CHRY LSE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Chrysalis Investments Limited · Financial Services · Asset Management

Latest close 0.76 GBP
2.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -11.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 4.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a -1.9% 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 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 20 out of 100
Latest Close 0.76 GBP 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 2.6% latest completed week
4W Return -1.9% short-term follow-through
12W Return -3.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 28.8% 15 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
What could go wrong
  • 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.
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 not active. Price is -11.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 4.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a -1.9% 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 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume 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 0.0212-week average 0.03

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.02Current 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 -1.9% over four weeks, -3.8% over 12 weeks, and -37.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W2.6%
4W-1.9%
12W-3.8%
26W-22.6%
52W-37.0%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year15
Trend breadth28.8%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.05Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-698.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-30.58Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-3.2%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 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 67% 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 strength73/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 28; rank 1 is best.
Value66/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 35; rank 1 is best.
Quality67/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 34; rank 1 is best.
Momentum67/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 34; rank 1 is best.
Growth67/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 34; 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
-
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
-
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
79.2%
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
191.1%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
258.7%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
322.3%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
0.0%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
-
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-
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 20 relevant articles.

3 positive · 14 neutral · 3 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-42.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.2%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.

Weeks higher10 of 2616 weeks finished lower.
Best week+5.8%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-6.4%Week of 8 May.
Latest week+2.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses12
Sharp losses4
Recent vol3.2%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split20/32Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.6% / -3.0%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 20260.76 GBP2.6%0.86 GBP0.90 GBP-0.05-30.586.6MOff
31 Jul 20260.74 GBP-1.2%0.87 GBP0.90 GBP-0.06-32.9214.8MOff
24 Jul 20260.74 GBP-5.0%0.88 GBP0.90 GBP-0.06-32.119.7MOff
17 Jul 20260.78 GBP1.8%0.90 GBP0.90 GBP-0.05-28.365.2MOff
10 Jul 20260.77 GBP-1.8%0.91 GBP0.90 GBP0.01-29.615.3MOff
3 Jul 20260.78 GBP4.3%0.92 GBP0.90 GBP0.02-30.16759.5KOff
26 Jun 20260.75 GBP-3.7%0.93 GBP0.90 GBP0.09-32.521.3MOff
19 Jun 20260.78 GBP-2.4%0.95 GBP0.90 GBP0.26-29.6212.4MOff
12 Jun 20260.80 GBP5.3%0.96 GBP0.90 GBP0.15-29.21792.0KOff
5 Jun 20260.76 GBP-3.8%0.97 GBP0.90 GBP0.06-32.5716.8MOff
29 May 20260.79 GBP-1.0%0.98 GBP0.90 GBP-0.13-30.7114.8MOff
22 May 20260.80 GBP1.7%1.00 GBP0.90 GBP-0.34-30.858.4MOff
15 May 20260.79 GBP-3.9%1.01 GBP0.90 GBP-0.60-30.637.6MOff
8 May 20260.82 GBP-6.4%1.02 GBP0.90 GBP-0.78-28.587.6MOff
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