- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
RTC
LSE
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
RTC Group plc · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
Latest close
90.00 GBP
0.0%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -17.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 7.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -7.7% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
19
out of 100
Latest Close
90.00 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
-7.7%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-33.3%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
40.4%
21 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.3x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 20.68% based on similar historical setup states.
- 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
0.0%
Latest completed week; four-week move -7.7%.
Indicator stack
22/28
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 20.68%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
2 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 -17.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 7.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.0%, after a -7.7% 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 0.3x 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
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20 Feb
27 Feb
6 Mar
13 Mar
20 Mar
27 Mar
3 Apr
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17 Apr
24 Apr
1 May
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22 May
29 May
5 Jun
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26 Jun
3 Jul
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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 0.1612-week average 0.58
12-week confirmation
Trend active3/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership1/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.16Current 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 -7.7% over four weeks, -33.3% over 12 weeks, and -5.2% 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 year21
Trend breadth40.4%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.21Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-6.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-19.23Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-80.8%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 is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 91%
Model confidence 72%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength32/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Value37/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 64; rank 1 is best.
Quality38/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 63; rank 1 is best.
Momentum38/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 63; rank 1 is best.
Growth38/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 63; 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.
Value-quality framework95/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 6.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.1x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 2.9x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 52.3% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 18.7% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 2.7% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 5.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 30.2% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -1.3% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 5.0% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 150.1% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 9/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 7.5% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 7.5% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 15.0% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -0.5x 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 2 relevant articles.
0 positive · 2 neutral · 0 negativePatient 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-40.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.8%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
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher5 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+24.2%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-15.1%Week of 29 May.
Latest week+0.0%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains2
Flat weeks9
Modest losses9
Sharp losses3
Recent vol4.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split13/15Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.9% / -4.2%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.
SectorGB Industrials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average9.1%
Trend breadth46.0%
Trend46.0%active weekly trend signals
MD65.0%positive activity pressure
RS50.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Staffing & Employment Services
4-week rank10 / 10
Group average29.1%
Trend breadth40.0%
Trend40.0%active weekly trend signals
MD80.0%positive activity pressure
RS40.0%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 tape22/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 22/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis20/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 3/12, activity pressure 3/12, relative leadership 1/12.
Activity pressure 0.16; 2 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 20.68%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 20.68% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors35/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 8 SVQF95/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 13.5 of 260 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 2 relevant articles.
RTC Group plc Revenue Breakdown – LSE:RTC 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 | 90.00 GBP | 0.0% | 108.5 GBP | 87.34 GBP | -1.21 | -19.23 | 14.4K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 90.00 GBP | 0.0% | 108.7 GBP | 86.88 GBP | -1.15 | -19.31 | 23.9K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 90.00 GBP | 0.0% | 108.9 GBP | 86.41 GBP | -1.11 | -18.67 | 10.0K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 90.00 GBP | -7.7% | 109.2 GBP | 85.94 GBP | -1.08 | -17.97 | 82.4K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 97.50 GBP | -3.5% | 109.4 GBP | 85.47 GBP | -1.14 | -10.63 | 43.6K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 101.0 GBP | 0.0% | 109.3 GBP | 84.95 GBP | -1.15 | -9.25 | 4.7K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 101.0 GBP | 0.0% | 109.2 GBP | 84.40 GBP | -1.14 | -8.06 | 12.5K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 101.0 GBP | -3.8% | 108.9 GBP | 83.86 GBP | -0.90 | -7.01 | 0 | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 105.0 GBP | 4.0% | 108.6 GBP | 83.33 GBP | -0.46 | -4.55 | 36.9K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 101.0 GBP | -2.9% | 108.3 GBP | 82.78 GBP | 0.19 | -7.45 | 14.0K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 104.0 GBP | -15.1% | 108.1 GBP | 82.25 GBP | 0.91 | -5.33 | 165.9K | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 122.4 GBP | -9.3% | 107.8 GBP | 81.70 GBP | 1.44 | 10.66 | 81.9K | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 134.9 GBP | -3.6% | 106.8 GBP | 81.03 GBP | 1.70 | 25.46 | 90.0K | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 139.9 GBP | -1.1% | 105.5 GBP | 80.29 GBP | 1.79 | 30.29 | 73.1K | On |
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.