PGL ASX Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Pilbara Gold Limited · Basic Materials · Gold

Latest close 0.51 AUD
5.2% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -10.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 35.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 5.2%, after a 1.0% 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 29 out of 100
Latest Close 0.51 AUD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 5.2% latest completed week
4W Return 1.0% short-term follow-through
12W Return -16.5% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 71.2% 37 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.9x 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.
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 29.80% based on similar historical setup states.
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 -10.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 35.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 5.2%, after a 1.0% 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 0.9x 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 0.1712-week average 0.44

12-week confirmation

Trend active2/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure1/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership6/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.17Current 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 1.0% over four weeks, -16.5% over 12 weeks, and 29.5% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W5.2%
4W1.0%
12W-16.5%
26W-15.8%
52W29.5%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year37
Trend breadth71.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.29Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-56.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-10.39Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-95.3%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 is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2025 Field coverage 24% Model confidence 12%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength31/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 70; rank 1 is best.
Value36/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 65; rank 1 is best.
Quality34/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 67; rank 1 is best.
Momentum35/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 66; rank 1 is best.
Growth35/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 66; 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.

Valuation

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

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
-
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
-
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-
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
-
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
-
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
0/9
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
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.0%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-
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 23 relevant articles.

1 positive · 21 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-40.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility7.3%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 higher9 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+32.1%Week of 27 Mar.
Worst week-24.3%Week of 20 Mar.
Latest week+5.2%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains1
Flat weeks3
Modest losses4
Sharp losses10
Recent vol7.3%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol11.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/25Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew11.0% / -7.8%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.

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 20260.51 AUD5.2%0.57 AUD0.35 AUD-1.29-10.39925.2KOff
31 Jul 20260.48 AUD6.7%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-1.26-11.82563.9KOff
24 Jul 20260.45 AUD-7.2%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-1.18-15.041.1MOff
17 Jul 20260.48 AUD-3.0%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-1.03-8.47635.0KOff
10 Jul 20260.50 AUD-5.7%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-0.83-5.32651.6KOff
3 Jul 20260.53 AUD5.0%0.58 AUD0.34 AUD-0.720.06441.4KOff
26 Jun 20260.51 AUD-11.4%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-0.65-3.49158.4KOff
19 Jun 20260.57 AUD-4.2%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-0.688.24520.6KOff
12 Jun 20260.59 AUD8.2%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-0.6813.70390.9KOff
5 Jun 20260.55 AUD5.8%0.57 AUD0.34 AUD-0.608.051.7MOff
29 May 20260.52 AUD-3.7%0.57 AUD0.33 AUD-0.211.47247.6KOn
22 May 20260.54 AUD-10.7%0.57 AUD0.33 AUD0.246.813.0MOn
15 May 20260.60 AUD-14.2%0.57 AUD0.33 AUD0.5920.512.3MOn
8 May 20260.70 AUD-4.1%0.57 AUD0.33 AUD0.8239.524.2MOn
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