HDC JNB Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Hudaco Industries Limited · Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Latest close 192.3 ZAC
2.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -98.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 0.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.7%, after a 1.2% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 59/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 18 out of 100
Latest Close 192.3 ZAC 31 Jul 2026
1W Return 2.7% latest completed week
4W Return 1.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return -99.0% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 28.8% 15 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.3x 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 -98.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 0.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.7%, after a 1.2% 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 0.3x 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
6 Feb 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
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 0.2212-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 pressure0.22Current 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 1.2% over four weeks, -99.0% over 12 weeks, and -99.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W2.7%
4W1.2%
12W-99.0%
26W-99.1%
52W-99.0%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year15
Trend breadth28.8%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.12Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change14.3%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-98.77Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change0.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

A published fundamentals and factor snapshot is not available for this company.

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No published fundamental snapshot is available for this company.

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 sentiment59/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.

3 positive · 3 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-99.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility26.5%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 higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.1%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-99.0%Week of 5 Jun.
Latest week+2.7%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains1
Modest gains12
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses3
Recent vol26.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol14.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.1% / -6.3%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.

IndustryZA Industrial Distribution
4-week rank2 / 3
Group average3.4%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD0.0%positive activity pressure
RS0.0%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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 2026192.3 ZAC2.7%13,952 ZAC17,232 ZAC-1.12-98.7742.2KOff
24 Jul 2026187.2 ZAC-2.0%14,648 ZAC17,334 ZAC-1.08-98.82137.3KOff
17 Jul 2026191.0 ZAC-1.8%15,279 ZAC17,436 ZAC-1.13-98.821.6MOff
10 Jul 2026194.5 ZAC2.4%15,944 ZAC17,538 ZAC-1.25-98.8453.8KOff
3 Jul 2026190.0 ZAC0.8%16,558 ZAC17,639 ZAC-1.30-98.9079.0KOff
26 Jun 2026188.5 ZAC-3.8%17,174 ZAC17,739 ZAC-1.39-98.933.0KOff
19 Jun 2026196.0 ZAC3.0%17,787 ZAC17,838 ZAC-1.25-98.9333.9KOff
12 Jun 2026190.2 ZAC0.1%18,387 ZAC17,937 ZAC-1.11-98.995.9KOff
5 Jun 2026190.1 ZAC-99.0%19,012 ZAC18,031 ZAC-1.02-99.002.2KOff
29 May 202619,670 ZAC1.6%19,632 ZAC18,126 ZAC-0.90-1.8319.0KOff
22 May 202619,358 ZAC0.6%19,569 ZAC18,093 ZAC-0.93-2.5880.0KOff
15 May 202619,250 ZAC-0.2%19,543 ZAC18,066 ZAC-0.98-4.6634.5KOff
8 May 202619,295 ZAC0.3%19,541 ZAC18,039 ZAC-0.90-7.5857.8KOff
1 May 202619,245 ZAC-0.4%19,546 ZAC18,012 ZAC-0.77-6.1538.6KOff
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.