RFX LSE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

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Ramsdens Holdings PLC · Consumer Cyclical · Luxury Goods

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Latest close 662.0 GBP
-0.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Constructive, but selective

The weekly trend is active. Price is 43.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 95.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.6%, after a 12.2% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: price is close to its 52-week high; volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 70 out of 100
Latest Close 662.0 GBP 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -0.6% latest completed week
4W Return 12.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return 54.9% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 96.2% 50 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 17-week active streak.
  • 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.
What could go wrong
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 44.42% based on similar historical setup states.
  • 2 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
  • Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.
What to watch next
  • Price is close to its 52-week high; watch for continuation or exhaustion.
  • 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 -0.6% Latest completed week; four-week move 12.2%. Indicator stack 98/80 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 44.42% Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed. News sentiment 50/100 6 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is 43.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 95.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.6%, after a 12.2% 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 0.8x 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 0.9812-week average 0.79

12-week confirmation

Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure11/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.98Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers22 reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. 2 reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 12.2% over four weeks, 54.9% over 12 weeks, and 100.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 17 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.6%
4W12.2%
12W54.9%
26W68.7%
52W100.7%
Active trend streak17 weeks
Active weeks in one year50
Trend breadth96.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.58Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change21.9%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership47.72Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change9.6%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 85%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength27/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 74; rank 1 is best.
Value10/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.
Quality18/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 83; rank 1 is best.
Momentum98/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 3; rank 1 is best.
Growth96/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 5; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

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 framework53/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
18.2x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.9x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
10.5x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
2.3%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
52.0%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
14.9%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
4.4%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
17.1%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
22.2%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
41.3%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-44.2%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
6/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
2.4%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
2.4%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
0.3x
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 sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.

0 positive · 6 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-2.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility8.5%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 higher12 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+29.0%Week of 26 Jun.
Worst week-7.3%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week-0.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains6
Modest gains6
Flat weeks4
Modest losses6
Sharp losses4
Recent vol8.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/20Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew5.9% / -3.7%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.

IndustryGB Luxury Goods
4-week rank1 / 3
Group average8.6%
Trend breadth66.7%
Trend66.7%active weekly trend signals
MD100.0%positive activity pressure
RS66.7%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

RFX · LSE12.2%BRBY · LSE8.9%WOSG · LSE4.6%
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 tape69/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 69/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis86/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 11/12, relative leadership 12/12.

Activity pressure 0.98; 2 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 44.42%

Next-week expectancy is negative with a 44.42% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors35/100

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

Buyback Yield rank 83; Small Cap Core rank 85 SVQF53/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 123.0 of 260 Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.

Ramsdens Shareholders Approve Acquisition by FirstCash Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 2026662.0 GBP-0.6%462.9 GBP289.5 GBP1.5847.72423.1KOn
31 Jul 2026666.0 GBP0.0%453.8 GBP286.7 GBP1.6850.79679.0KOn
24 Jul 2026666.0 GBP0.0%443.7 GBP284.0 GBP1.6254.51925.3KOn
17 Jul 2026666.0 GBP12.9%433.5 GBP281.3 GBP1.5458.461.2MOn
10 Jul 2026590.0 GBP-0.7%423.2 GBP278.6 GBP1.3043.542.4MOn
3 Jul 2026594.0 GBP0.7%415.4 GBP276.5 GBP0.9943.4654.4KOn
26 Jun 2026590.0 GBP29.0%407.2 GBP274.3 GBP0.8446.03188.5KOn
19 Jun 2026457.5 GBP3.4%398.9 GBP272.1 GBP0.5515.7853.4KOn
12 Jun 2026442.5 GBP-4.3%395.6 GBP270.6 GBP0.4011.1396.5KOn
5 Jun 2026462.5 GBP6.3%392.0 GBP269.3 GBP0.2617.51109.2KOn
29 May 2026435.0 GBP0.0%387.6 GBP267.8 GBP0.1310.75221.1KOn
22 May 2026435.0 GBP1.8%384.2 GBP266.5 GBP-0.0910.61495.1KOn
15 May 2026427.5 GBP-3.9%381.3 GBP265.1 GBP-0.2811.99322.5KOn
8 May 2026445.0 GBP14.1%379.6 GBP263.8 GBP-0.3316.72534.2KOn
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