- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
VOW3
GER
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Volkswagen AG · Consumer Cyclical · Auto Manufacturers
Latest close
76.32 EUR
2.2%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.2%, after a 7.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 48/100.
Setup score
34
out of 100
Latest Close
76.32 EUR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
2.2%
latest completed week
4W Return
7.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-7.4%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
40.4%
21 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.0x
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
2.2%
Latest completed week; four-week move 7.5%.
Indicator stack
22/41
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
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
News sentiment
48/100
36 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 -8.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.2%, after a 7.5% 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 1.0x 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
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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 0.1412-week average 0.14
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 pressure0.14Current 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 7.5% over four weeks, -7.4% over 12 weeks, and -14.6% 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 year21
Trend breadth40.4%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.50Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change0.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-19.27Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change14.1%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 91%
Model confidence 85%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength52/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Value88/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 13; rank 1 is best.
Quality3/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 98; rank 1 is best.
Momentum19/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 82; rank 1 is best.
Growth9/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 92; 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.
Value-quality framework26/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 5.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.1x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 4.0x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -4.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 15.9% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 3.4% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -2.9% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 2.4% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -0.8% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -35.5% 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
- 6.9% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -1.1% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 5.8% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 2.9x 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 sentiment48/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 36 relevant articles.
3 positive · 24 neutral · 9 negativePatient 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-25.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.5%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.
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Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+4.5%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-11.1%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week+2.2%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains2
Modest gains12
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses6
Recent vol3.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/25Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.7% / -3.4%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.
SectorDE Consumer Cyclical
4-week rank15 / 86
Group average0.1%
Trend breadth34.9%
Trend34.9%active weekly trend signals
MD59.3%positive activity pressure
RS25.6%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryDE Auto Manufacturers
4-week rank2 / 9
Group average2.1%
Trend breadth22.2%
Trend22.2%active weekly trend signals
MD33.3%positive activity pressure
RS11.1%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 tape30/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 30/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis11/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.14; No reversal markers Factors39/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 93; Small Cap Core rank 2 SVQF26/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 276.0 of 375 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment48/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 36 relevant articles.
Has Volkswagen (XTRA:VOW3) Fallen Far Enough To Be A Bargain? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 76.32 EUR | 2.2% | 83.73 EUR | 87.66 EUR | -0.50 | -19.27 | 3.3M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 74.66 EUR | 4.5% | 84.43 EUR | 87.78 EUR | -0.55 | -19.24 | 6.1M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 71.46 EUR | -2.3% | 85.27 EUR | 87.92 EUR | -0.71 | -21.35 | 4.0M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 73.12 EUR | 3.0% | 86.13 EUR | 88.10 EUR | -0.64 | -19.10 | 3.9M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 70.98 EUR | -4.9% | 86.94 EUR | 88.28 EUR | -0.51 | -22.43 | 5.0M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 74.66 EUR | 0.5% | 87.97 EUR | 88.47 EUR | -0.41 | -20.99 | 845.6K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 74.28 EUR | -7.7% | 88.82 EUR | 88.63 EUR | -0.31 | -18.14 | 2.3M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 80.44 EUR | -3.0% | 89.42 EUR | 88.79 EUR | -0.19 | -12.72 | 2.4M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 82.89 EUR | 0.7% | 89.70 EUR | 88.91 EUR | -0.30 | -8.92 | 1.1M | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 82.35 EUR | -4.3% | 89.98 EUR | 89.06 EUR | -0.45 | -10.05 | 827.1K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 86.08 EUR | 2.4% | 90.18 EUR | 89.19 EUR | -0.52 | -7.37 | 3.6M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 84.07 EUR | 2.0% | 90.13 EUR | 89.27 EUR | -0.78 | -8.89 | 3.5M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 82.44 EUR | 0.4% | 90.16 EUR | 89.35 EUR | -0.90 | -7.31 | 4.2M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 82.14 EUR | 1.6% | 90.26 EUR | 89.45 EUR | -0.90 | -9.30 | 4.8M | 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.