- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Ibstock plc · Basic Materials · Building Materials
Latest close
0.93 GBP
-0.2%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -12.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 9.0% 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 51/100.
Setup score
35
out of 100
Latest Close
0.93 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-0.2%
latest completed week
4W Return
0.8%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-2.9%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
0.0%
0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.9x
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 42.70% 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
-0.2%
Latest completed week; four-week move 0.8%.
Indicator stack
0/100
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 42.70%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
51/100
21 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 -12.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 9.0% 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 1.9x 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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27 Mar
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24 Apr
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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 0.0212-week average 0.02
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure2/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.02Current 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 0.8% over four weeks, -2.9% over 12 weeks, and -35.7% 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 year0
Trend breadth0.0%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.22Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change571.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-27.67Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change4.1%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 88%
Model confidence 70%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength55/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 46; rank 1 is best.
Value52/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Quality53/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Momentum53/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Growth54/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 47; 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.
Value-quality framework51/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- - Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- - Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 25.8% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 4.2% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -1.9% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 2.2% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 1.6% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -79.7% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -184.5% 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
- 2.9x 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 sentiment51/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 21 relevant articles.
5 positive · 14 neutral · 2 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-36.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.0%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 higher9 of 2617 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.1%Week of 29 May.
Worst week-17.5%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week-0.2%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains4
Modest gains5
Flat weeks0
Modest losses11
Sharp losses6
Recent vol4.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split19/33Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.4% / -3.2%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.
SectorGB Basic Materials
4-week rank58 / 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 Building Materials
4-week rank6 / 8
Group average8.5%
Trend breadth12.5%
Trend12.5%active weekly trend signals
MD75.0%positive activity pressure
RS37.5%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 tape31/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 31/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis12/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 2/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.02; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 42.70%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 42.70% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors52/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 50 SVQF51/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 126.0 of 255 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment51/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 21 relevant articles.
Ibstock (LON:IBST) Receives Hold Rating from Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 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 | 0.93 GBP | -0.2% | 1.06 GBP | 1.43 GBP | 0.22 | -27.67 | 11.1M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 0.93 GBP | -1.0% | 1.08 GBP | 1.43 GBP | 0.04 | -28.16 | 7.5M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.94 GBP | -1.6% | 1.09 GBP | 1.44 GBP | -0.06 | -27.43 | 4.5M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 0.96 GBP | 3.6% | 1.11 GBP | 1.44 GBP | -0.09 | -26.18 | 4.6M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 0.92 GBP | -3.8% | 1.12 GBP | 1.44 GBP | -0.05 | -28.85 | 5.1M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 0.96 GBP | 1.3% | 1.13 GBP | 1.44 GBP | -0.08 | -28.21 | 607.2K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 0.95 GBP | 4.7% | 1.15 GBP | 1.45 GBP | -0.17 | -28.76 | 1.3M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 0.90 GBP | -4.9% | 1.16 GBP | 1.45 GBP | -0.18 | -31.83 | 13.6M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 0.95 GBP | -0.2% | 1.17 GBP | 1.45 GBP | -0.36 | -29.91 | 791.7K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.95 GBP | -8.4% | 1.18 GBP | 1.45 GBP | -0.52 | -29.93 | 4.7M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 1.04 GBP | 6.1% | 1.19 GBP | 1.46 GBP | -0.57 | -25.11 | 5.8M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 0.98 GBP | 2.3% | 1.20 GBP | 1.46 GBP | -0.73 | -30.99 | 10.7M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 0.96 GBP | -4.0% | 1.21 GBP | 1.46 GBP | -0.78 | -31.91 | 5.9M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 1.00 GBP | -2.5% | 1.22 GBP | 1.47 GBP | -0.72 | -30.46 | 6.5M | 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.