- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
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Ironveld Plc · Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining
Latest close
0.00 GBP
0.0%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -31.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 3.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a 5.0% 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 42/100.
Setup score
33
out of 100
Latest Close
0.00 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
5.0%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-4.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
26.9%
14 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.0x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 17.78% based on similar historical setup states.
- 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
0.0%
Latest completed week; four-week move 5.0%.
Indicator stack
15/83
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
Negative 17.78%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
42/100
2 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 not active. Price is -31.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 3.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a 5.0% 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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20 Feb
27 Feb
6 Mar
13 Mar
20 Mar
27 Mar
3 Apr
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17 Apr
24 Apr
1 May
8 May
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22 May
29 May
5 Jun
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26 Jun
3 Jul
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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 0.1912-week average 0.10
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure4/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.19Current 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 5.0% over four weeks, -4.5% over 12 weeks, and -59.6% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year14
Trend breadth26.9%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.67Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change260.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-48.81Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change7.1%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 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 67%
Model confidence 53%
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.
Value50/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 51; rank 1 is best.
Quality52/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Momentum52/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Growth52/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 49; 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
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 10.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -86.8% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 100.0% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- -38900.0% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -60700.0% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- -6.0% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -97.6% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- - Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 4/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- - 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
- 0.0x 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 sentiment42/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 2 relevant articles.
0 positive · 1 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-73.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility8.4%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 higher2 of 267 weeks finished lower.
Best week+25.0%Week of 17 Jul.
Worst week-40.9%Week of 3 Apr.
Latest week+0.0%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains2
Modest gains0
Flat weeks17
Modest losses1
Sharp losses6
Recent vol8.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol9.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split10/16Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew10.3% / -10.3%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 Basic Materials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average5.9%
Trend breadth26.0%
Trend26.0%active weekly trend signals
MD33.0%positive activity pressure
RS43.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Other Industrial Metals & Mining
4-week rank26 / 82
Group average2.3%
Trend breadth28.0%
Trend28.0%active weekly trend signals
MD29.3%positive activity pressure
RS35.4%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 tape30/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 30/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis19/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 4/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.19; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 17.78%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 17.78% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors51/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 50 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment42/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 2 relevant articles.
REG - Ironveld PLC - TR-1: Notification of major holdings 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 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | 0.67 | -48.81 | 255.9M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 0.00 GBP | -12.5% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | 0.54 | -49.63 | 219.2M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.00 GBP | -4.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | 0.34 | -42.59 | 397.0M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 25.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | 0.02 | -40.36 | 1.4B | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 0.00 GBP | -4.8% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -0.42 | -52.53 | 66.2M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -0.63 | -51.65 | 5.5M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -0.75 | -51.64 | 18.9M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -0.85 | -51.74 | 181.2K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 0.00 GBP | -8.7% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -0.98 | -52.98 | 133.9K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -1.03 | -48.80 | 39.5M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 4.5% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -1.22 | -49.89 | 155.3M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -1.39 | -53.03 | 159.7M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 0.00 GBP | 0.0% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -1.46 | -52.59 | 623.1M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 0.00 GBP | -8.3% | 0.00 GBP | 0.00 GBP | -1.61 | -53.20 | 97.4M | Off |
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.