- The trend backdrop is active with a 20-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Auction Technology Group plc · Technology · Software - Application
Latest close
451.0 GBP
-0.9%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive trend
The weekly trend is active. Price is 21.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 83.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.9%, after a 9.1% 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 52/100.
Setup score
80
out of 100
Latest Close
451.0 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-0.9%
latest completed week
4W Return
9.1%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
12.3%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
38.5%
20 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
2.8x
vs 13-week average
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest 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
-0.9%
Latest completed week; four-week move 9.1%.
Indicator stack
66/77
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 55.05%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
52/100
26 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 21.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 83.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.9%, after a 9.1% 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 2.8x 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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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 0.9612-week average 0.84
12-week confirmation
Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.96Current 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 9.1% over four weeks, 12.3% over 12 weeks, and 32.6% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 20 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak20 weeks
Active weeks in one year20
Trend breadth38.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.32Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change39.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership21.41Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change59.6%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 strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 82%
Model confidence 77%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength29/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 72; rank 1 is best.
Value16/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 85; rank 1 is best.
Quality16/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 85; rank 1 is best.
Momentum91/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 10; rank 1 is best.
Growth85/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 16; 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.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 2.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 7.5% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 62.3% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 9.1% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 27.6% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 1.9% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 9.2% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 11.7% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 5/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- - Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 2.9% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 2.9% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -1.7x 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 26 relevant articles.
4 positive · 22 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-8.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.4%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 higher16 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+17.7%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-12.2%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week-0.9%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains7
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses1
Recent vol4.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew5.3% / -3.5%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 Technology
4-week rank22 / 100
Group average2.8%
Trend breadth37.0%
Trend37.0%active weekly trend signals
MD58.0%positive activity pressure
RS34.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Software - Application
4-week rank12 / 52
Group average2.3%
Trend breadth23.1%
Trend23.1%active weekly trend signals
MD61.5%positive activity pressure
RS17.3%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 tape79/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 79/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis91/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 12/12.
Activity pressure 0.96; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 55.05%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 55.05% 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 21; Small Cap Core rank 65 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment52/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 26 relevant articles.
REG - FTSE Russell Intnl Personal Fin Auction Technology - Changes in FTSE UK Index Series 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 | 451.0 GBP | -0.9% | 370.3 GBP | 470.0 GBP | 1.32 | 21.41 | 5.7M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 455.0 GBP | 5.3% | 366.2 GBP | 471.7 GBP | 1.22 | 23.14 | 4.8M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 432.2 GBP | -1.9% | 360.0 GBP | 473.3 GBP | 1.04 | 17.67 | 3.3M | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 440.6 GBP | 6.6% | 355.0 GBP | 475.2 GBP | 1.00 | 20.55 | 2.1M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 413.2 GBP | 0.2% | 350.1 GBP | 477.1 GBP | 0.95 | 13.42 | 1.8M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 412.2 GBP | 3.0% | 345.7 GBP | 479.2 GBP | 1.00 | 10.24 | 141.5K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 400.0 GBP | -2.7% | 341.8 GBP | 481.2 GBP | 1.10 | 7.66 | 890.6K | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 411.0 GBP | -3.4% | 337.9 GBP | 483.4 GBP | 1.20 | 11.37 | 507.5K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 425.6 GBP | -0.6% | 333.2 GBP | 485.3 GBP | 1.22 | 13.52 | 257.6K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 428.2 GBP | 0.1% | 328.0 GBP | 487.6 GBP | 1.30 | 14.71 | 425.3K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 427.6 GBP | 5.7% | 323.4 GBP | 489.5 GBP | 1.29 | 13.33 | 1.6M | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 404.4 GBP | 0.7% | 319.4 GBP | 491.5 GBP | 1.18 | 5.99 | 1.1M | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 401.6 GBP | 12.6% | 316.5 GBP | 493.7 GBP | 1.02 | 7.27 | 3.6M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 356.8 GBP | 2.7% | 312.7 GBP | 495.8 GBP | 0.94 | -5.92 | 2.9M | 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.