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IMB Weekly Equity Report

Imperial Brands PLC

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Latest Close 2,797 GBP 12 Jun 2026
1W Return 1.3% latest completed week
4W Return -0.7% short-term follow-through
12W Return -8.6% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 71.2% 37 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.6x vs 13-week average
Sharemaestro Evidence Rating

Neutral

A cross-signal market read combining weekly price structure, proprietary indicators, factors, Patient Capital, options, sentiment, insider activity, earnings risk, research flow, and sector context.

Evidence Score 47 Neutral

Top-level conclusion

The strongest supporting evidence is factors: O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

The main constraint is weekly tape: Trend, Market Dynamics, participation, and risk combine to a 32/100 tape read.

The combined read is balanced, making the next change in trend, sentiment, or options pressure especially important.

Primary driver

Factors 65/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Main constraint

Weekly tape 32/100

Trend, Market Dynamics, participation, and risk combine to a 32/100 tape read.

Price follow-through 1.3% Latest completed week; four-week move -0.7%. Trend signal Active Smoothed Trend Signal defines the current weekly regime. Patient Capital Quiet Market Dynamics buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Weekly tape 32/100

Trend, Market Dynamics, participation, and risk combine to a 32/100 tape read.

 Factors 65/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 8 Patient Capital Quiet

Market Dynamics buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Options 50/100

No current options snapshot is stored for this ticker.

 Sentiment 50/100

No sentiment snapshot is stored yet.

 Insiders 50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings 50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
Company Brief

What the company does

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, P&S, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, FINE, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and …

Snapshot

What the weekly tape is saying

IMB closed the latest completed week at 2,797 GBP. The 4-week return is -0.7% and the 12-week return is -8.6%. Trend Signal is inactive, Market Dynamics is -1.36. Setup signature: Risk-first tape with a 29/100 composite read.

Trend Signal Inactive
Market Dynamics No fresh buy
Price vs Trend -8.0%
Volume 0.6x
Setup Cockpit

A compressed read of the whole setup

The radar blends trend persistence, momentum, Market Dynamics, Relative Strength, volume confirmation, and risk control into one weekly cockpit.

Composite setup radar

Scoreboard

Trend 39 Persistence of active Trend Signal over the last year and current streak.
Momentum 41 Blend of 4-week and 12-week follow-through.
Dynamics 25 Latest Market Dynamics and whether pressure has improved over four weeks.
Relative Strength 7 Relative leadership and short-term RS change.
Volume 27 Participation compared with the 13-week volume baseline.
Risk Control 36 Drawdown and recent weekly volatility pressure.

16-week signal tape

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
Weekly return bar Trend Signal dot Positive Market Dynamics dot
Price Action

Price, Trend Line, and Fair Value

Weekly price context with the latest close, trend position, Fair Value gap, drawdown, and 52-week range location.

52-week price path

Price Trend Line Fair Value

Price zone

Close Trend Fair
2,626 GBP 17.0% 3,631 GBP
Range location 17.0% Shows where the latest close sits between the 52-week low and high.
Trend distance -8.0% Price premium or discount versus the weekly Trend Line.
Fair-value gap 14.1% Premium demand or model discount versus Sharemaestro Fair Value.
High-water gap -23.0% Distance from the latest 52-week high.
Momentum

Returns and trend persistence

Return windows separate the latest week from short-term and medium-term follow-through.

Return windows

1W 1.3%
4W -0.7%
12W -8.6%
26W -12.0%
52W -3.8%

Trend read

Active Streak
0 weeks
52W Active Weeks
37
52W Active Breadth
71.2%
Sector Scope
GB Consumer Defensive
Sector Rank
32 of 58
Sector Percentile
45.6%
32 of 58
Peer Context

Sector and industry pulse

Peer breadth helps separate a stock-specific move from a broader group rotation.

GB Tobacco

Tracked Peers
2
4W Rank
1 of 2
Avg 1W
3.2%
Avg 4W
-2.7%
Trend Breadth
50.0%
Positive RS
50.0%
Trend 50.0% active weekly trend signals
MD 50.0% positive Market Dynamics
RS 50.0% positive Relative Strength
IMB in group -0.7% 4-week rank 1 of 2
IMB · LSE -0.7% BATS · LSE -4.8%
Market Dynamics

Pressure, Relative Strength, and expectation

Market Dynamics and Relative Strength show whether buying pressure and relative leadership are confirming the price move.

