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Modeled fair value
USO · US Crude Oil
-0.9Somewhat expensive
406080100120140FAIRMARKET
P10–P90P25–P75Median fair valueToday's market price = 100

Today’s price sits at the 64.2th percentile of modeled fair value 36% of modeled scenarios put fair value above the market.

Median fair value
94.0
index, market = 100
Upside to median
-6.0%
Last close
$153.82
2026-09-18
Confidence
moderate
59/100
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
+33.0%
P75
+18.0%
Median
+1.0%
P25
-14.0%
P10
-32.0%

52% of modeled scenarios end positive.

Price-change and roll-yield distribution for the rolling futures benchmark, centred on partial convergence toward the modeled fair-value median with a small backwardation carry credit, and widened materially for supply-disruption and de-escalation tails.

Three years, annualised

modeled
P90
+17.0%
P75
+10.0%
Median
+2.0%
P25
-5.5%
P10
-14.0%

Three-year path anchored on the long-run marginal incentive price for non-OPEC supply, with roll yield allowed to turn negative if the curve reverts to contango.

Against the Treasury hurdle

1y Treasury
4.44%
Expected excess
-3.4%
Basis
proxy

The modeled one-year median return sits well below the 1-year Treasury par yield while carrying one of the widest distributions in this report. The comparison is marked proxy because a rolling futures benchmark is not a like-for-like total-return instrument.

Instruments

5 in this asset class

SymbolValuationFair valueLast close1y modeled
USO
US Crude Oil
-0.9Somewhat expensive94.0$153.82+1.0%
BNO
Brent Crude Oil
Unavailable$60.57
UNG
Natural Gas
Unavailable$10.41
XLE
US Energy Sector
Unavailable$64.31
XOP
Oil and Gas Producers
Unavailable$190.61