GNC LSE Week ended 24 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Name: GNC weekly investor report
Creator: Sharemaestro
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Greencore Group plc · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

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Latest close 247.2 GBP

13.3% latest week

Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is 2.2% above the Trend Line and sits at 48.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 13.3%, after a 19.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 55/100.

Setup score 50 out of 100

Latest Close 247.2 GBP 24 Jul 2026

1W Return 13.3% latest completed week

4W Return 19.5% short-term follow-through

12W Return 0.1% quarterly tape

Trend Breadth 67.3% 35 of 52 weeks active

Volume Ratio 1.7x vs 13-week average

What is working

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.
Latest weekly return ranks in the strongest part of its sector group.

What could go wrong

The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.

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.

Price follow-through 13.3% Latest completed week; four-week move 19.5%. Indicator stack 37/46 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 55/100 22 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.

01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is 2.2% above the Trend Line and sits at 48.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 13.3%, after a 19.5% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value

Price Trend Line Fair Value

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Close Trend Fair

191.3 GBP 48.1% 307.5 GBP

Range location48.1%Shows where the latest close sits between the 52-week low and high.

Trend distance2.2%Price premium or discount versus the weekly Trend Line.

Fair-value gap34.2%Premium demand or model discount versus Sharemaestro Fair Value.

High-water gap-19.6%Distance from the latest 52-week high.

02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 1.7x 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

23 Jan 30 Jan 6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 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

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 0.0812-week average 0.26

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 pressure0.08Current 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 19.5% over four weeks, 0.1% over 12 weeks, and 3.9% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W13.3%

4W19.5%

12W0.1%

26W-9.6%

52W3.9%

Active trend streak0 weeks

Active weeks in one year35

Trend breadth67.3%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership

Pressure-0.49Latest activity-pressure read.

Pressure change64.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.

Leadership-5.67Latest relative-leadership reading.

RS change72.8%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 30 Sep 2025 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 87%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength3/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 98; rank 1 is best.

Value10/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.

Quality10/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.

Momentum16/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 85; rank 1 is best.

Growth89/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 12; 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.

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: 34.0x
Price / sales: 1.0x
EV / EBITDA: 18.3x
Free-cash-flow yield: 4.2%

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin: 32.5%
Operating margin: 6.7%
Free-cash-flow margin: 6.3%
Return on invested capital: 4.1%

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth: 7.7%
EPS growth: 29.4%
Free-cash-flow growth: 53.5%
Piotroski F-score: 7/9

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield: 1.1%
Buyback yield: 0.9%
Shareholder yield: 2.0%
Net debt / EBITDA: 6.0x

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 sentiment55/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 22 relevant articles.

6 positive · 16 neutral · 0 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-19.6%Distance below the 52-week high.

13-week volatility7.2%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.

23 Jan 20 Feb 27 Mar 24 Apr 22 May 19 Jun 24 Jul

Weeks higher11 of 2615 weeks finished lower.

Best week+13.3%Week of 24 Jul.

Worst week-16.1%Week of 29 May.

Latest week+13.3%Week of 24 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5

Modest gains6

Flat weeks0

Modest losses9

Sharp losses6

Recent vol7.2%13-week weekly-return volatility.

Base vol5.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.

Up/down split21/31Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.

Average skew5.7% / -3.5%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 Consumer Defensive

4-week rank1 / 58

Group average0.3%

Trend breadth44.8%

Trend44.8%active weekly trend signals

MD58.6%positive activity pressure

RS27.6%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

GNC · LSE19.5%MPE · LSE13.2%AEP · LSE11.6%ANP · LSE10.5%SBRY · LSE9.4%

IndustryGB Packaged Foods

4-week rank1 / 17

Group average-0.9%

Trend breadth64.7%

Trend64.7%active weekly trend signals

MD58.8%positive activity pressure

RS23.5%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

GNC · LSE19.5%ANP · LSE10.5%APN · LSE8.1%FVA · LSE4.8%HFG · LSE3.7%

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 tape43/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 43/100 tape read.

Indicator analysis10/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.08; No reversal markers Factors8/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 32; Small Cap Core rank 82 SVQF22/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 198.5 of 254 Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Sentiment55/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 22 relevant articles.

Greencore Group (LON:GNC) Rating Increased to Outperform at Royal Bank Of Canada Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.

Week	Close	Return	Trend Line	Fair Value	Pressure	Leadership	Volume	Trend
24 Jul 2026	247.2 GBP	13.3%	241.9 GBP	184.2 GBP	-0.49	-5.67	21.5M	Off
17 Jul 2026	218.2 GBP	8.2%	242.5 GBP	183.2 GBP	-0.90	-15.90	12.8M	Off
10 Jul 2026	201.6 GBP	-0.5%	243.2 GBP	182.3 GBP	-1.12	-21.86	8.3M	Off
3 Jul 2026	202.6 GBP	-2.0%	244.8 GBP	181.6 GBP	-1.23	-23.23	14.2M	Off
26 Jun 2026	206.8 GBP	5.8%	246.0 GBP	180.8 GBP	-1.37	-20.85	15.4M	Off
19 Jun 2026	195.5 GBP	-4.6%	247.1 GBP	179.9 GBP	-1.37	-24.47	8.8M	Off
12 Jun 2026	205.0 GBP	6.8%	248.0 GBP	179.1 GBP	-1.31	-22.04	2.2M	Off
5 Jun 2026	192.0 GBP	-5.4%	248.7 GBP	178.3 GBP	-1.25	-26.60	2.5M	Off
29 May 2026	203.0 GBP	-16.1%	250.3 GBP	177.6 GBP	-1.14	-23.11	48.8M	Off
22 May 2026	242.0 GBP	3.2%	251.8 GBP	176.8 GBP	-1.15	-9.23	8.2M	Off
15 May 2026	234.6 GBP	-0.5%	251.8 GBP	175.7 GBP	-1.01	-9.64	5.2M	Off
8 May 2026	235.8 GBP	-4.5%	251.9 GBP	174.8 GBP	-0.87	-9.45	10.1M	Off
1 May 2026	247.0 GBP	-3.3%	251.4 GBP	173.8 GBP	-0.77	-6.25	9.6M	On
24 Apr 2026	255.4 GBP	-0.8%	250.7 GBP	172.8 GBP	-0.71	-3.01	8.9M	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.