TWR NZE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Tower Limited · Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

Latest close 1.88 NZD
0.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.2% below the Trend Line and sits at 59.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 1.4% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 51/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 47 out of 100
Latest Close 1.88 NZD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 0.8% latest completed week
4W Return 1.4% short-term follow-through
12W Return -11.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 88.5% 46 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.9x 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 -1.2% below the Trend Line and sits at 59.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 1.4% 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 0.4312-week average 0.61

12-week confirmation

Trend active6/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure2/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership9/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.43Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers11 reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. 1 reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 1.4% over four weeks, -11.3% over 12 weeks, and 17.5% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.8%
4W1.4%
12W-11.3%
26W-3.4%
52W17.5%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year46
Trend breadth88.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.05Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-7.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-0.27Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change46.1%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 sentiment51/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 27 relevant articles.

4 positive · 21 neutral · 2 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-11.3%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.1%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 higher16 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+5.0%Week of 8 May.
Worst week-14.1%Week of 22 May.
Latest week+0.8%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains1
Modest gains15
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses1
Recent vol4.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split34/16Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew1.7% / -2.5%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.

IndustryNZ Insurance - Property & Casualty
4-week rank1 / 1
Group average1.4%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD0.0%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 20261.88 NZD0.8%1.90 NZD0.87 NZD-1.05-0.271.1MOff
31 Jul 20261.86 NZD-1.1%1.90 NZD0.85 NZD-1.07-0.001.0MOff
24 Jul 20261.88 NZD0.5%1.90 NZD0.84 NZD-1.040.711.3MOff
17 Jul 20261.87 NZD1.1%1.90 NZD0.83 NZD-1.020.981.7MOff
10 Jul 20261.85 NZD-0.5%1.90 NZD0.82 NZD-0.98-0.49606.8KOff
3 Jul 20261.86 NZD-1.3%1.89 NZD0.81 NZD-0.841.58192.0KOff
26 Jun 20261.89 NZD-1.6%1.89 NZD0.80 NZD-0.734.20243.3KOn
19 Jun 20261.92 NZD1.1%1.89 NZD0.79 NZD-0.636.21270.4KOn
12 Jun 20261.90 NZD0.3%1.88 NZD0.77 NZD-0.576.34313.5KOn
5 Jun 20261.89 NZD2.1%1.88 NZD0.76 NZD-0.148.43548.9KOn
29 May 20261.85 NZD1.9%1.87 NZD0.75 NZD0.276.112.1MOn
22 May 20261.82 NZD-14.1%1.87 NZD0.74 NZD0.366.693.5MOn
15 May 20262.11 NZD2.4%1.86 NZD0.73 NZD0.2025.041.8MOn
8 May 20262.07 NZD5.0%1.85 NZD0.72 NZD-0.3221.352.4MOn
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