FIG.1The Matrix, Unpopulated
a guessing game · you're shown a company at a moment in time, and you guess where it landed — twice.
x-axis — the company's valuation multiple at that time, divided by the S&P 500's multiple at that same time. Example: a stock at 40x forward earnings while the S&P 500 trades at 20x plots at 2x; a stock at 10x against the same 20x market plots at 0.5x. The dashed 1x line = priced exactly like the market of its day.
y-axis — the stock's annualized return versus the S&P 500 over the next 5 years, and then over the next 10 years, from that entry date.
how to play — each card gets two guesses. Guess 1: click where you think it landed over the next 5 years, and lock it in — the 5-year answer is revealed. Guess 2: with that answer on the board, click again for the 10-year window. Each guess is scored out of 100 on closeness. Worked example: dealt "MegaCo, 1998," your first click is MegaCo's 1998→2003 result (say you guess 2x · −10%/yr); after the reveal, your second click is its 1998→2008 result — same valuation, but did five more years redeem it or bury it? Recent entries where 10 years haven't elapsed are single-guess rounds.
Round 1
Score 0
Quadrant streak 0
Cards left
BATTERY
The Matrix
Where does it land?

Guess 1 of 2 — the next 5 years
Click the chart to place your guess.

Deck complete

values are approximate reconstructions, matched metric-for-metric where earnings exist (NTM P/E vs. S&P NTM P/E; EV/sales vs. market otherwise) · windows: 5 and 10 years forward from entry, annualized · the 10-year guess is skipped where the window hasn't elapsed · * = 5-year window still completing, measured to today · outcomes are measured to buyout/delisting where the ticker died inside a window; total losses pinned at −65%/yr, off-scale winners at +65 · ◆ = crypto, measured on fee/usage multiples · IPO-class entries priced from day-one close · this is a game, not investment advice