WOR ASX Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Worley Limited · Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Latest close 10.57 AUD
-0.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -10.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 16.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a -1.9% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 52/100.

Setup score 30 out of 100
Latest Close 10.57 AUD 31 Jul 2026
1W Return -0.7% latest completed week
4W Return -1.9% short-term follow-through
12W Return -13.0% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 21.2% 11 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.3x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Next-week expectancy is positive at 55.21% based on similar historical setup states.
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.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
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 -10.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 16.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a -1.9% 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 1.3x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable 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 0.3812-week average 0.34

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership4/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.38Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation 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 -1.9% over four weeks, -13.0% over 12 weeks, and -17.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.7%
4W-1.9%
12W-13.0%
26W-19.4%
52W-17.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year11
Trend breadth21.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.76Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-453.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-16.65Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-11.4%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 ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 74%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength83/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 18; rank 1 is best.
Value98/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 3; rank 1 is best.
Quality85/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 16; rank 1 is best.
Momentum12/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 89; rank 1 is best.
Growth16/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 85; 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 framework83/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
13.2x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.5x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.5x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
9.4%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
8.3%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
5.8%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
5.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
6.9%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-4.8%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
37.9%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
13.3%
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
4.7%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
3.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
7.8%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.2x
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 sentiment52/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 20 relevant articles.

4 positive · 15 neutral · 1 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-27.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.5%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 higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+8.0%Week of 20 Mar.
Worst week-15.3%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week-0.7%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains10
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses5
Recent vol3.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.7% / -3.2%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.

IndustryAU Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
4-week rank1 / 2
Group average-12.5%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD50.0%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
31 Jul 202610.57 AUD-0.7%11.83 AUD13.49 AUD-0.76-16.659.4MOff
24 Jul 202610.64 AUD-0.8%11.89 AUD13.52 AUD-0.64-14.509.1MOff
17 Jul 202610.73 AUD-0.6%11.94 AUD13.56 AUD-0.53-14.307.6MOff
10 Jul 202610.80 AUD0.2%11.99 AUD13.58 AUD-0.13-14.107.2MOff
3 Jul 202610.78 AUD-0.5%12.04 AUD13.61 AUD0.22-14.9511.4MOff
26 Jun 202610.83 AUD-11.3%12.11 AUD13.64 AUD0.49-14.086.1MOff
19 Jun 202612.21 AUD-4.1%12.19 AUD13.66 AUD0.78-4.157.2MOff
12 Jun 202612.73 AUD-2.0%12.21 AUD13.67 AUD0.750.022.0MOff
5 Jun 202612.99 AUD0.4%12.23 AUD13.68 AUD0.754.081.0MOff
29 May 202612.94 AUD3.7%12.24 AUD13.69 AUD0.602.467.7MOff
22 May 202612.48 AUD-0.2%12.28 AUD13.70 AUD0.47-0.337.5MOff
15 May 202612.50 AUD2.9%12.33 AUD13.72 AUD0.340.078.6MOff
8 May 202612.15 AUD0.7%12.36 AUD13.73 AUD0.09-4.059.1MOff
1 May 202612.07 AUD1.6%12.42 AUD13.75 AUD-0.01-4.6311.3MOff
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.