Composite setup radar
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Risk-first tape
JNB Equity Snapshot
LHC Weekly Equity Report
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
Latest Close
1,027 ZAC
12 Jun 2026
1W Return
-4.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
-6.7%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-7.8%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
7.7%
4 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.9x
vs 13-week average
Company Brief
What the company does
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, operates as a private healthcare company in Southern Africa. It operates through Southern Africa Hospitals Services, Southern Africa - Complementary Services, Southern Africa - Healthcare Services, and International segments. The company operates acute hospitals; and Life Nkanyisa care centres that provide long-term chronic mental healthcare, frail care rehabilitation, step-down care, correctional services, primary healthcare, and substance abuse recovery programme services to patients in the public sector. It also offers mental health, acute rehabilitation, renal dialysis, oncology, and diagnostics services; and training for pharmacists, pharmacists' assistants, …
Snapshot
What the weekly tape is saying
LHC closed the latest completed week at 1,027 ZAC. The 4-week return is -6.7% and the 12-week return is -7.8%. Trend Signal is inactive, Market Dynamics is -0.49. Setup signature: Risk-first tape with a 19/100 composite read.
Trend Signal
Inactive
Market Dynamics
No fresh buy
Price vs Trend
-10.2%
Volume
0.9x
Setup Cockpit
A compressed read of the whole setup
The radar blends trend persistence, momentum, Market Dynamics, Relative Strength, volume confirmation, and risk control into one weekly cockpit.
Scoreboard
Trend
4
Persistence of active Trend Signal over the last year and current streak.
Momentum
28
Blend of 4-week and 12-week follow-through.
Dynamics
29
Latest Market Dynamics and whether pressure has improved over four weeks.
Relative Strength
0
Relative leadership and short-term RS change.
Volume
40
Participation compared with the 13-week volume baseline.
Risk Control
17
Drawdown and recent weekly volatility pressure.
16-week signal tape
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29 May
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Weekly return bar
Trend Signal dot
Positive Market Dynamics dot
Price Action
Price, Trend Line, and Fair Value
Weekly price context with the latest close, trend position, Fair Value gap, drawdown, and 52-week range location.
52-week price path
Price
Trend Line
Fair Value
Price map
- Trend Line
- 1,143 ZAC
- Vs Trend Line
- -10.2%
- Fair Value
- 1,478 ZAC
- Vs Fair Value
- -30.5%
- 52W High
- 1,460 ZAC
- 52W Low
- 1,000 ZAC
- Drawdown
- -29.7%
- Range Position
- 5.9%
Momentum
Returns and trend persistence
Return windows separate the latest week from short-term and medium-term follow-through.
Return windows
Trend read
- Active Streak
- 0 weeks
- 52W Active Weeks
- 4
- 52W Active Breadth
- 7.7%
- Sector Scope
- ZA Healthcare
- Sector Rank
- 6 of 8
- Sector Percentile
- 28.6%
Peer Context
Sector and industry pulse
Peer breadth helps separate a stock-specific move from a broader group rotation.
ZA Healthcare
- Tracked Peers
- 8
- 4W Rank
- 5 of 8
- Avg 1W
- -2.3%
- Avg 4W
- 1156.0%
- Trend Breadth
- 37.5%
- Positive MD
- 37.5%
ZA Medical Care Facilities
- Tracked Peers
- 3
- 4W Rank
- 2 of 3
- Avg 1W
- -4.8%
- Avg 4W
- -11.3%
- Trend Breadth
- 33.3%
- Positive RS
- 33.3%
Market Dynamics
Pressure, Relative Strength, and expectation
Market Dynamics and Relative Strength show whether buying pressure and relative leadership are confirming the price move.
Dynamics path
Market Dynamics
Relative Strength
Signal state
- Market Dynamics
- -0.49
- 4W MD Change
- -155.4%
- Relative Strength
- -17.56
- 4W RS Change
- 6.5%
- Expectation
- Undecided
- Probability
- 47.15%
Volume
Participation and confirmation
Volume tells us whether the latest weekly move is being confirmed by unusual participation.
52-week volume profile
Volume map
- Latest Volume
- 16.2M
- 13W Average
- 17.1M
- 52W Average
- 24.6M
- Vs 13W
- 0.9x
- Vs 52W
- 0.7x
Risk Anatomy
Volatility, downside weeks, and return shape
A compact risk profile shows whether the move is steady, volatile, or being driven by sharp one-week jumps.
26-week return distribution
Risk map
- 13W Volatility
- 4.5%
- 52W Volatility
- 4.2%
- Upside Weeks
- 25
- Downside Weeks
- 27
- Downside Breadth
- 51.9%
- Avg Gain / Loss
- 2.6% / -3.5%
Context
Classification, opportunities, risks, and watch points
Top-level read across company classification, constructive evidence, caution points, and the next things that matter.
Classification
- Exchange
- JNB
- Country
- ZA
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical Care Facilities
- Currency
- ZAC
- Market Cap
- 15.1B
Opportunity signals
- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and Market Dynamics.
Risk signals
- Trend Signal 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.
- Market Dynamics is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.
Watch next
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Market Dynamics is the pressure gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Weekly Tape
Recent completed weeks
The latest weekly rows behind the report snapshot.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend | Fair Value | MD | RS | Volume | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2026 | 1,027 ZAC | -4.0% | 1,143 ZAC | 1,478 ZAC | -0.49 | -17.56 | 16.2M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 1,070 ZAC | -5.8% | 1,148 ZAC | 1,484 ZAC | -0.14 | -16.37 | 18.2M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 1,136 ZAC | 2.3% | 1,152 ZAC | 1,489 ZAC | 0.30 | -10.99 | 14.1M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 1,110 ZAC | 0.8% | 1,154 ZAC | 1,495 ZAC | 0.61 | -14.81 | 13.8M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 1,101 ZAC | -11.1% | 1,157 ZAC | 1,500 ZAC | 0.89 | -18.77 | 21.1M | On |
| 1 May 2026 | 1,238 ZAC | -0.1% | 1,161 ZAC | 1,506 ZAC | 1.16 | -7.59 | 5.8M | On |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 1,239 ZAC | -2.0% | 1,159 ZAC | 1,511 ZAC | 1.06 | -9.46 | 11.4M | On |
| 17 Apr 2026 | 1,264 ZAC | 3.4% | 1,155 ZAC | 1,517 ZAC | 0.82 | -11.94 | 20.4M | Off |
| 10 Apr 2026 | 1,223 ZAC | 3.6% | 1,151 ZAC | 1,522 ZAC | 0.50 | -13.99 | 17.1M | Off |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 1,180 ZAC | 5.1% | 1,156 ZAC | 1,526 ZAC | 0.26 | -15.69 | 15.7M | Off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 1,123 ZAC | 4.4% | 1,160 ZAC | 1,531 ZAC | 0.28 | -17.44 | 17.0M | Off |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 1,076 ZAC | -3.4% | 1,168 ZAC | 1,536 ZAC | 0.58 | -20.36 | 31.5M | Off |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 1,114 ZAC | -1.7% | 1,178 ZAC | 1,541 ZAC | 0.88 | -21.74 | 20.6M | Off |
| 6 Mar 2026 | 1,133 ZAC | -6.5% | 1,187 ZAC | 1,546 ZAC | 0.98 | -22.24 | 40.0M | Off |