- The trend backdrop is active with a 23-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.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Hargreaves Services Plc · Industrials · Conglomerates
Latest close
798.0 GBP
0.3%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is active. Price is 2.3% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a -0.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100.
Setup score
57
out of 100
Latest Close
798.0 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.3%
latest completed week
4W Return
-0.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-2.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
63.5%
33 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
4.1x
vs 13-week average
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- 2 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
- Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.
- 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
0.3%
Latest completed week; four-week move -0.5%.
Indicator stack
80/4
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
50/100
10 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 active. Price is 2.3% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a -0.5% 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 4.1x 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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27 Mar
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24 Apr
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Up week
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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 0.6312-week average 0.75
12-week confirmation
Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership9/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.63Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers22 reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. 2 reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is -0.5% over four weeks, -2.7% over 12 weeks, and 3.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 23 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak23 weeks
Active weeks in one year33
Trend breadth63.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.64Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-426.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-0.64Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-123.6%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 30 Nov 2025
Field coverage 91%
Model confidence 68%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength52/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Value88/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 13; rank 1 is best.
Quality11/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 90; rank 1 is best.
Momentum17/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 84; rank 1 is best.
Growth94/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 7; 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 framework22/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 16.6x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.3x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 10.3% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 20.7% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 5.6% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 9.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 5.3% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 25.2% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 19.5% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 26.9% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 7/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 4.8% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 4.8% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.1x 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 10 relevant articles.
0 positive · 10 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-6.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.2%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 higher11 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+7.6%Week of 27 Mar.
Worst week-7.8%Week of 20 Mar.
Latest week+0.3%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains8
Flat weeks3
Modest losses10
Sharp losses2
Recent vol2.2%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.0% / -2.8%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 rank78 / 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 Conglomerates
4-week rank5 / 8
Group average-0.2%
Trend breadth50.0%
Trend50.0%active weekly trend signals
MD0.0%positive activity pressure
RS12.5%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 tape57/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 57/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis66/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 6/12, relative leadership 9/12.
Activity pressure 0.63; 2 reversal markers Factors41/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 76; Small Cap Core rank 25 SVQF22/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 202.0 of 260 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 10 relevant articles.
Earnings Flash (HSP.L) Hargreaves Services PLC Reports FY26 Revenue GBP351.4M 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 | 798.0 GBP | 0.3% | 779.9 GBP | 618.1 GBP | -0.64 | -0.64 | 605.0K | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 796.0 GBP | 2.1% | 775.3 GBP | 616.0 GBP | -0.61 | -0.88 | 438.5K | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 780.0 GBP | -2.5% | 770.7 GBP | 613.7 GBP | -0.37 | -1.89 | 102.0K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 800.0 GBP | -0.2% | 766.6 GBP | 611.6 GBP | 0.14 | 1.68 | 102.1K | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 802.0 GBP | -2.0% | 762.2 GBP | 609.5 GBP | 0.19 | 2.71 | 54.5K | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 818.0 GBP | -2.2% | 757.6 GBP | 606.9 GBP | 0.22 | 2.76 | 9.6K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 836.0 GBP | 5.8% | 752.0 GBP | 604.2 GBP | 0.07 | 6.50 | 131.6K | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 790.0 GBP | -0.8% | 746.0 GBP | 601.4 GBP | -0.21 | 1.99 | 13.4K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 796.0 GBP | 0.3% | 741.0 GBP | 598.9 GBP | -0.16 | 1.74 | 21.3K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 794.0 GBP | 0.0% | 736.8 GBP | 596.5 GBP | -0.10 | 2.53 | 28.5K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 794.0 GBP | -0.3% | 731.5 GBP | 594.2 GBP | 0.02 | 2.12 | 104.2K | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 796.0 GBP | -2.9% | 726.9 GBP | 591.6 GBP | 0.23 | 1.78 | 115.0K | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 820.0 GBP | 1.0% | 722.7 GBP | 589.0 GBP | 0.32 | 7.68 | 183.4K | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 812.0 GBP | 2.5% | 717.3 GBP | 586.2 GBP | 0.35 | 6.47 | 195.3K | On |
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.