-20260820-125859-1ae7

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

Saved History

6 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 11, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $98.29 $128.00 +30.2% Mar 2027 view
Aug 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $104.02 $134.00 +28.8% Feb 2027 view
Aug 25, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $99.26 $134.00 +35.0% Feb 2027 view
Aug 21, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $101.13 $132.00 +30.5% Feb 2027 viewing
Aug 13, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $98.56 $140.00 +42.0% Feb 2027 view
Jul 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $98.88 $132.00 +33.5% Jan 2027 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.