PAGE LSE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

PageGroup plc · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services

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Latest close 194.2 GBP
6.9% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is 25.2% above the Trend Line and sits at 50.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 6.9%, after a 51.1% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 61/100.

Setup score 44 out of 100
Latest Close 194.2 GBP 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 6.9% latest completed week
4W Return 51.1% short-term follow-through
12W Return 68.1% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.1x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • 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.
Price follow-through 6.9% Latest completed week; four-week move 51.1%. Indicator stack 0/100 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. News sentiment 61/100 9 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is 25.2% above the Trend Line and sits at 50.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 6.9%, after a 51.1% 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 1.1x 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
6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 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
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 0.2012-week average 0.06

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.20Current 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 51.1% over four weeks, 68.1% over 12 weeks, and -24.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W6.9%
4W51.1%
12W68.1%
26W-5.4%
52W-24.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.38Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change407.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-7.09Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change82.0%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 weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 72%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength2/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 99; rank 1 is best.
Value10/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.
Quality8/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 93; rank 1 is best.
Momentum3/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 98; rank 1 is best.
Growth2/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 99; 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.

Value-quality framework6/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
67.1x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.4x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
8.9x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
5.3%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
48.2%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
1.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
2.3%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
5.0%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-8.2%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-68.1%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-65.7%
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
4.4%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
1.4%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
5.8%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
1.3x
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 sentiment61/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 9 relevant articles.

1 positive · 5 neutral · 3 negative
Patient 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-31.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility10.1%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 higher16 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+27.5%Week of 17 Jul.
Worst week-21.7%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week+6.9%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5
Modest gains11
Flat weeks0
Modest losses3
Sharp losses7
Recent vol10.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.3% / -4.9%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.

Weekly tape35/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 35/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis22/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 6/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.20; No reversal markers Factors5/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 29; Small Cap Core rank 67 SVQF6/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 245.0 of 260 Patient CapitalRecent

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

Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Sentiment61/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 9 relevant articles.

Michael Page PLC (MPGPF) (H1 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Operating Profit Surges to GBP9. ... Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 2026194.2 GBP6.9%155.1 GBP318.0 GBP1.38-7.095.4MOff
31 Jul 2026181.7 GBP0.7%156.4 GBP319.7 GBP1.26-13.734.6MOff
24 Jul 2026180.5 GBP10.1%157.9 GBP321.4 GBP0.95-14.477.4MOff
17 Jul 2026163.9 GBP27.5%159.4 GBP323.1 GBP0.57-22.3113.4MOff
10 Jul 2026128.5 GBP11.1%161.6 GBP324.8 GBP0.27-39.365.6MOff
3 Jul 2026115.7 GBP6.9%165.2 GBP326.5 GBP0.02-47.21805.5KOff
26 Jun 2026108.2 GBP-2.7%169.4 GBP328.4 GBP-0.12-50.75831.8KOff
19 Jun 2026111.2 GBP-11.2%173.6 GBP330.2 GBP-0.18-49.497.0MOff
12 Jun 2026125.2 GBP2.0%177.8 GBP332.1 GBP-0.46-44.73758.3KOff
5 Jun 2026122.8 GBP0.7%181.4 GBP334.2 GBP-0.63-46.13560.3KOff
29 May 2026122.0 GBP3.3%185.2 GBP336.2 GBP-0.71-47.566.6MOff
22 May 2026118.1 GBP2.3%189.4 GBP338.3 GBP-0.94-50.326.1MOff
15 May 2026115.5 GBP-15.5%193.5 GBP340.4 GBP-1.13-50.957.1MOff
8 May 2026136.7 GBP2.7%197.4 GBP342.4 GBP-1.16-43.173.2MOff
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