- The trend backdrop is active with a 19-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Weekly Investor Report
Interfor Corporation · Basic Materials · Lumber & Wood Production
Latest close
14.12 CAD
14.7%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive, but selective
The weekly trend is active. Price is 31.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 98.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 14.7%, after a 13.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; 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
68
out of 100
Latest Close
14.12 CAD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
14.7%
latest completed week
4W Return
13.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
64.8%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
36.5%
19 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.5x
vs 13-week average
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 40.67% based on similar historical setup states.
- 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
14.7%
Latest completed week; four-week move 13.5%.
Indicator stack
65/71
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
Negative 40.67%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
15 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 31.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 98.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 14.7%, after a 13.5% 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 1.5x 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
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6 Mar
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20 Mar
27 Mar
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17 Apr
24 Apr
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29 May
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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 0.8812-week average 0.50
12-week confirmation
Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure10/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership7/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.88Current 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 13.5% over four weeks, 64.8% over 12 weeks, and 10.9% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 19 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak19 weeks
Active weeks in one year19
Trend breadth36.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.14Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change4.8%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership21.47Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change178.2%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 79%
Model confidence 74%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength38/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 63; rank 1 is best.
Value74/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 27; rank 1 is best.
Quality5/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 96; rank 1 is best.
Momentum23/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 78; rank 1 is best.
Growth18/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 83; 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
- 0.3x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -2.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 6.7% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- -12.6% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -1.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- -12.0% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -7.2% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -165.1% 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
- -14.8% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- -14.8% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -4.1x 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 15 relevant articles.
3 positive · 12 neutral · 0 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-0.9%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility8.0%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 higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+14.7%Week of 7 Aug.
Worst week-9.6%Week of 15 May.
Latest week+14.7%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains8
Modest gains4
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses8
Recent vol8.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol7.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew7.2% / -5.2%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 Basic Materials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average13.1%
Trend breadth19.0%
Trend19.0%active weekly trend signals
MD17.0%positive activity pressure
RS51.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryCA Lumber & Wood Production
4-week rank2 / 9
Group average4.2%
Trend breadth55.6%
Trend55.6%active weekly trend signals
MD77.8%positive activity pressure
RS33.3%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 tape64/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 64/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis78/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 10/12, relative leadership 7/12.
Activity pressure 0.88; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 40.67%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 40.67% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors33/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 95; Small Cap Core rank 39 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 15 relevant articles.
Interfor Corporation (IFP.TO) Stock Price, News, Quote & History 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 | 14.12 CAD | 14.7% | 10.77 CAD | 15.35 CAD | 1.14 | 21.47 | 1.5M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 12.31 CAD | -2.0% | 10.61 CAD | 15.41 CAD | 1.06 | 8.91 | 869.4K | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 12.56 CAD | -5.4% | 10.49 CAD | 15.47 CAD | 1.14 | 9.94 | 728.1K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 13.28 CAD | 6.8% | 10.35 CAD | 15.54 CAD | 1.17 | 15.77 | 1.2M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 12.44 CAD | -6.4% | 10.18 CAD | 15.62 CAD | 1.09 | 7.72 | 798.7K | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 13.29 CAD | 11.8% | 10.03 CAD | 15.70 CAD | 1.07 | 14.31 | 262.6K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 11.89 CAD | 3.9% | 9.88 CAD | 15.77 CAD | 0.87 | 2.38 | 115.8K | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 11.44 CAD | 0.7% | 9.78 CAD | 15.86 CAD | 0.77 | -2.22 | 106.5K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 11.36 CAD | 6.7% | 9.64 CAD | 15.92 CAD | 0.49 | -3.67 | 295.9K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 10.65 CAD | -2.8% | 9.52 CAD | 16.00 CAD | 0.15 | -9.19 | 153.9K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 10.96 CAD | 14.2% | 9.43 CAD | 16.07 CAD | -0.02 | -8.47 | 1.5M | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 9.60 CAD | 12.0% | 9.33 CAD | 16.13 CAD | -0.23 | -19.86 | 1.9M | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 8.57 CAD | -9.6% | 9.28 CAD | 16.20 CAD | -0.24 | -27.89 | 3.2M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 9.48 CAD | -3.3% | 9.27 CAD | 16.29 CAD | -0.18 | -21.92 | 1.3M | 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.