MLG ASX Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

MLG Oz Limited · Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Latest close 0.74 AUD
-0.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 22.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a 8.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 35 out of 100
Latest Close 0.74 AUD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -0.7% latest completed week
4W Return 8.8% short-term follow-through
12W Return -5.7% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 61.5% 32 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
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.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
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 -8.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 22.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a 8.8% 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
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 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 0.1812-week average 0.15

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.18Current 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 8.8% over four weeks, -5.7% over 12 weeks, and 1.9% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.7%
4W8.8%
12W-5.7%
26W-20.2%
52W1.9%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year32
Trend breadth61.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.08Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change84.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-16.00Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change16.2%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 strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2025 Field coverage 85% Model confidence 43%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength88/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 13; rank 1 is best.
Value99/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 2; rank 1 is best.
Quality91/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 10; rank 1 is best.
Momentum17/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 84; rank 1 is best.
Growth88/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 13; 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 framework64/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
9.8x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.2x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
3.1x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
18.2%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
100.0%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
3.4%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
6.3%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
6.5%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
15.3%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
9.9%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-10.3%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
4/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
1.7%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
1.7%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
1.1x
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 5 relevant articles.

0 positive · 5 neutral · 0 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-32.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.1%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 higher11 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.3%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-13.0%Week of 20 Mar.
Latest week-0.7%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains6
Modest gains5
Flat weeks2
Modest losses8
Sharp losses5
Recent vol5.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/21Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.6% / -5.0%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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 20260.74 AUD-0.7%0.81 AUD0.70 AUD-0.08-16.00572.3KOff
31 Jul 20260.75 AUD10.3%0.82 AUD0.70 AUD-0.22-12.78781.8KOff
24 Jul 20260.68 AUD3.0%0.82 AUD0.70 AUD-0.38-19.09214.7KOff
17 Jul 20260.66 AUD-3.6%0.83 AUD0.70 AUD-0.42-21.831.2MOff
10 Jul 20260.69 AUD-6.8%0.83 AUD0.70 AUD-0.51-19.101.1MOff
3 Jul 20260.73 AUD0.0%0.84 AUD0.70 AUD-0.75-13.71174.5KOff
26 Jun 20260.73 AUD-3.3%0.85 AUD0.70 AUD-1.01-13.0325.3KOff
19 Jun 20260.76 AUD3.4%0.85 AUD0.70 AUD-1.22-10.7943.3KOff
12 Jun 20260.73 AUD1.4%0.85 AUD0.70 AUD-1.34-13.5886.0KOff
5 Jun 20260.72 AUD4.3%0.86 AUD0.70 AUD-1.14-13.01690.5KOff
29 May 20260.69 AUD-1.4%0.86 AUD0.69 AUD-1.06-17.56169.2KOff
22 May 20260.70 AUD-10.8%0.87 AUD0.69 AUD-1.01-15.65551.0KOff
15 May 20260.79 AUD0.0%0.88 AUD0.69 AUD-1.03-5.113.4MOff
8 May 20260.79 AUD1.3%0.88 AUD0.69 AUD-1.27-6.021.7MOff
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.

Evidence context