- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
FBU
ASX
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Fletcher Building Limited · Basic Materials · Building Materials
Latest close
3.14 AUD
3.0%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is 12.5% above the Trend Line and sits at 75.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 3.0%, after a 6.1% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 56/100.
Setup score
57
out of 100
Latest Close
3.14 AUD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
3.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
6.1%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
26.6%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
25.0%
13 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.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 38.37% based on similar historical setup states.
- Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.
- 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
3.0%
Latest completed week; four-week move 6.1%.
Indicator stack
14/86
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
Recent
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Negative 38.37%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
56/100
40 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 12.5% above the Trend Line and sits at 75.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 3.0%, after a 6.1% 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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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 0.4712-week average 0.17
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure7/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership5/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.47Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals1Accumulation 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 6.1% over four weeks, 26.6% over 12 weeks, and 14.6% 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 year13
Trend breadth25.0%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.43Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change131.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership4.23Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change1.1%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 30 Jun 2025
Field coverage 79%
Model confidence 40%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength22/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 79; rank 1 is best.
Value15/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 86; rank 1 is best.
Quality4/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 97; rank 1 is best.
Momentum88/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 13; rank 1 is best.
Growth9/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 92; 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
- 0.5x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 164.2x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 3.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 27.9% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 0.1% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 3.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 0.1% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -9.0% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- - Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 2/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 0.1% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -17.7% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- -17.6% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 70.3x 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 sentiment56/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 40 relevant articles.
5 positive · 31 neutral · 4 negativePatient CapitalRecent
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks
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-8.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.0%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
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8 May
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3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher12 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+7.2%Week of 10 Jul.
Worst week-9.2%Week of 3 Apr.
Latest week+3.0%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains7
Flat weeks1
Modest losses10
Sharp losses3
Recent vol3.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.0%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/23Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.5% / -3.3%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.
SectorAU Basic Materials
4-week rank61 / 100
Group average7.2%
Trend breadth21.0%
Trend21.0%active weekly trend signals
MD27.0%positive activity pressure
RS52.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryAU Building Materials
4-week rank2 / 4
Group average2.8%
Trend breadth50.0%
Trend50.0%active weekly trend signals
MD75.0%positive activity pressure
RS100.0%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.
Weekly tape50/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 50/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis37/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 7/12, relative leadership 5/12.
Activity pressure 0.47; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 38.37%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 38.37% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors29/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 88 Patient CapitalRecentActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Sentiment56/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 40 relevant articles.
Doman Building Materials Group Q2 Earnings Call Highlights 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 | 3.14 AUD | 3.0% | 2.79 AUD | 3.14 AUD | 1.43 | 4.23 | 5.8M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 3.05 AUD | -2.2% | 2.79 AUD | 3.15 AUD | 1.41 | 4.65 | 5.8M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 3.12 AUD | -1.3% | 2.80 AUD | 3.16 AUD | 1.17 | 9.68 | 4.5M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 3.16 AUD | 6.8% | 2.80 AUD | 3.18 AUD | 0.93 | 11.07 | 6.1M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 2.96 AUD | 7.2% | 2.80 AUD | 3.19 AUD | 0.62 | 4.18 | 4.9M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 2.76 AUD | 0.0% | 2.81 AUD | 3.20 AUD | 0.27 | -3.22 | 335.6K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 2.76 AUD | 3.8% | 2.82 AUD | 3.21 AUD | 0.15 | -2.43 | 621.3K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 2.66 AUD | 1.9% | 2.83 AUD | 3.23 AUD | -0.03 | -6.65 | 1.3M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 2.61 AUD | 1.2% | 2.83 AUD | 3.24 AUD | -0.29 | -8.36 | 870.5K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 2.58 AUD | -1.5% | 2.85 AUD | 3.25 AUD | -0.52 | -7.83 | 3.3M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 2.62 AUD | 4.4% | 2.86 AUD | 3.26 AUD | -0.91 | -7.74 | 1.4M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 2.51 AUD | 1.2% | 2.87 AUD | 3.28 AUD | -1.22 | -11.10 | 2.6M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 2.48 AUD | 5.5% | 2.88 AUD | 3.29 AUD | -1.39 | -12.26 | 2.8M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 2.35 AUD | -1.7% | 2.89 AUD | 3.30 AUD | -1.52 | -18.35 | 2.8M | 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.