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Modeled fair value
USO · US Crude Oil
-2.0Expensive
406080100120140160FAIRMARKET
P10–P90P25–P75Median fair valueToday's market price = 100

Today’s price sits at the 82.6th percentile of modeled fair value 17% of modeled scenarios put fair value above the market.

Median fair value
85.0
index, market = 100
Upside to median
-15.0%
Last close
$156.17
2026-09-16
Confidence
moderate
64/100
Modeled returns

Return distributions, not point forecasts

Percentiles describe the spread of scenario outcomes under the stated method. The width of the range carries as much information as the midpoint.

One year

modeled
P90
+42.9%
P75
+21.6%
Median
-2.0%
P25
-22.2%
P10
-40.4%

48% of modeled scenarios end positive.

Futures-based return: collateral yield (about 4%) plus roll yield from backwardation, less a decline in the futures curve beyond what is already priced as the disruption premium fades toward EIA STEO levels; very wide dispersion.

Three years, annualised

modeled
P90
+10.0%
P75
+3.0%
Median
-4.0%
P25
-11.0%
P10
-18.0%

Normalization of crude toward the EIA 2027 path (about $74 Brent) and long-run marginal cost, partly offset by collateral yield.

Against the Treasury hurdle

1y Treasury
4.45%
Expected excess
-6.5%
Basis
direct

Modeled 1Y median return minus the 1-year Treasury par yield; the modeled edge is clearly negative.

Instruments

5 in this asset class

SymbolValuationFair valueLast close1y modeled
BNO
Brent Crude Oil
Unavailable$61.71
UNG
Natural Gas
Unavailable$10.36
USO
US Crude Oil
-2.0Expensive85.0$156.17-2.0%
XLE
US Energy Sector
Unavailable$64.03
XOP
Oil and Gas Producers
Unavailable$191.80