- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
- Latest weekly return ranks in the strongest part of its sector group.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Ingenta plc · Technology · Software - Application
Latest close
0.68 GBP
11.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -26.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 13.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 11.6%, after a 3.1% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100.
Setup score
32
out of 100
Latest Close
0.68 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
11.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
3.1%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-29.1%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
78.8%
41 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.9x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- 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.
Price follow-through
11.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move 3.1%.
Indicator stack
43/25
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Negative 28.78%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
4 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -26.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 13.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 11.6%, after a 3.1% four-week move.
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 1.9x the 13-week average. Participation is unusually strong and confirms that the move is attracting attention.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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27 Mar
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24 Apr
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Up week
Down week
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 0.1712-week average 0.37
12-week confirmation
Trend active1/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership4/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.17Current 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 3.1% over four weeks, -29.1% over 12 weeks, and 18.6% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year41
Trend breadth78.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.41Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change8.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-27.31Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-0.8%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
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.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 85%
Model confidence 68%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength54/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 47; rank 1 is best.
Value51/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Quality52/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Momentum53/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Growth53/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
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.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- - Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- - Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 52.0% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 15.0% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 15.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- - Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 0.7% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 36.0% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 3.6% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 6/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- - Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- - Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- - Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -2.4x 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.
Insider activity-
No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.
News sentiment50/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 4 relevant articles.
0 positive · 4 neutral · 0 negativePatient 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 earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move-Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-49.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility9.6%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
13 Feb
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher11 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+15.3%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-31.5%Week of 26 Jun.
Latest week+11.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains9
Modest gains2
Flat weeks1
Modest losses5
Sharp losses9
Recent vol9.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol9.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split21/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew8.5% / -5.2%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.
SectorGB Technology
4-week rank42 / 100
Group average2.8%
Trend breadth37.0%
Trend37.0%active weekly trend signals
MD58.0%positive activity pressure
RS34.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Software - Application
4-week rank20 / 52
Group average2.3%
Trend breadth23.1%
Trend23.1%active weekly trend signals
MD61.5%positive activity pressure
RS17.3%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
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.
Weekly tape32/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 32/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis20/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 1/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 4/12.
Activity pressure 0.17; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 28.78%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 28.78% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors52/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 50 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 4 relevant articles.
Price to earnings forward of Ingenta plc – LSE:ING Insiders50/100No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.
Earnings50/100No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 0.68 GBP | 11.6% | 0.91 GBP | 0.93 GBP | -1.41 | -27.31 | 291.2K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 0.60 GBP | -0.8% | 0.93 GBP | 0.93 GBP | -1.55 | -34.66 | 359.0K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.61 GBP | -6.2% | 0.94 GBP | 0.93 GBP | -1.67 | -33.45 | 101.1K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 0.65 GBP | -0.8% | 0.95 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.59 | -28.30 | 125.1K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 0.66 GBP | 3.1% | 0.95 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.54 | -27.09 | 201.9K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 0.64 GBP | 4.1% | 0.96 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.54 | -30.64 | 77.2K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 0.61 GBP | -31.5% | 0.97 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.45 | -32.48 | 321.0K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 0.89 GBP | -3.8% | 0.98 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.44 | -0.37 | 27.8K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 0.93 GBP | 0.0% | 0.98 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.38 | 2.88 | 25.5K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.93 GBP | -2.6% | 0.98 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.30 | 4.36 | 100.6K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 0.95 GBP | -5.1% | 0.98 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.15 | 7.28 | 98.9K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 1.00 GBP | 5.1% | 0.98 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.10 | 13.12 | 142.4K | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 0.95 GBP | -3.9% | 0.97 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -1.03 | 11.16 | 101.3K | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 0.99 GBP | 2.5% | 0.96 GBP | 0.94 GBP | -0.86 | 15.82 | 164.7K | On |
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.