- The trend backdrop is active with a 60-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.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce · Financial Services · Banks - Diversified
Latest close
165.6 CAD
-0.2%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is active. Price is 13.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 91.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.2%, after a -0.8% 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: price is close to its 52-week high.
Setup score
72
out of 100
Latest Close
165.6 CAD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-0.2%
latest completed week
4W Return
-0.8%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
8.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
100.0%
52 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.0x
vs 13-week average
- 20 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
- Price is close to its 52-week high; watch for continuation or exhaustion.
- 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
-0.2%
Latest completed week; four-week move -0.8%.
Indicator stack
100/71
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.
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 63.90%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
23 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 13.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 91.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.2%, after a -0.8% 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 1.0x 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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27 Mar
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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 0.9912-week average 0.90
12-week confirmation
Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.99Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers2020 reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. 20 reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is -0.8% over four weeks, 8.7% over 12 weeks, and 70.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 60 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak60 weeks
Active weeks in one year52
Trend breadth100.0%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.13Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change1.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership11.64Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-37.0%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 neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 30 Apr 2026
Field coverage 73%
Model confidence 72%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength86/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 15; rank 1 is best.
Value61/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 40; rank 1 is best.
Quality76/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 25; rank 1 is best.
Momentum84/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 17; rank 1 is best.
Growth79/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 22; 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.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 15.4x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 4.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 4.5% 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
- 46.4% 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
- 13.7% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 20.5% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 27.3% 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
- 2.5% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.8% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 3.3% 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 23 relevant articles.
1 positive · 21 neutral · 1 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-3.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.6%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 higher18 of 268 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.5%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-5.7%Week of 29 May.
Latest week-0.2%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains13
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses1
Recent vol2.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split37/15Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.2% / -1.7%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 Financial Services
4-week rank51 / 83
Group average-0.7%
Trend breadth69.9%
Trend69.9%active weekly trend signals
MD59.0%positive activity pressure
RS50.6%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryCA Banks - Diversified
4-week rank3 / 6
Group average-0.5%
Trend breadth100.0%
Trend100.0%active weekly trend signals
MD100.0%positive activity pressure
RS100.0%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 tape76/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 76/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis83/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 12/12.
Activity pressure 0.99; 20 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 63.90%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 63.90% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors76/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 27 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 23 relevant articles.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Stock News Today 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 | 165.6 CAD | -0.2% | 146.4 CAD | 91.13 CAD | 1.13 | 11.64 | 7.8M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 166.0 CAD | 0.2% | 145.1 CAD | 90.38 CAD | 1.54 | 16.15 | 12.6M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 165.7 CAD | -2.5% | 143.7 CAD | 89.64 CAD | 1.54 | 16.06 | 13.7M | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 169.9 CAD | 1.8% | 142.4 CAD | 88.90 CAD | 1.40 | 20.02 | 9.9M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 167.0 CAD | 3.2% | 140.9 CAD | 88.14 CAD | 1.12 | 18.48 | 15.7M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 161.8 CAD | 1.0% | 139.5 CAD | 87.39 CAD | 0.75 | 15.60 | 1.2M | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 160.2 CAD | 0.6% | 138.3 CAD | 86.67 CAD | 0.54 | 15.94 | 3.5M | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 159.2 CAD | 1.0% | 136.9 CAD | 85.96 CAD | 0.48 | 15.91 | 5.9M | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 157.7 CAD | 4.5% | 135.5 CAD | 85.25 CAD | 0.56 | 15.48 | 2.0M | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 150.9 CAD | 0.9% | 134.2 CAD | 84.56 CAD | 0.63 | 12.82 | 1.9M | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 149.5 CAD | -5.7% | 133.1 CAD | 83.91 CAD | 0.83 | 11.17 | 14.0M | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 158.5 CAD | 4.1% | 131.9 CAD | 83.27 CAD | 0.99 | 19.41 | 6.2M | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 152.3 CAD | 1.8% | 130.4 CAD | 82.58 CAD | 1.00 | 17.56 | 8.3M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 149.6 CAD | -1.3% | 129.0 CAD | 81.91 CAD | 1.08 | 15.22 | 9.9M | 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.