- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Latest close
12.94 CAD
2.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -10.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 19.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a -1.3% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 48/100.
Setup score
35
out of 100
Latest Close
12.94 CAD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
2.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
-1.3%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-5.4%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
61.5%
32 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.2x
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
2.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move -1.3%.
Indicator stack
34/37
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.
News sentiment
48/100
11 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 -10.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 19.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a -1.3% 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 1.2x 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 0.0612-week average 0.15
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 pressure0.06Current 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 -1.3% over four weeks, -5.4% over 12 weeks, and -16.1% 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 year32
Trend breadth61.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.80Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change21.3%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-21.90Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-4.1%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 expensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 82%
Model confidence 77%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength12/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 89; rank 1 is best.
Value19/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 82; rank 1 is best.
Quality65/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 36; rank 1 is best.
Momentum10/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.
Growth25/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 76; 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.
Value-quality framework25/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 26.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 2.6x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 17.8x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 3.3% 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
- 8.9% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 10.6% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 51.2% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 2.5% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -0.2% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 3.8% 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
- 7.0% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 7.0% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.5x 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 sentiment48/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 11 relevant articles.
1 positive · 7 neutral · 3 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-21.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.8%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.
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Weeks higher11 of 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+3.2%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-10.2%Week of 8 May.
Latest week+2.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains0
Modest gains11
Flat weeks0
Modest losses13
Sharp losses2
Recent vol2.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew1.8% / -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.
SectorCA Consumer Cyclical
4-week rank34 / 50
Group average0.1%
Trend breadth50.0%
Trend50.0%active weekly trend signals
MD56.0%positive activity pressure
RS28.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryCA Restaurants
4-week rank4 / 7
Group average-0.9%
Trend breadth42.9%
Trend42.9%active weekly trend signals
MD42.9%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.
Weekly tape34/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 34/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis9/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.06; No reversal markers Factors26/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 63; Small Cap Core rank 72 SVQF25/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 228.0 of 304 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment48/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 11 relevant articles.
PIZZA PIZZA ROYALTY CORP. ANNOUNCES JULY DIVIDEND and TIMING OF SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS 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 | 12.94 CAD | 2.6% | 14.43 CAD | 13.08 CAD | -0.80 | -21.90 | 345.3K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 12.61 CAD | 0.2% | 14.52 CAD | 13.08 CAD | -0.94 | -22.05 | 249.3K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 12.58 CAD | -0.8% | 14.61 CAD | 13.08 CAD | -0.94 | -23.17 | 316.4K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 12.68 CAD | -3.3% | 14.69 CAD | 13.08 CAD | -0.97 | -22.96 | 350.7K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 13.11 CAD | -0.8% | 14.77 CAD | 13.08 CAD | -1.02 | -21.03 | 190.0K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 13.22 CAD | 1.3% | 14.84 CAD | 13.07 CAD | -1.11 | -20.78 | 41.1K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 13.05 CAD | -0.8% | 14.89 CAD | 13.06 CAD | -1.19 | -21.68 | 34.2K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 13.15 CAD | 1.4% | 14.95 CAD | 13.06 CAD | -1.16 | -21.55 | 24.3K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 12.97 CAD | 2.8% | 14.99 CAD | 13.05 CAD | -1.06 | -23.02 | 115.4K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 12.61 CAD | -0.9% | 15.02 CAD | 13.05 CAD | -0.97 | -24.48 | 88.2K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 12.73 CAD | 1.3% | 15.06 CAD | 13.05 CAD | -0.82 | -25.03 | 395.6K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 12.57 CAD | -8.1% | 15.14 CAD | 13.04 CAD | -0.67 | -25.84 | 1.1M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 13.68 CAD | -1.8% | 15.23 CAD | 13.04 CAD | -0.64 | -18.31 | 438.9K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 13.92 CAD | -10.2% | 15.28 CAD | 13.03 CAD | -0.53 | -17.84 | 1.1M | 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.