S41 SES Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Hong Leong Finance Limited · Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Latest close 2.52 SGD
0.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 12.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 1.2% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 53/100.

Setup score 40 out of 100
Latest Close 2.52 SGD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 0.8% latest completed week
4W Return 1.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return 0.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 57.7% 30 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.1x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
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.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
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 -1.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 12.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, 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 1.1x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable 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 0.08

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 1.2% over four weeks, 0.8% over 12 weeks, and -8.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.8%
4W1.2%
12W0.8%
26W-7.7%
52W-8.0%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year30
Trend breadth57.7%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.48Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change48.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-18.10Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-1.1%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 sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 18 relevant articles.

3 positive · 15 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-10.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility0.7%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 higher11 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+1.9%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-5.8%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week+0.8%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains0
Modest gains11
Flat weeks5
Modest losses9
Sharp losses1
Recent vol0.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol1.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/19Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew0.9% / -1.5%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.

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 20262.52 SGD0.8%2.57 SGD2.41 SGD-0.48-18.10196.6KOff
31 Jul 20262.50 SGD-0.4%2.57 SGD2.41 SGD-0.75-18.33202.7KOff
24 Jul 20262.51 SGD0.4%2.57 SGD2.41 SGD-0.85-17.99215.6KOff
17 Jul 20262.50 SGD0.4%2.58 SGD2.41 SGD-0.94-17.70268.9KOff
10 Jul 20262.49 SGD0.0%2.58 SGD2.41 SGD-0.94-17.90214.4KOff
3 Jul 20262.49 SGD0.4%2.58 SGD2.40 SGD-0.93-14.9045.5KOff
26 Jun 20262.48 SGD0.0%2.59 SGD2.40 SGD-0.90-14.8663.2KOff
19 Jun 20262.48 SGD-0.8%2.59 SGD2.40 SGD-0.95-15.35239.9KOff
12 Jun 20262.50 SGD-0.8%2.60 SGD2.40 SGD-1.05-12.3458.5KOff
5 Jun 20262.52 SGD0.8%2.60 SGD2.40 SGD-1.08-12.4765.9KOff
29 May 20262.50 SGD-0.4%2.60 SGD2.40 SGD-1.12-13.35144.9KOff
22 May 20262.51 SGD0.4%2.61 SGD2.39 SGD-0.97-13.93217.2KOff
15 May 20262.50 SGD-1.6%2.61 SGD2.39 SGD-0.82-13.31489.3KOff
8 May 20262.54 SGD-1.9%2.61 SGD2.39 SGD-0.72-11.11355.6KOff
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