- The trend backdrop is active with a 10-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.
KGH
LSE
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Knights Group Holdings plc · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Latest close
180.0 GBP
0.3%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is active. Price is 1.5% above the Trend Line and sits at 51.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a -5.0% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 53/100.
Setup score
52
out of 100
Latest Close
180.0 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.3%
latest completed week
4W Return
-5.0%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
3.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
53.8%
28 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
3.0x
vs 13-week average
- 6 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
- 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
0.3%
Latest completed week; four-week move -5.0%.
Indicator stack
64/54
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 55.50%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
53/100
12 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 active. Price is 1.5% above the Trend Line and sits at 51.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a -5.0% 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 3.0x the 13-week average. Participation is unusually strong and confirms that the move is attracting attention.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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Up week
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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 0.5312-week average 0.44
12-week confirmation
Trend active10/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure11/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership4/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.53Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers66 reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. 6 reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is -5.0% over four weeks, 3.7% over 12 weeks, and 5.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 10 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak10 weeks
Active weeks in one year28
Trend breadth53.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.34Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-29.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-6.02Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-406.6%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Oct 2025
Field coverage 88%
Model confidence 62%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength47/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 54; rank 1 is best.
Value82/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 19; rank 1 is best.
Quality10/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.
Momentum20/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 81; rank 1 is best.
Growth13/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 88; 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 framework40/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 20.4x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.0x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.1x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 4.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- - Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 12.6% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 8.3% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 6.6% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 8.0% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -23.1% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -8.3% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 3/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 2.8% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.4% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 3.2% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 4.2x 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 sentiment53/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 12 relevant articles.
2 positive · 10 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-15.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.7%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 higher13 of 2611 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.1%Week of 24 Apr.
Worst week-8.1%Week of 20 Feb.
Latest week+0.3%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains7
Modest gains6
Flat weeks2
Modest losses3
Sharp losses8
Recent vol4.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split29/20Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.6% / -5.8%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.
SectorGB Industrials
4-week rank90 / 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 Specialty Business Services
4-week rank17 / 21
Group average1.6%
Trend breadth38.1%
Trend38.1%active weekly trend signals
MD61.9%positive activity pressure
RS28.6%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 tape52/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 52/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis56/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 10/12, activity pressure 11/12, relative leadership 4/12.
Activity pressure 0.53; 6 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 55.50%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 55.50% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors39/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 39; Small Cap Core rank 42 SVQF40/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 157.0 of 260 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment53/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 12 relevant articles.
Knights Group Holdings Plc Revenue Breakdown – LSE:KGH 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 | 180.0 GBP | 0.3% | 177.4 GBP | 143.1 GBP | 0.34 | -6.02 | 1.7M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 179.5 GBP | 2.3% | 177.6 GBP | 142.5 GBP | 0.42 | -6.23 | 431.7K | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 175.5 GBP | -7.9% | 177.4 GBP | 141.9 GBP | 0.54 | -7.42 | 793.4K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 190.5 GBP | 0.5% | 177.5 GBP | 141.3 GBP | 0.54 | 1.49 | 210.5K | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 189.5 GBP | 0.8% | 176.9 GBP | 140.7 GBP | 0.48 | 1.96 | 626.6K | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 188.0 GBP | 5.3% | 175.8 GBP | 139.9 GBP | 0.48 | -0.97 | 65.7K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 178.5 GBP | -1.9% | 174.6 GBP | 139.1 GBP | 0.57 | -4.91 | 61.1K | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 182.0 GBP | 0.0% | 173.9 GBP | 138.4 GBP | 0.76 | -2.12 | 87.9K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 182.0 GBP | -4.2% | 173.7 GBP | 137.7 GBP | 0.93 | -3.43 | 828.6K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 190.0 GBP | -2.6% | 173.4 GBP | 137.0 GBP | 0.66 | 1.60 | 30.7K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 195.0 GBP | 4.3% | 172.7 GBP | 136.3 GBP | 0.27 | 3.90 | 651.1K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 187.0 GBP | 7.8% | 171.9 GBP | 135.6 GBP | -0.18 | -0.77 | 1.6M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 173.5 GBP | 9.8% | 171.7 GBP | 135.0 GBP | -0.61 | -5.40 | 366.9K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 158.0 GBP | -4.8% | 172.2 GBP | 134.5 GBP | -0.85 | -14.29 | 1.3M | Off |
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.