ESSITY-A STO Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Essity AB (publ) · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Latest close 278.0 SEK
0.5% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 6.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 87.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.5%, after a 0.0% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 53 out of 100
Latest Close 278.0 SEK 31 Jul 2026
1W Return 0.5% latest completed week
4W Return 0.0% short-term follow-through
12W Return 12.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 36.5% 19 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.6x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 6-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
What could go wrong
  • No major top-level risk cluster is currently dominant.
What to watch next
  • Price is close to its 52-week high; watch for continuation or exhaustion.
  • 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 active. Price is 6.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 87.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.5%, after a 0.0% 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 0.6x 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
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 31 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 0.6912-week average 0.41

12-week confirmation

Trend active6/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership3/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.69Current 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 0.0% over four weeks, 12.3% over 12 weeks, and 19.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 6 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.5%
4W0.0%
12W12.3%
26W9.7%
52W19.8%
Active trend streak6 weeks
Active weeks in one year19
Trend breadth36.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.08Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change0.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-1.54Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change27.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

A published fundamentals and factor snapshot is not available for this company.

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No published fundamental snapshot is available for this company.

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.

5 positive · 15 neutral · 3 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-2.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility1.8%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 higher17 of 269 weeks finished lower.
Best week+5.9%Week of 6 Feb.
Worst week-7.7%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week+0.5%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains2
Modest gains15
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses2
Recent vol1.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split33/17Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew1.8% / -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
31 Jul 2026278.0 SEK0.5%260.5 SEK255.4 SEK1.08-1.5446.1KOn
24 Jul 2026276.5 SEK-2.0%259.7 SEK255.1 SEK1.21-0.7550.7KOn
17 Jul 2026282.0 SEK1.6%258.9 SEK254.8 SEK1.292.82102.5KOn
10 Jul 2026277.5 SEK-0.2%258.0 SEK254.5 SEK1.270.12425.9KOn
3 Jul 2026278.0 SEK-0.2%257.2 SEK254.4 SEK1.08-2.1150.5KOn
26 Jun 2026278.5 SEK4.1%256.3 SEK254.3 SEK0.610.5910.8KOn
19 Jun 2026267.5 SEK0.9%255.4 SEK254.1 SEK0.41-4.4047.4KOff
12 Jun 2026265.0 SEK3.7%254.9 SEK254.1 SEK0.12-3.704.8KOff
5 Jun 2026255.5 SEK-1.5%254.4 SEK254.1 SEK-0.27-7.616.0KOff
29 May 2026259.5 SEK0.8%254.5 SEK254.1 SEK-0.25-7.27127.9KOff
22 May 2026257.5 SEK3.6%254.2 SEK254.1 SEK-0.53-8.7382.7KOff
15 May 2026248.5 SEK0.4%254.2 SEK254.2 SEK-0.73-9.2640.7KOff
8 May 2026247.5 SEK1.2%254.4 SEK254.4 SEK-0.67-11.1654.8KOff
1 May 2026244.5 SEK-1.4%254.2 SEK254.6 SEK-0.77-12.3625.7KOff
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.