STU NZE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Steel & Tube Holdings Limited · Basic Materials · Steel

Latest close 0.35 NZD
1.4% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -20.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 7.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.4%, after a 7.6% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 28 out of 100
Latest Close 0.35 NZD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.4% latest completed week
4W Return 7.6% short-term follow-through
12W Return -2.7% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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.
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 34.87% based on similar historical setup states.
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 -20.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 7.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.4%, after a 7.6% 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 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul 7 Aug
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 0.0212-week average 0.00

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure4/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.02Current 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 7.6% over four weeks, -2.7% over 12 weeks, and -49.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.4%
4W7.6%
12W-2.7%
26W-46.6%
52W-49.3%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.43Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change266.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-36.79Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change16.9%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

A published fundamentals and factor snapshot is not available for this company.

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No published fundamental snapshot is available for this company.

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 35 relevant articles.

8 positive · 21 neutral · 6 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 earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move-Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-51.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.8%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 higher6 of 2618 weeks finished lower.
Best week+7.6%Week of 17 Jul.
Worst week-12.9%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week+1.4%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains3
Flat weeks2
Modest losses9
Sharp losses9
Recent vol4.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split18/30Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.6% / -3.7%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.

IndustryNZ Steel
4-week rank2 / 2
Group average10.2%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD100.0%positive activity pressure
RS0.0%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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 20260.35 NZD1.4%0.45 NZD0.79 NZD0.43-36.79165.8KOff
31 Jul 20260.35 NZD4.5%0.46 NZD0.80 NZD0.29-37.96212.1KOff
24 Jul 20260.34 NZD-5.6%0.47 NZD0.80 NZD0.13-41.79263.2KOff
17 Jul 20260.35 NZD7.6%0.48 NZD0.81 NZD0.00-38.85315.4KOff
10 Jul 20260.33 NZD0.0%0.49 NZD0.81 NZD-0.26-44.25206.3KOff
3 Jul 20260.33 NZD-5.7%0.50 NZD0.82 NZD-0.45-44.32150.1KOff
26 Jun 20260.35 NZD6.1%0.51 NZD0.82 NZD-0.68-41.1813.3KOff
19 Jun 20260.33 NZD-8.3%0.52 NZD0.83 NZD-0.97-45.21370.1KOff
12 Jun 20260.36 NZD-2.7%0.53 NZD0.83 NZD-1.23-40.60102.8KOff
5 Jun 20260.37 NZD-1.3%0.54 NZD0.83 NZD-1.39-38.5861.9KOff
29 May 20260.38 NZD1.4%0.55 NZD0.84 NZD-1.38-38.83301.4KOff
22 May 20260.37 NZD1.4%0.56 NZD0.84 NZD-1.39-39.14171.1KOff
15 May 20260.36 NZD-6.4%0.57 NZD0.85 NZD-1.39-40.46470.6KOff
8 May 20260.39 NZD-1.3%0.58 NZD0.85 NZD-1.34-38.07853.8KOff
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.

Evidence context