LUCK NYSE Week ended 24 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure

Latest close 6.88 USD
-7.2% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -14.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -7.2%, after a -12.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 52/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 47/100. Near-term considerations: earnings are due in 28d.

Setup score 23 out of 100
Latest Close 6.88 USD 24 Jul 2026
1W Return -7.2% latest completed week
4W Return -12.8% short-term follow-through
12W Return -11.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 13.5% 7 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.0x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Next-week expectancy is positive at 55.44% based on similar historical setup states.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -14.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -7.2%, after a -12.8% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 1.0x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.2312-week average 0.28

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure9/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.23Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -12.8% over four weeks, -11.3% over 12 weeks, and -33.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-7.2%
4W-12.8%
12W-11.3%
26W-20.3%
52W-33.2%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year7
Trend breadth13.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.79Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-262.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-24.98Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-56.7%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 30 Sep 2025 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 87%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength39/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 62; rank 1 is best.
Value68/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Quality30/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 71; rank 1 is best.
Momentum12/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 89; rank 1 is best.
Growth33/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 68; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Value-quality framework24/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.8x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
13.3x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
5.9%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
29.7%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
14.7%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
20.3%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
4.6%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
4.9%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-22.7%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
3/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
3.4%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
4.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
7.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
10.0x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningVolatility

LUCK shows volatility options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.00, expected move of 15.3%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction52/100
Expected move15.3%
Put/call volume0.00
Pressure100
Speculation0
Volatility96
Trend agreement0
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Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment47/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 63 relevant articles.

7 positive · 40 neutral · 16 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings28dNext report is scheduled for 27 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move15.3%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-37.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility7.8%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+18.1%Week of 13 Feb.
Worst week-19.6%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week-7.2%Week of 24 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains4
Flat weeks0
Modest losses5
Sharp losses9
Recent vol7.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol7.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/28Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew6.2% / -6.2%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
24 Jul 20266.88 USD-7.2%8.04 USD10.00 USD-0.79-24.98528.3KOff
17 Jul 20267.41 USD1.5%8.10 USD10.03 USD-0.38-20.54429.6KOff
10 Jul 20267.30 USD-5.2%8.15 USD10.05 USD-0.09-23.61574.2KOff
3 Jul 20267.70 USD-2.4%8.20 USD10.07 USD0.43-19.09411.0KOff
26 Jun 20267.89 USD4.0%8.23 USD10.09 USD0.48-15.94930.5KOff
19 Jun 20267.59 USD-13.4%8.22 USD10.11 USD0.50-21.531.0MOff
12 Jun 20268.76 USD14.8%8.20 USD10.14 USD0.69-9.37760.0KOff
5 Jun 20267.63 USD-6.8%8.17 USD10.15 USD0.56-20.98372.2KOff
29 May 20268.19 USD-8.2%8.18 USD10.18 USD0.69-17.86463.1KOff
22 May 20268.92 USD9.5%8.18 USD10.19 USD0.54-9.71372.9KOff
15 May 20268.15 USD-0.5%8.16 USD10.21 USD0.13-17.26459.7KOff
8 May 20268.18 USD5.5%8.18 USD10.23 USD0.15-17.17497.5KOff
1 May 20267.76 USD7.9%8.22 USD10.25 USD0.15-20.11217.6KOff
24 Apr 20267.19 USD-19.6%8.31 USD10.29 USD0.23-25.87328.4KOff
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.