HUB ASX Week ended 24 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

HUB24 Limited · Financial Services · Capital Markets

Latest close 81.36 AUD
-2.2% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -5.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 24.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.2%, after a 16.4% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 55/100.

Setup score 43 out of 100
Latest Close 81.36 AUD 24 Jul 2026
1W Return -2.2% latest completed week
4W Return 16.4% short-term follow-through
12W Return -1.6% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 38.5% 20 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.2x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
  • Next-week expectancy is positive at 58.83% based on similar historical setup states.
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 weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
  • The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.
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 -5.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 24.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.2%, after a 16.4% 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 1.2x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
30 Jan 6 Feb 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
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 0.1212-week average 0.05

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.12Current 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 16.4% over four weeks, -1.6% over 12 weeks, and -21.6% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-2.2%
4W16.4%
12W-1.6%
26W-19.2%
52W-21.6%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year20
Trend breadth38.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.24Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change151.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-12.77Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change51.0%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 expensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2025 Field coverage 85% Model confidence 45%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength16/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 85; rank 1 is best.
Value1/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 100; rank 1 is best.
Quality99/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 2; rank 1 is best.
Momentum9/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 92; rank 1 is best.
Growth98/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 3; 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
83.7x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
16.6x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
45.0x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
1.9%
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
24.2%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
31.1%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
15.3%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
23.8%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
69.2%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
94.2%
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
0.8%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.8%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
1.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.4x
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 sentiment55/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 18 relevant articles.

6 positive · 11 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-33.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.5%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 higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+27.3%Week of 20 Feb.
Worst week-17.9%Week of 6 Feb.
Latest week-2.2%Week of 24 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains8
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses8
Recent vol5.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.1% / -4.6%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
24 Jul 202681.36 AUD-2.2%85.68 AUD67.28 AUD0.24-12.771.4MOff
17 Jul 202683.23 AUD0.4%86.23 AUD66.93 AUD0.15-11.45962.4KOff
10 Jul 202682.89 AUD2.3%86.63 AUD66.56 AUD0.00-12.301.5MOff
3 Jul 202681.04 AUD16.0%87.16 AUD66.19 AUD-0.27-14.861.6MOff
26 Jun 202669.89 AUD-5.0%87.77 AUD65.82 AUD-0.47-26.091.8MOff
19 Jun 202673.55 AUD-8.3%88.89 AUD65.53 AUD-0.57-23.091.1MOff
12 Jun 202680.20 AUD-4.4%89.75 AUD65.22 AUD-0.44-16.08358.3KOff
5 Jun 202683.85 AUD0.9%90.55 AUD64.87 AUD-0.34-10.50942.0KOff
29 May 202683.10 AUD0.3%91.51 AUD64.49 AUD-0.33-12.39584.2KOff
22 May 202682.84 AUD2.9%92.53 AUD64.11 AUD-0.26-11.971.2MOff
15 May 202680.54 AUD-1.6%93.45 AUD63.74 AUD-0.32-14.141.3MOff
8 May 202681.83 AUD-1.1%94.26 AUD63.39 AUD-0.28-13.941.2MOff
1 May 202682.71 AUD-0.9%95.02 AUD63.04 AUD-0.31-12.891.3MOff
24 Apr 202683.44 AUD-12.8%95.67 AUD62.68 AUD-0.48-12.642.1MOff
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.