LOAN NASDAQ Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc · Real Estate · Reit - Mortgage

Latest close 4.12 USD
-1.0% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -4.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 14.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.0%, after a -2.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 53/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 52/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 29 out of 100
Latest Close 4.12 USD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -1.0% latest completed week
4W Return -2.8% short-term follow-through
12W Return -2.4% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 19.2% 10 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
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 -4.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 14.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.0%, after a -2.8% four-week move.

Study the full chart

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 0.0912-week average 0.08

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure9/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.09Current 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 -2.8% over four weeks, -2.4% over 12 weeks, and -19.5% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-1.0%
4W-2.8%
12W-2.4%
26W-6.4%
52W-19.5%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year10
Trend breadth19.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.11Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-118.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-20.59Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change2.8%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.

Open full factor analysis
Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2026 Field coverage 100% Model confidence 100%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength53/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Value51/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Quality48/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 53; rank 1 is best.
Momentum51/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Growth51/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 50; 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 framework50/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
9.9x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
5.8x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
14.0x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
7.7%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
80.9%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
58.2%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
62.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
7.6%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-12.4%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-13.5%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-42.5%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
6/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
10.9%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
11.0%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
4.0x
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.

Options positioningVolatility

LOAN shows volatility options pressure with a 53/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.01, expected move of 30.9%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction53/100
Expected move30.9%
Put/call volume0.01
Pressure100
Speculation6
Volatility96
Trend agreement0
Open options detail
Insider activity1 / 0

1 acquisitions and 0 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.
News sentiment52/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 33 relevant articles.

11 positive · 14 neutral · 8 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 move30.9%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-23.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.9%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 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+5.0%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-8.9%Week of 24 Jul.
Latest week-1.0%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses13
Sharp losses2
Recent vol3.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.0%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split20/32Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.6% / -2.2%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.

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 20264.12 USD-1.0%4.31 USD4.45 USD-0.11-20.59132.4KOff
31 Jul 20264.16 USD4.8%4.32 USD4.45 USD0.09-16.46245.5KOff
24 Jul 20263.97 USD-8.9%4.33 USD4.45 USD0.43-20.52235.6KOff
17 Jul 20264.36 USD2.8%4.35 USD4.45 USD0.69-14.82173.6KOff
10 Jul 20264.24 USD-6.6%4.37 USD4.44 USD0.58-21.17407.0KOff
3 Jul 20264.54 USD4.7%4.38 USD4.44 USD0.56-14.75133.4KOff
26 Jun 20264.34 USD1.6%4.38 USD4.44 USD0.20-18.56133.6KOff
19 Jun 20264.27 USD0.5%4.38 USD4.43 USD0.02-23.9695.3KOff
12 Jun 20264.25 USD2.8%4.38 USD4.43 USD-0.05-22.94119.5KOff
5 Jun 20264.13 USD-2.1%4.39 USD4.43 USD-0.10-23.92106.6KOff
29 May 20264.22 USD1.0%4.41 USD4.43 USD0.11-26.3364.4KOff
22 May 20264.18 USD-0.9%4.42 USD4.42 USD0.24-25.5581.2KOff
15 May 20264.22 USD-1.2%4.45 USD4.42 USD0.47-24.57118.9KOff
8 May 20264.27 USD-1.8%4.48 USD4.42 USD0.79-24.48256.9KOff
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