- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
HSM
LSE
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Samuel Heath & Sons plc · Industrials · Building Products & Equipment
Latest close
2.55 GBP
0.0%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -21.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -15.0% 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
23
out of 100
Latest Close
2.55 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
-15.0%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-21.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
53.8%
28 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.5x
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
0.0%
Latest completed week; four-week move -15.0%.
Indicator stack
30/29
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 8.79%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
1 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 -21.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -15.0% 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 1.5x 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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20 Feb
27 Feb
6 Mar
13 Mar
20 Mar
27 Mar
3 Apr
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17 Apr
24 Apr
1 May
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22 May
29 May
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26 Jun
3 Jul
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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 -0.0012-week average 0.01
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure-0.00Current 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 -15.0% over four weeks, -21.5% over 12 weeks, and -23.9% 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 year28
Trend breadth53.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.05Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-28.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-29.21Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-89.8%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 Mar 2026
Field coverage 88%
Model confidence 82%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength28/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 73; rank 1 is best.
Value34/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 67; rank 1 is best.
Quality35/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 66; rank 1 is best.
Momentum35/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 66; rank 1 is best.
Growth35/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 66; 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
- 44.4% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 4.5% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 6.4% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 4.9% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 0.4% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -77.0% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 18.0% 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
- -2.1x 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 1 relevant articles.
0 positive · 1 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-36.3%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.3%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 higher0 of 266 weeks finished lower.
Best week+0.0%Week of 27 Feb.
Worst week-15.0%Week of 31 Jul.
Latest week+0.0%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains0
Modest gains0
Flat weeks20
Modest losses2
Sharp losses4
Recent vol4.3%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split6/9Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.4% / -5.6%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 Industrials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average9.1%
Trend breadth46.0%
Trend46.0%active weekly trend signals
MD65.0%positive activity pressure
RS50.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Building Products & Equipment
4-week rank9 / 9
Group average8.1%
Trend breadth11.1%
Trend11.1%active weekly trend signals
MD77.8%positive activity pressure
RS33.3%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 tape26/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 26/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis18/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure -0.00; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 8.79%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 8.79% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors32/100O'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 1 relevant articles.
Samuel Heath & Sons PLC (HSM.L) stock price, news, quote and history 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 | 2.55 GBP | 0.0% | 3.26 GBP | 3.35 GBP | -1.05 | -29.21 | 712 | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 2.55 GBP | -15.0% | 3.29 GBP | 3.36 GBP | -0.95 | -29.55 | 4.0K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 3.00 GBP | 0.0% | 3.31 GBP | 3.37 GBP | -1.02 | -16.63 | 194 | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 3.00 GBP | 0.0% | 3.33 GBP | 3.38 GBP | -0.92 | -15.88 | 103 | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 3.00 GBP | 0.0% | 3.34 GBP | 3.39 GBP | -0.82 | -15.39 | 1.3K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 3.00 GBP | -7.7% | 3.35 GBP | 3.40 GBP | -0.86 | -17.14 | 0 | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.37 GBP | 3.40 GBP | -0.82 | -9.15 | 4 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.37 GBP | 3.41 GBP | -0.94 | -8.09 | 16 | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.38 GBP | 3.41 GBP | -1.04 | -9.23 | 16 | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.38 GBP | 3.42 GBP | -1.12 | -8.54 | 0 | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.39 GBP | 3.43 GBP | -1.15 | -9.12 | 10 | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.39 GBP | 3.43 GBP | -1.11 | -9.84 | 5 | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.39 GBP | 3.44 GBP | -1.06 | -7.71 | 2 | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 3.25 GBP | 0.0% | 3.39 GBP | 3.44 GBP | -0.91 | -8.26 | 2 | Off |
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.