YOUL NASDAQ Week ended 09 Oct 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Youlife Group Inc. American Depositary Shares · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

Open interactive chart View report data
Latest close 0.3614 USD
-8.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -42.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 3.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -8.7%, after a -18.2% 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 14 out of 100
Latest Close 0.3614 USD 9 Oct 2026
1W Return -8.7% latest completed week
4W Return -18.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return -28.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.1x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • 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 the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 38.97% based on similar historical setup states.
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 -8.7% Latest completed week; four-week move -18.2%. Indicator stack 0/56 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 38.97% 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

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -42.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 3.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -8.7%, after a -18.2% four-week move.

Study the full chart

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 0.1x 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
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 14 Aug 21 Aug 28 Aug 4 Sep 11 Sep 18 Sep 25 Sep 2 Oct 9 Oct
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 0.0612-week average 0.04

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure10/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.06Current 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 -18.2% over four weeks, -28.3% over 12 weeks, and -79.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-8.7%
4W-18.2%
12W-28.3%
26W-59.3%
52W-79.7%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.46Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-31.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-69.22Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-7.3%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 is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

Open full factor analysis
Factor week 09 Oct 2026 Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025 Field coverage 85% Model confidence 59%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength31/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 70; rank 1 is best.
Value41/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 60; rank 1 is best.
Quality39/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 62; rank 1 is best.
Momentum41/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 60; rank 1 is best.
Growth41/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 60; 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 framework63/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
0.7x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.0x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
1.9x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
19.2%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
10.4%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
0.4%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
0.6%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
0.8%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
16.9%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
138.3%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
3/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
-
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
-
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
0.4x
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 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-83.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility13.1%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 higher11 of 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+27.2%Week of 3 Jul.
Worst week-34.3%Week of 22 May.
Latest week-8.7%Week of 9 Oct.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains3
Flat weeks0
Modest losses2
Sharp losses13
Recent vol13.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol14.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split18/33Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew11.5% / -9.4%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.

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 tape16/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 16/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis27/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 10/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.06; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 38.97%

Next-week expectancy is negative with a 38.97% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors37/100

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

Tiny Titans rank 91; Buyback Yield rank 50 SVQF63/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 277.0 of 741 Patient CapitalQuiet

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

No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.

Youlife Group: Haijun Zhang Appointed Directo Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
9 Oct 20260.3614 USD-8.7%0.6296 USD1.21 USD0.46-69.22197.8KOff
2 Oct 20260.396 USD-18.9%0.6522 USD1.23 USD0.62-67.23232.3KOff
25 Sep 20260.4885 USD2.7%0.675 USD1.24 USD0.68-60.47214.6KOff
18 Sep 20260.4755 USD7.7%0.696 USD1.25 USD0.68-61.21536.4KOff
11 Sep 20260.4417 USD-6.5%0.7185 USD1.26 USD0.67-64.52221.5KOff
4 Sep 20260.4726 USD-7.8%0.7428 USD1.28 USD0.63-63.26309.5KOff
28 Aug 20260.5125 USD1.4%0.767 USD1.29 USD0.46-61.19124.8KOff
21 Aug 20260.5054 USD3.4%0.7966 USD1.30 USD0.25-62.39298.1KOff
14 Aug 20260.4889 USD17.5%0.8281 USD1.32 USD0.18-65.287.6MOff
7 Aug 20260.4162 USD-0.9%0.8426 USD1.33 USD0.02-70.82853.8KOff
31 Jul 20260.4198 USD-29.9%0.8764 USD1.35 USD-0.02-69.931.8MOff
24 Jul 20260.5989 USD18.9%0.9098 USD1.36 USD-0.08-58.0412.7MOff
17 Jul 20260.5038 USD-11.8%0.9432 USD1.38 USD-0.39-66.24171.7KOff
10 Jul 20260.571 USD5.4%0.9784 USD1.40 USD-0.56-64.70331.5KOff
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