Dynamics path

Market Dynamics Relative Strength

Pressure map

Market Dynamics
Relative Strength
Pressure -1.36 Latest Market Dynamics read.
Pressure change -13.1% Four-week change in Market Dynamics.
Leadership -14.10 Latest Relative Strength reading.
RS change -13.4% Four-week change in Relative Strength.
Expectation Positive 56.46% probability read.
Volume

Participation and confirmation

Volume tells us whether the latest weekly move is being confirmed by unusual participation.

Volume and return confirmation

Participation read

Participation 0.6x Latest volume versus the 13-week average.
Baseline 11.9M 13-week average volume.
One-year base 10.3M 52-week average volume.
Latest 7.6M Most recent completed week.
Risk Anatomy

Volatility, downside weeks, and return shape

A compact risk profile shows whether the move is steady, volatile, or being driven by sharp one-week jumps.

26-week return distribution

Return shape

Strong gains 1
Modest gains 11
Flat weeks 0
Modest losses 11
Sharp losses 3
Recent vol 3.3% 13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol 2.9% 52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split 28/23 Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew 2.0% / -2.5% Average positive week versus average negative week.
Cross-App Evidence

Value, flow, sentiment, events, and research context

These cards convert the rest of Sharemaestro into a compact evidence trail, with direct drilldowns for deeper research.

Options and sentiment

Options
-
Expected Move
-
Sentiment
-
Articles
-

Earnings, insiders, and research flow

Earnings
-
Insiders
-
News
0 articles
Market Watch
0 posts

Latest Sharemaestro research

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Latest Market Watch posts

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Context

Classification, opportunities, risks, and watch points

Top-level read across company classification, constructive evidence, caution points, and the next things that matter.

Classification

Exchange
LSE
Country
GB
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Tobacco
Currency
GBP
Market Cap
20.8B

Opportunity signals

  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.

Risk signals

  • Trend Signal is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Market Dynamics is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.

Watch next

  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Market Dynamics is the pressure gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Weekly Tape

Recent completed weeks

The latest weekly rows behind the report snapshot.

Week Close Return Trend Fair Value MD RS Volume Signal
12 Jun 2026 2,797 GBP 1.3% 3,041 GBP 2,451 GBP -1.36 -14.10 7.6M Off
5 Jun 2026 2,761 GBP 2.4% 3,053 GBP 2,445 GBP -1.32 -14.68 12.7M Off
29 May 2026 2,696 GBP -3.5% 3,066 GBP 2,438 GBP -1.39 -17.32 10.6M Off
22 May 2026 2,795 GBP -0.8% 3,077 GBP 2,432 GBP -1.27 -15.07 8.5M Off
15 May 2026 2,817 GBP 2.6% 3,084 GBP 2,425 GBP -1.20 -12.44 15.8M Off
8 May 2026 2,745 GBP -2.5% 3,091 GBP 2,418 GBP -1.17 -15.15 7.8M Off
1 May 2026 2,816 GBP 1.7% 3,104 GBP 2,413 GBP -1.01 -14.50 18.1M Off
24 Apr 2026 2,769 GBP -0.3% 3,111 GBP 2,407 GBP -0.99 -16.49 15.0M Off
17 Apr 2026 2,776 GBP -10.0% 3,125 GBP 2,402 GBP -0.89 -18.97 18.3M Off
10 Apr 2026 3,084 GBP 0.2% 3,135 GBP 2,396 GBP -0.77 -9.96 7.8M Off
3 Apr 2026 3,077 GBP 0.1% 3,138 GBP 2,389 GBP -0.49 -9.14 8.7M Off
27 Mar 2026 3,075 GBP 0.5% 3,141 GBP 2,381 GBP -0.27 -5.24 9.7M Off
20 Mar 2026 3,059 GBP -4.4% 3,142 GBP 2,373 GBP 0.08 -5.37 14.6M On
13 Mar 2026 3,201 GBP 1.2% 3,144 GBP 2,366 GBP 0.35 -4.33 15.3M On