News Sentiment

WHL sentiment intelligence

Woolworths Holdings Limited news scored across direct company coverage, industry context, sector read-through, source quality, and freshness.

Weighted score 53 Balanced news tone 23 relevant articles
Exchange JNB South Africa
Sector Consumer Cyclical Market context
Industry Department Stores Read-through group
Latest close 5321.00 Week of 19 Jun 2026
Weighted tone 53/100

Balanced news tone

Market reaction Price moving ahead of tone

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update

87/100 classification confidence.

Company focus 23

directly relevant articles

Source quality 3

high-authority source matches

Trend context Trend inactive

+8.4% over one week, +5.1% over four weeks, trend inactive, and near fair-value range.

Latest direct headline Neutral

Woolworths Holdings to list on A2X

Market Reaction

Price moving ahead of tone

64/100 confidence

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update 87/100 classification
One-week reaction 8.4% Price confirming higher
Trend fit Trend inactive 5.1% over four weeks
Fair value -11.6% Near fair-value range

Sentiment Mix

Positive, neutral, negative

Weighted by relevance
Positive 5
Neutral 18
Negative 0

Relevance

Why the article matched

Direct first
Direct company coverage 23
Industry context 0
Sector context 0

Sources

Coverage mix

Publishers
AD HOC NEWS 4
simplywall.st 4
Reuters 3
businessreport.co.za 2
News24 2
Market source 2
Business Day 1
Investing.com 1

Event Lens

What the news is about

Classified themes
Market update 18
Earnings 3
Macro sensitivity 1
Balance sheet 1

Sentiment Trail

Score over time

50 baseline
Above 50 Neutral zone Below 50

News Tape

Relevant headlines

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businessreport.co.za Direct company coverage

Woolworths Holdings to list on A2X

Tone
Neutral 50/100
Event
Market update
Published
20 Jun 2026 01:07
Source
businessreport.co.za
Business Tech Direct company coverage

Woolworths under pressure

Tone
Neutral 50/100
Event
Market update
Published
04 Mar 2026 08:00
Source
Business Tech