Sharemaestro company-news research for 4imprint Group plc (FOUR), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.

LSE United Kingdom Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

FOUR news sentiment

4imprint Group plc

Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.

30-day score50Neutral is 50
Early balanced news score 20/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 4 current stories across 4 publishers
Latest weekly closeGBP 4924.00week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update71/100 share of current news
News data statusStored0 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

4 company-specific stories are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.

Observed headline tone50/100 Reliability-adjusted score50/100

Freshness, source quality and evidence depth temper uncertain readings toward 50; confidence remains a separate reliability measure.

Latest source headline H1: 4imprint® Provided Nearly 1,700 one by one® Grants in Second Quarter of 2026 01net · 07 Aug 2026 13:22 · Source lookup

What supports the score

Direct evidence

4 current stories are mapped specifically to FOUR.

Source breadth

The read spans 4 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.

What limits the score

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.032.

Confidence

Evidence confidence is 20/100, below the threshold for a firm classification.

50/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
20/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news4 company stories
99/100
Story agreement1/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
20 Jul: 1 stories28 Jul: 1 stories01 Aug: 1 stories07 Aug: 1 stories 20 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories28 Jul: tone 59, 1 stories01 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories07 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories 95505
15 Jul30 Jul13 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline

Confidence

How reliable the score is

Separate from direction

Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.

Amount of evidence1
0.032 after freshness weighting
Source breadth80
4 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness34
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement99
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix6
less reliance on one publisher

Price and news history

News score and weekly price over 26 weeks

Early company-news score

Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.

One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb 2026: close 3838.77, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 4028.71, indexed 104.927 Feb 2026: close 3973.73, indexed 103.506 Mar 2026: close 3878.76, indexed 101.013 Mar 2026: close 3483.89, indexed 90.820 Mar 2026: close 3428.9, indexed 89.327 Mar 2026: close 3388.92, indexed 88.303 Apr 2026: close 3523.87, indexed 91.810 Apr 2026: close 3636.84, indexed 94.717 Apr 2026: close 3864.77, indexed 100.724 Apr 2026: close 3760.8, indexed 98.001 May 2026: close 3620.0, indexed 94.308 May 2026: close 3834.0, indexed 99.915 May 2026: close 3616.0, indexed 94.222 May 2026: close 3738.0, indexed 97.429 May 2026: close 3648.0, indexed 95.005 Jun 2026: close 3748.0, indexed 97.612 Jun 2026: close 3722.0, indexed 97.019 Jun 2026: close 3740.0, indexed 97.426 Jun 2026: close 3746.0, indexed 97.603 Jul 2026: close 3790.0, indexed 98.710 Jul 2026: close 3712.0, indexed 96.717 Jul 2026: close 3938.0, indexed 102.624 Jul 2026: close 3948.0, indexed 102.831 Jul 2026: close 4118.0, indexed 107.307 Aug 2026: close 4924.0, indexed 128.3 26 Jun 2026: news score 50, close 3746.0, 1 stories5003 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 3790.0, 1 stories5010 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 3712.0, 2 stories5017 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 3938.0, 2 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 3948.0, 2 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 4118.0, 3 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 4924.0, 4 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price+28.3%latest close 4924.0
News score change+0first to latest comparable week
One-week response+19.6%Price confirming higher
Fair-value position+8.4%Near fair-value range
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650GBP 4924.0+19.6%
31 Jul 202650GBP 4118.0+4.3%
24 Jul 202650GBP 3948.0+0.3%
17 Jul 202650GBP 3938.0+6.1%
10 Jul 202650GBP 3712.0-2.1%
03 Jul 202650GBP 3790.0+1.2%
26 Jun 202650GBP 3746.0+0.2%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Market update523 stories · 75%
Earnings501 stories · 25%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

6/100 independence
DirectorsTalk Interviews591 stories · 25%
01net501 stories · 25%
Stockopedia501 stories · 25%
Kalkine Media501 stories · 25%

Recurring subjects

Subjects appearing most often

Current evidence

Topic structure will appear when classified tags are present in the current feed.

Earlier readings

How the score has changed

7 comparable readings · 53 days
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
Comparable move+050 to 50 · Broadly stable
Observed range50–5150 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth4stories at latest stored reading · +3
Confidence20/100Provisional · -6
21 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 17:21
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious

Changes in the stored score

Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.

ObservedScoreMoveConfidenceStoriesStatus
13 Aug 17:2150+020/100 (-8)4 (0)Provisional
07 Aug 23:5950+028/100 (+2)4 (0)Provisional
01 Aug 23:5950-126/100 (-1)4 (+1)Provisional
28 Jul 23:5951+127/100 (+2)3 (0)Provisional
20 Jul 23:5950+025/100 (-3)3 (+1)Provisional
04 Jul 23:5950+028/100 (+2)2 (+1)Provisional
21 Jun 23:5950Start26/1001Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-4 of 4

Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.

Earlier company news

FOUR news archive

Showing 1-2 of 2 stored headlines

Stored newest first for historical research. These older headlines are retained for reference and do not contribute to the current sentiment gauge above. Where an early legacy import did not retain its canonical URL, the headline links to an exact publisher-aware source lookup instead of inventing an article address.

How the page works

How to read the score

The score shows direction

It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.

Confidence is separate

Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme.

Price is confirmation

Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.

What the page does

It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.

Evidence context