- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
LBL
ASX
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
LaserBond Limited · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Latest close
0.56 AUD
0.9%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is 1.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 45.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.9%, after a 3.7% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100.
Setup score
46
out of 100
Latest Close
0.56 AUD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.9%
latest completed week
4W Return
3.7%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
3.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
63.5%
33 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.3x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 37.45% based on similar historical setup states.
- Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- 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
0.9%
Latest completed week; four-week move 3.7%.
Indicator stack
35/71
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.
Next-Week Expectancy
Negative 37.45%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
9 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 1.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 45.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.9%, after a 3.7% 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 1.3x 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
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27 Mar
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17 Apr
24 Apr
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Up week
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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 0.0712-week average 0.19
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership4/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.07Current 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 3.7% over four weeks, 3.7% over 12 weeks, and 6.9% 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 year33
Trend breadth63.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.48Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change152.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-3.73Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-131.9%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 strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 30 Jun 2025
Field coverage 85%
Model confidence 43%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength97/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 4; rank 1 is best.
Value92/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 9; rank 1 is best.
Quality90/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 11; rank 1 is best.
Momentum86/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 15; rank 1 is best.
Growth16/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 85; 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 framework57/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 17.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.5x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 8.0x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 5.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 52.4% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 11.4% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 9.5% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 7.8% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 3.6% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 8.3% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -29.4% 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
- 2.9% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 2.9% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.7x 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 9 relevant articles.
0 positive · 9 neutral · 0 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-15.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.4%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.
13 Feb
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher10 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.6%Week of 20 Feb.
Worst week-6.7%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week+0.9%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains7
Flat weeks4
Modest losses9
Sharp losses3
Recent vol3.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.0%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split21/22Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.4% / -3.6%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.
SectorAU Industrials
4-week rank35 / 100
Group average1.9%
Trend breadth37.0%
Trend37.0%active weekly trend signals
MD52.0%positive activity pressure
RS45.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryAU Specialty Industrial Machinery
4-week rank3 / 9
Group average-5.0%
Trend breadth11.1%
Trend11.1%active weekly trend signals
MD22.2%positive activity pressure
RS33.3%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 tape43/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 43/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis21/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 3/12, relative leadership 4/12.
Activity pressure 0.07; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 37.45%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 37.45% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors91/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 12; Small Cap Core rank 19 SVQF57/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 112.0 of 257 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.
Why Is LaserBond (ASX:LBL) In Smallcap Focus? 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 | 0.56 AUD | 0.9% | 0.55 AUD | 0.59 AUD | 0.48 | -3.73 | 220.4K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 0.56 AUD | 0.9% | 0.56 AUD | 0.59 AUD | 0.24 | -1.52 | 132.9K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.55 AUD | -0.9% | 0.56 AUD | 0.60 AUD | 0.01 | 0.03 | 154.3K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 0.56 AUD | 2.8% | 0.56 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -0.49 | 0.71 | 109.2K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 0.54 AUD | -1.8% | 0.56 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -0.91 | -1.61 | 188.0K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 0.55 AUD | 10.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.25 | 0.38 | 15.4K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 0.50 AUD | -2.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.50 | -7.29 | 59.8K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 0.51 AUD | 0.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.48 | -5.65 | 101.0K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 0.51 AUD | -1.9% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.34 | -4.92 | 8.8K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.52 AUD | 1.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.20 | -0.55 | 316.5K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 0.52 AUD | -4.6% | 0.57 AUD | 0.60 AUD | -1.13 | -2.13 | 228.1K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 0.54 AUD | 0.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.61 AUD | -1.04 | 4.07 | 314.5K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 0.54 AUD | -1.8% | 0.57 AUD | 0.61 AUD | -1.14 | 4.99 | 303.6K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 0.55 AUD | 0.0% | 0.57 AUD | 0.61 AUD | -1.17 | 5.94 | 212.2K | 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.