Sharemaestro company-news research for Northern Bear PLC (NTBR), 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

NTBR news sentiment

Northern Bear 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 17/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 3 current stories across 3 publishers
Latest weekly closeGBP 123.00week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectEarnings66/100 share of current news
News data statusStored0 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

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

Observed headline tone56/100 Reliability-adjusted score50/100

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

Latest source headline Northern Bear Posts 2026 Annual Report and Sets Date for In‑Person AGM TipRanks · 07 Aug 2026 07:11 · Source lookup

What supports the score

Direct evidence

3 current stories are mapped specifically to NTBR.

Source breadth

The read spans 3 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.

What limits the score

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.036.

Confidence

Evidence confidence is 17/100, below the threshold for a firm classification.

50/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
17/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news3 company stories
93/100
Story agreement7/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
23 Jul: 1 stories02 Aug: 1 stories07 Aug: 1 stories 23 Jul: tone 66, 1 stories02 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
0.036 after freshness weighting
Source breadth60
3 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness13
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement93
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix63
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 130.0, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 117.0, indexed 90.027 Feb 2026: close 116.5, indexed 89.606 Mar 2026: close 106.5, indexed 81.913 Mar 2026: close 106.0, indexed 81.520 Mar 2026: close 97.5, indexed 75.027 Mar 2026: close 106.5, indexed 81.903 Apr 2026: close 102.5, indexed 78.810 Apr 2026: close 107.5, indexed 82.717 Apr 2026: close 122.5, indexed 94.224 Apr 2026: close 114.5, indexed 88.101 May 2026: close 111.0, indexed 85.408 May 2026: close 112.0, indexed 86.215 May 2026: close 106.5, indexed 81.922 May 2026: close 110.0, indexed 84.629 May 2026: close 110.5, indexed 85.005 Jun 2026: close 106.5, indexed 81.912 Jun 2026: close 109.0, indexed 83.819 Jun 2026: close 102.5, indexed 78.826 Jun 2026: close 102.0, indexed 78.503 Jul 2026: close 102.5, indexed 78.810 Jul 2026: close 99.0, indexed 76.217 Jul 2026: close 112.5, indexed 86.524 Jul 2026: close 117.0, indexed 90.031 Jul 2026: close 117.5, indexed 90.407 Aug 2026: close 123.0, indexed 94.6 03 Jul 2026: news score 51, close 102.5, 3 stories5110 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 99.0, 3 stories5017 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 112.5, 4 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 52, close 117.0, 5 stories5231 Jul 2026: news score 51, close 117.5, 3 stories5107 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 123.0, 4 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price-5.4%latest close 123.0
News score change-1first to latest comparable week
One-week response+4.7%Price confirming higher
Fair-value position+60.8%Materially above fair value
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650GBP 123.0+4.7%
31 Jul 202651GBP 117.5+0.4%
24 Jul 202652GBP 117.0+4.0%
17 Jul 202650GBP 112.5+13.6%
10 Jul 202650GBP 99.0-3.4%
03 Jul 202651GBP 102.5+0.5%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Earnings
Earnings572 stories · 67%
Market update501 stories · 33%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

63/100 independence
Investing.com UK661 stories · 33%
TipRanks501 stories · 33%
TradingView501 stories · 33%

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

8 comparable readings · 47 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-252 to 50 · Broadly stable
Observed range50–5350 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth3stories at latest stored reading · +2
Confidence17/100Provisional · -12
27 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 18:28
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 18:2850+017/100 (-7)3 (-1)Provisional
07 Aug 23:5950-124/100 (-2)4 (+1)Provisional
02 Aug 23:5951-226/100 (-7)3 (-2)Provisional
23 Jul 23:5953+333/100 (+11)5 (+1)Provisional
14 Jul 23:5950-122/100 (-5)4 (+1)Provisional
02 Jul 23:5951+027/100 (-2)3 (+1)Provisional
29 Jun 23:5951-129/100 (0)2 (+1)Provisional
27 Jun 23:5952Start29/1001Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-3 of 3

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.

#150Tone
TipRanksDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Northern Bear Posts 2026 Annual Report and Sets Date for In‑Person AGM

Published
07 Aug 2026 07:11
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 18.5% · 6.5d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#250Tone
TradingViewDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

REG - Northern Bear Plc - Preliminary Results

Published
02 Aug 2026 04:39
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 46.1% · 11.6d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#366Tone
Investing.com UKDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Northern Bear reports 10% revenue growth to £86.1m in FY26

Published
23 Jul 2026 21:12
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Operating growth
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 35.5% · 20.9d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Earlier company news

NTBR news archive

Showing 1-4 of 4 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