Sharemaestro company-news research for Meridian Berhad (5040), 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.

KLS Malaysia Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

5040 news sentiment

Meridian Berhad

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 14/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 3 current stories across 2 publishers
Latest weekly closeMYR 0.03week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update66/100 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 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 Bursa Reprimands Meridian Berhad And Director For Delaying Annual Report Submission BusinessToday Malaysia · 01 Aug 2026 18:35 · Source lookup

What supports the score

Direct evidence

3 current stories are mapped specifically to 5040.

What limits the score

Source breadth

Only 2 publishers currently contribute to the measured read.

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.002.

Confidence

Evidence confidence is 14/100, below the threshold for a firm classification.

50/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
14/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news3 company stories
99/100
Story agreement1/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
16 Jul: 1 stories24 Jul: 1 stories01 Aug: 1 stories 16 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories24 Jul: tone 43, 1 stories01 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 evidence0
0.002 after freshness weighting
Source breadth40
2 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness5
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement99
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix45
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 0.02, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.027 Feb 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.006 Mar 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.013 Mar 2026: close 0.03, indexed 150.020 Mar 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.027 Mar 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.003 Apr 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.010 Apr 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.017 Apr 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.024 Apr 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.001 May 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.008 May 2026: close 0.01, indexed 25.015 May 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.022 May 2026: close 0.01, indexed 50.029 May 2026: close 0.01, indexed 75.005 Jun 2026: close 0.01, indexed 50.012 Jun 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.019 Jun 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.026 Jun 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.003 Jul 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.010 Jul 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.017 Jul 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.024 Jul 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.031 Jul 2026: close 0.02, indexed 100.007 Aug 2026: close 0.03, indexed 125.0 26 Jun 2026: news score 48, close 0.03, 2 stories4803 Jul 2026: news score 49, close 0.03, 3 stories4910 Jul 2026: news score 49, close 0.03, 4 stories4917 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 0.03, 5 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 0.02, 4 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 0.02, 4 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 0.03, 3 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price+25.0%latest close 0.03
News score change+2first to latest comparable week
One-week response+25.0%Price confirming higher
Fair-value position-49.4%Below fair value
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650MYR 0.03+25.0%
31 Jul 202650MYR 0.02+0.0%
24 Jul 202650MYR 0.02-20.0%
17 Jul 202650MYR 0.03+0.0%
10 Jul 202649MYR 0.03+0.0%
03 Jul 202649MYR 0.03+0.0%
26 Jun 202648MYR 0.03+0.0%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Market update502 stories · 67%
Earnings501 stories · 33%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

45/100 independence
BusinessToday Malaysia502 stories · 67%
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 · 52 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+347 to 50 · Broadly stable
Observed range47–5050 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth3stories at latest stored reading · +2
Confidence14/100Provisional · -17
22 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 18:25
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 18:2550+014/100 (-12)3 (-2)Provisional
01 Aug 23:5950+026/100 (+2)5 (+1)Provisional
24 Jul 23:5950+024/100 (-2)4 (-1)Provisional
16 Jul 23:5950+126/100 (+2)5 (+1)Provisional
08 Jul 23:5949+024/100 (-3)4 (+1)Provisional
03 Jul 23:5949+127/100 (-3)3 (+1)Provisional
23 Jun 23:5948+130/100 (-1)2 (+1)Provisional
22 Jun 23:5947Start31/1001Provisional

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.

#243Tone
BusinessToday MalaysiaDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Auditors Flag Meridian’s RM57 Million Loss And Missing Records

Published
24 Jul 2026 06:17
News subject
Market update
Why this score
Negative financial language
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 2% · 20.5d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#350Tone
TradingViewDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Price to earnings forward of Meridian Berhad – MYX:MERIDIAN

Published
16 Jul 2026 16:24
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 65.3% · 28.1d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Earlier company news

5040 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