- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
WIL
LSE
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Wilmington plc · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Latest close
278.0 GBP
-2.8%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is 5.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 34.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -4.1% 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. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
32
out of 100
Latest Close
278.0 GBP
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-2.8%
latest completed week
4W Return
-4.1%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
11.9%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
0.0%
0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.4x
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.
- Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.
- 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
-2.8%
Latest completed week; four-week move -4.1%.
Indicator stack
0/67
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
50/100
1 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 5.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 34.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -4.1% 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 0.4x 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
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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 0.4012-week average 0.25
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure11/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.40Current 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 -4.1% over four weeks, 11.9% over 12 weeks, and -18.2% 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 year0
Trend breadth0.0%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.95Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-3.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-11.93Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-64.5%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 42%
Model confidence 34%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength91/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 10; rank 1 is best.
Value77/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 24; rank 1 is best.
Quality78/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 23; rank 1 is best.
Momentum78/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 23; rank 1 is best.
Growth78/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 23; 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
- - Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- - Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- - 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
- - 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
- 0/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 4.2% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 4.2% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- - 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 1 relevant articles.
0 positive · 1 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-24.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.1%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 higher12 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.3%Week of 10 Jul.
Worst week-7.3%Week of 20 Mar.
Latest week-2.8%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains4
Modest gains8
Flat weeks2
Modest losses8
Sharp losses4
Recent vol4.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.8% / -3.1%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 Consumer Defensive
4-week rank54 / 58
Group average3.2%
Trend breadth44.8%
Trend44.8%active weekly trend signals
MD62.1%positive activity pressure
RS29.3%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryGB Education & Training Services
4-week rank3 / 3
Group average-0.6%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD33.3%positive activity pressure
RS0.0%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 tape29/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 29/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis35/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 11/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.40; No reversal markers Factors81/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 50; Small Cap Core rank 48 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 1 relevant articles.
Wilmington plc (WIL.L) stock price, news, quote and history 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 | 278.0 GBP | -2.8% | 264.8 GBP | 335.6 GBP | 0.95 | -11.93 | 177.4K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 286.0 GBP | 2.5% | 265.3 GBP | 335.8 GBP | 1.00 | -9.83 | 384.2K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 279.0 GBP | 2.2% | 266.2 GBP | 335.9 GBP | 0.90 | -11.66 | 148.6K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 273.0 GBP | -5.9% | 266.9 GBP | 336.1 GBP | 0.88 | -12.98 | 665.3K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 290.0 GBP | 10.3% | 267.7 GBP | 336.0 GBP | 0.98 | -7.26 | 127.3K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 263.0 GBP | -3.0% | 268.1 GBP | 335.9 GBP | 0.90 | -17.80 | 58.3K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 271.0 GBP | -1.8% | 269.6 GBP | 336.0 GBP | 0.88 | -14.62 | 78.0K | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 276.0 GBP | 4.9% | 270.7 GBP | 336.0 GBP | 0.69 | -12.48 | 2.5M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 263.0 GBP | 1.2% | 271.5 GBP | 336.1 GBP | 0.43 | -18.07 | 70.4K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 260.0 GBP | 5.3% | 273.1 GBP | 336.3 GBP | 0.20 | -18.93 | 12.6K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 247.0 GBP | -1.2% | 274.6 GBP | 336.3 GBP | 0.03 | -24.00 | 506.0K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 250.0 GBP | 0.6% | 276.8 GBP | 336.5 GBP | -0.30 | -24.32 | 430.2K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 248.5 GBP | -1.4% | 279.5 GBP | 336.8 GBP | -0.56 | -23.60 | 119.6K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 252.0 GBP | 5.9% | 282.9 GBP | 337.1 GBP | -0.72 | -23.55 | 3.3M | 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.