- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
CPP
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Week ended 24 Jul 2026
Weekly Investor Report
CPPGroup Plc · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Latest close
0.20 GBP
-24.5%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -66.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 6.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -24.5%, after a -45.9% 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
23
out of 100
Latest Close
0.20 GBP
24 Jul 2026
1W Return
-24.5%
latest completed week
4W Return
-45.9%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-67.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
26.9%
14 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
9.2x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- 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.
Price follow-through
-24.5%
Latest completed week; four-week move -45.9%.
Indicator stack
15/0
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Recent
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Negative 27.47%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
6 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -66.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 6.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -24.5%, after a -45.9% four-week move.
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 9.2x the 13-week average. Participation is unusually strong and confirms that the move is attracting attention.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
30 Jan
6 Feb
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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 0.2212-week average 0.24
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure4/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.22Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals1Accumulation 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 -45.9% over four weeks, -67.5% over 12 weeks, and -87.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year14
Trend breadth26.9%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.20Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-1317.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-77.71Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-25.5%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
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.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 73%
Model confidence 58%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength77/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 24; rank 1 is best.
Value68/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Quality70/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
Momentum70/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
Growth70/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
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
- 88.5% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- -360.8% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -321.8% 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
- -14.7% 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
- 5/9 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
- - Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- - Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.9x 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 6 relevant articles.
0 positive · 6 neutral · 0 negativePatient CapitalRecent
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks
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-87.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility11.8%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
30 Jan
27 Feb
27 Mar
24 Apr
22 May
19 Jun
24 Jul
Weeks higher8 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+12.5%Week of 30 Jan.
Worst week-39.6%Week of 26 Jun.
Latest week-24.5%Week of 24 Jul.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains5
Flat weeks5
Modest losses6
Sharp losses7
Recent vol11.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol10.3%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split13/32Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew7.2% / -8.4%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.
SectorGB Industrials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average9.1%
Trend breadth46.0%
Trend46.0%active weekly trend signals
MD65.0%positive activity pressure
RS50.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Specialty Business Services
4-week rank21 / 21
Group average1.6%
Trend breadth38.1%
Trend38.1%active weekly trend signals
MD61.9%positive activity pressure
RS28.6%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
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.
Weekly tape24/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 24/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis19/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 4/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.22; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 27.47%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 27.47% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors71/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 50 Patient CapitalRecentActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.
REG - CPPGroup PLC - Holding(s) in Company Insiders50/100No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.
Earnings50/100No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.20 GBP | -24.5% | 0.60 GBP | 1.16 GBP | -1.20 | -77.71 | 1.1M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 0.27 GBP | -13.1% | 0.62 GBP | 1.17 GBP | -1.08 | -71.14 | 22.2K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 0.30 GBP | -9.0% | 0.64 GBP | 1.18 GBP | -0.59 | -67.26 | 240.0K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 0.34 GBP | -9.5% | 0.65 GBP | 1.19 GBP | -0.26 | -65.40 | 93.1K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 0.37 GBP | -39.6% | 0.67 GBP | 1.20 GBP | 0.10 | -61.92 | 9.3K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 0.61 GBP | -1.2% | 0.68 GBP | 1.21 GBP | 0.36 | -37.24 | 82 | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 0.62 GBP | -0.4% | 0.69 GBP | 1.21 GBP | 0.28 | -37.96 | 5.1K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.62 GBP | -0.4% | 0.70 GBP | 1.22 GBP | 0.16 | -37.50 | 52.2K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 0.62 GBP | 0.8% | 0.71 GBP | 1.23 GBP | -0.05 | -37.90 | 2.7K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 0.62 GBP | 0.0% | 0.73 GBP | 1.24 GBP | -0.11 | -39.12 | 8.7K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 0.62 GBP | 1.6% | 0.74 GBP | 1.25 GBP | -0.19 | -37.92 | 530 | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 0.61 GBP | -0.8% | 0.76 GBP | 1.26 GBP | -0.25 | -39.54 | 3.9K | Off |
| 1 May 2026 | 0.61 GBP | 0.0% | 0.78 GBP | 1.27 GBP | -0.18 | -40.22 | 13.6K | Off |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 0.61 GBP | -0.8% | 0.80 GBP | 1.28 GBP | -0.37 | -40.68 | 16.9K | Off |
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.