BKT ASX Week ended 21 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Black Rock Mining Limited ยท Basic Materials ยท Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Latest close 0.013 AUD
8.3% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -9.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 15.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 8.3%, after a 13.0% 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.

Setup score 29 out of 100
Latest Close 0.013 AUD 21 Aug 2026
1W Return 8.3% latest completed week
4W Return 13.0% short-term follow-through
12W Return -13.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 1.9% 1 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.3x 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 ยท Price action

Where price isโ€”and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -9.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 15.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 8.3%, after a 13.0% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 ยท Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 1.3x 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
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 14 Aug 21 Aug
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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 0.1612-week average 0.07

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 pressure0.16Current 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 ยท Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistentโ€”and is the stock leading?

Performance is 13.0% over four weeks, -13.3% over 12 weeks, and -55.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W8.3%
4W13.0%
12W-13.3%
26W-27.8%
52W-55.2%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year1
Trend breadth1.9%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.28Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change75.3%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-22.07Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change35.7%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 ยท Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying forโ€”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 23 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2024 Field coverage 55% Model confidence 16%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength70/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
Value66/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 35; rank 1 is best.
Quality64/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 37; rank 1 is best.
Momentum65/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 36; rank 1 is best.
Growth66/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 35; 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
-68.3%
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
-15.6%
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
2/9
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
-40.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
-40.1%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
0.8x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 ยท 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 6 relevant articles.

1 positive ยท 5 neutral ยท 0 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 ยท Catalysts and risk

What can move the sharesโ€”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-55.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility8.5%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 higher9 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+14.3%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-15.4%Week of 26 Jun.
Latest week+8.3%Week of 21 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains1
Flat weeks4
Modest losses3
Sharp losses10
Recent vol8.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol10.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split16/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew10.4% / -8.4%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 ยท Sector and peer context

Is this stock leadingโ€”or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 ยท 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
21 Aug 20260.013 AUD8.3%0.0144 AUD0.0413 AUD-0.28-22.077.1MOff
14 Aug 20260.012 AUD9.1%0.0146 AUD0.0418 AUD-0.82-29.837.0MOff
7 Aug 20260.011 AUD0.0%0.0148 AUD0.0423 AUD-1.13-37.904.1MOff
31 Jul 20260.011 AUD-4.3%0.0152 AUD0.0428 AUD-1.16-37.249.5MOff
24 Jul 20260.0115 AUD4.5%0.0153 AUD0.0434 AUD-1.15-34.313.0MOff
17 Jul 20260.011 AUD0.0%0.0154 AUD0.044 AUD-1.12-38.941.1MOff
10 Jul 20260.011 AUD-8.3%0.0155 AUD0.0446 AUD-0.98-40.10307.0KOff
3 Jul 20260.012 AUD9.1%0.0156 AUD0.0453 AUD-0.99-36.132.4MOff
26 Jun 20260.011 AUD-15.4%0.0158 AUD0.0459 AUD-0.79-41.792.6MOff
19 Jun 20260.013 AUD8.3%0.0159 AUD0.0466 AUD-0.62-32.657.4MOff
12 Jun 20260.012 AUD-14.3%0.016 AUD0.0472 AUD-0.58-38.583.9MOff
5 Jun 20260.014 AUD-6.7%0.0162 AUD0.0479 AUD-0.35-28.0519.0MOff
29 May 20260.015 AUD7.1%0.0163 AUD0.0487 AUD-0.37-24.842.7MOff
22 May 20260.014 AUD0.0%0.0164 AUD0.0496 AUD-0.43-30.3210.1MOff
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.

Evidence context