News Sentiment

JHD sentiment intelligence

James Halstead plc news scored across direct company coverage, industry context, sector read-through, source quality, and freshness.

Weighted score 56 Balanced news tone 10 relevant articles
Exchange LSE United Kingdom
Sector Industrials Market context
Industry Building Products & Equipment Read-through group
Latest close 124.60 Week of 10 Jul 2026
Weighted tone 56/100

Balanced news tone

Market reaction Balanced read

News tone and price action are not far from neutral.

Primary event Market update

78/100 classification confidence.

Company focus 10

directly relevant articles

Source quality 0

high-authority source matches

Trend context Trend inactive

-3.4% over one week, -3.3% over four weeks, trend inactive, and below fair value.

Latest direct headline Neutral

James Halstead Leads The Pack Of 3 UK Penny Stocks

Market Reaction

Balanced read

64/100 confidence

News tone and price action are not far from neutral.

Primary event Market update 78/100 classification
One-week reaction -3.4% Price reacting lower
Trend fit Trend inactive -3.3% over four weeks
Fair value -26.1% Below fair value
Value support

Sentiment Mix

Positive, neutral, negative

Weighted by relevance
Positive 3
Neutral 7
Negative 0

Relevance

Why the article matched

Direct first
Direct company coverage 10
Industry context 0
Sector context 0

Sources

Coverage mix

Publishers
Market source 3
Investors' Chronicle 2
London South East 1
AJ Bell 1
simplywall.st 1
MoneyWeek 1
Hargreaves Lansdown 1

Event Lens

What the news is about

Classified themes
Market update 5
Capital return 5

Sentiment Trail

Score over time

50 baseline
Above 50 Neutral zone Below 50

News Tape

Relevant headlines

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