PIC-A TOR Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Premium Income Corporation · Financial Services · Asset Management

Latest close 10.84 CAD
1.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 15.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 73.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.8%, after a -1.0% 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 51/100.

Setup score 66 out of 100
Latest Close 10.84 CAD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.8% latest completed week
4W Return -1.0% short-term follow-through
12W Return 13.0% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 100.0% 52 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.0x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 58-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
  • Next-week expectancy is positive at 63.84% based on similar historical setup states.
What could go wrong
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • 3 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
  • Recent volatility is running well above the one-year baseline.
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 active. Price is 15.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 73.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.8%, after a -1.0% 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
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 0.9512-week average 0.94

12-week confirmation

Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure11/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.95Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers33 reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. 3 reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -1.0% over four weeks, 13.0% over 12 weeks, and 106.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 58 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.8%
4W-1.0%
12W13.0%
26W33.7%
52W106.3%
Active trend streak58 weeks
Active weeks in one year52
Trend breadth100.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.11Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-108.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership19.69Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-32.8%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 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Apr 2026 Field coverage 64% Model confidence 62%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength36/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 65; rank 1 is best.
Value42/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 59; rank 1 is best.
Quality44/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 57; rank 1 is best.
Momentum45/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 56; rank 1 is best.
Growth45/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 56; 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.

Valuation

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

P/E
2.2x
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
-9.0%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
-
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
-
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-
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
-
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-8.9%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-136.3%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
2/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
7.3%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
19.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
26.3%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
0.0x
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.

Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment51/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 11 relevant articles.

2 positive · 8 neutral · 1 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-15.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility6.1%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 higher17 of 269 weeks finished lower.
Best week+9.6%Week of 22 May.
Worst week-16.1%Week of 3 Jul.
Latest week+1.8%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains7
Modest gains10
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses3
Recent vol6.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split34/18Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.5% / -2.4%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
7 Aug 202610.84 CAD1.8%9.41 CAD5.36 CAD-0.1119.69310.5KOn
31 Jul 202610.65 CAD0.9%9.32 CAD5.32 CAD0.2022.47264.8KOn
24 Jul 202610.56 CAD-4.8%9.20 CAD5.28 CAD0.4522.05346.8KOn
17 Jul 202611.09 CAD1.3%9.08 CAD5.23 CAD1.0029.75549.0KOn
10 Jul 202610.95 CAD3.6%8.95 CAD5.19 CAD1.2629.31399.4KOn
3 Jul 202610.57 CAD-16.1%8.82 CAD5.14 CAD1.4726.23265.6KOn
26 Jun 202612.60 CAD3.8%8.69 CAD5.10 CAD1.6253.09480.4KOn
19 Jun 202612.14 CAD7.7%8.49 CAD5.05 CAD1.3749.80297.7KOn
12 Jun 202611.28 CAD5.0%8.30 CAD4.99 CAD1.3341.29278.4KOn
5 Jun 202610.74 CAD2.6%8.13 CAD4.95 CAD1.2238.45162.7KOn
29 May 202610.47 CAD-0.5%7.98 CAD4.91 CAD1.2035.27163.1KOn
22 May 202610.52 CAD9.6%7.84 CAD4.87 CAD1.2238.71311.6KOn
15 May 20269.60 CAD0.8%7.69 CAD4.83 CAD0.8130.56307.7KOn
8 May 20269.52 CAD-1.0%7.58 CAD4.80 CAD0.5530.10280.2KOn
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