WN TOR Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

George Weston Limited · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

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Latest close 104.8 CAD
0.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Constructive, but selective

The weekly trend is active. Price is 6.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 87.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 5.1% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 48/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 64 out of 100
Latest Close 104.8 CAD 31 Jul 2026
1W Return 0.8% latest completed week
4W Return 5.1% short-term follow-through
12W Return 9.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 80.8% 42 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 9-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
  • 2 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
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 0.8% Latest completed week; four-week move 5.1%. Indicator stack 76/62 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 Positive 56.41% Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed. News sentiment 48/100 22 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 6.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 87.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 5.1% 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
6 Feb 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
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 0.7212-week average 0.58

12-week confirmation

Trend active11/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure7/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership3/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.72Current 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 5.1% over four weeks, 9.8% over 12 weeks, and 22.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 9 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.8%
4W5.1%
12W9.8%
26W11.0%
52W22.2%
Active trend streak9 weeks
Active weeks in one year42
Trend breadth80.8%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.56Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change23.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership1.23Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change127.6%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 strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 94% Model confidence 90%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength82/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 19; rank 1 is best.
Value69/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 32; rank 1 is best.
Quality91/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 10; rank 1 is best.
Momentum32/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Growth28/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 73; 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 framework74/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
33.6x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.6x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.3x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
6.6%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
31.7%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
8.0%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
6.7%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
16.3%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
6.2%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-13.6%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
4.9%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
7/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
1.2%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
5.4%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
6.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.6x
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 sentiment48/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 22 relevant articles.

7 positive · 12 neutral · 3 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-2.9%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.8%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+7.3%Week of 6 Feb.
Worst week-4.6%Week of 3 Jul.
Latest week+0.8%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains2
Modest gains14
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses2
Recent vol2.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split30/22Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.0% / -1.8%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.

Weekly tape64/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 64/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis58/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 11/12, activity pressure 7/12, relative leadership 3/12.

Activity pressure 0.72; 2 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 56.41%

Next-week expectancy is positive with a 56.41% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors69/100

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

Buyback Yield rank 7; Small Cap Core rank 31 SVQF74/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 77.0 of 298 Patient CapitalQuiet

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

No recent buy signal Sentiment48/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 22 relevant articles.

George Weston Ltd. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 2026104.8 CAD0.8%98.88 CAD76.19 CAD0.561.23978.4KOn
24 Jul 2026103.9 CAD0.0%98.53 CAD75.83 CAD0.41-0.141.1MOn
17 Jul 2026103.9 CAD2.9%98.17 CAD75.47 CAD0.41-0.031.2MOn
10 Jul 2026101.0 CAD1.3%97.85 CAD75.12 CAD0.36-3.081.3MOn
3 Jul 202699.64 CAD-4.6%97.61 CAD74.79 CAD0.45-4.44956.5KOn
26 Jun 2026104.5 CAD3.1%97.44 CAD74.46 CAD0.510.64251.3KOn
19 Jun 2026101.3 CAD-2.3%97.12 CAD74.11 CAD0.16-2.551.3MOn
12 Jun 2026103.7 CAD0.5%96.92 CAD73.77 CAD-0.22-0.48288.5KOn
5 Jun 2026103.1 CAD7.1%96.52 CAD73.42 CAD-0.660.28527.1KOn
29 May 202696.28 CAD0.1%95.96 CAD73.07 CAD-0.91-7.542.8MOff
22 May 202696.16 CAD1.3%95.57 CAD72.78 CAD-0.93-7.271.5MOn
15 May 202694.94 CAD-0.5%95.27 CAD72.50 CAD-0.84-7.111.7MOn
8 May 202695.39 CAD-2.0%95.05 CAD72.23 CAD-0.77-7.642.1MOn
1 May 202697.35 CAD-0.4%94.70 CAD71.97 CAD-0.67-5.581.4MOn
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.