WHS NZE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

The Warehouse Group Limited · Consumer Cyclical · Department Stores

Latest close 0.58 NZD
0.0% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -12.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 11.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -1.7% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 54/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 25 out of 100
Latest Close 0.58 NZD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 0.0% latest completed week
4W Return -1.7% short-term follow-through
12W Return -5.7% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.9x 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 -12.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 11.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -1.7% 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 0.9x 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 0.0512-week average 0.10

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 pressure0.05Current 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 -1.7% over four weeks, -5.7% over 12 weeks, and -29.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.0%
4W-1.7%
12W-5.7%
26W-23.7%
52W-29.3%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.59Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change56.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-21.42Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change3.4%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 sentiment54/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 18 relevant articles.

4 positive · 14 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-31.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.7%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 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.9%Week of 27 Mar.
Worst week-9.5%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week+0.0%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains7
Flat weeks2
Modest losses8
Sharp losses6
Recent vol3.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split17/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.6% / -2.8%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.

IndustryNZ Department Stores
4-week rank1 / 2
Group average-3.4%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD50.0%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
7 Aug 20260.58 NZD0.0%0.66 NZD1.04 NZD-0.59-21.42150.3KOff
31 Jul 20260.58 NZD-5.7%0.67 NZD1.04 NZD-0.83-21.33234.2KOff
24 Jul 20260.61 NZD3.4%0.67 NZD1.05 NZD-1.09-17.69274.0KOff
17 Jul 20260.59 NZD0.8%0.68 NZD1.06 NZD-1.30-20.46118.5KOff
10 Jul 20260.59 NZD1.7%0.68 NZD1.06 NZD-1.34-22.18133.6KOff
3 Jul 20260.58 NZD-0.9%0.69 NZD1.07 NZD-1.34-23.1355.0KOff
26 Jun 20260.58 NZD0.9%0.69 NZD1.08 NZD-1.30-22.3074.9KOff
19 Jun 20260.58 NZD-6.5%0.70 NZD1.09 NZD-1.31-23.48287.5KOff
12 Jun 20260.62 NZD1.6%0.71 NZD1.09 NZD-1.18-18.113.6KOff
5 Jun 20260.61 NZD-1.6%0.71 NZD1.10 NZD-1.23-18.5936.5KOff
29 May 20260.62 NZD-5.3%0.72 NZD1.10 NZD-1.12-18.55156.9KOff
22 May 20260.66 NZD6.5%0.72 NZD1.11 NZD-0.97-13.14352.8KOff
15 May 20260.61 NZD-3.9%0.73 NZD1.12 NZD-0.92-18.82284.9KOff
8 May 20260.64 NZD-2.3%0.74 NZD1.12 NZD-0.28-17.49441.6KOff
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.

Evidence context