HNK1 GER Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Heineken N.V. A · Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Brewers

Latest close 77.26 EUR
-1.0% latest week
Weekly setup

Constructive, but selective

The weekly trend is active. Price is 8.9% above the Trend Line and sits at 37.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.0%, after a 3.3% 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.

Setup score 49 out of 100
Latest Close 77.26 EUR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -1.0% latest completed week
4W Return 3.3% short-term follow-through
12W Return 16.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 7.7% 4 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 2.6x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 4-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
  • Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
What could go wrong
  • 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.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is 8.9% above the Trend Line and sits at 37.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.0%, after a 3.3% 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 2.6x the 13-week average. Participation is unusually strong and confirms that the move is attracting attention.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 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
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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 0.3912-week average 0.17

12-week confirmation

Trend active4/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure9/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.39Current 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 3.3% over four weeks, 16.8% over 12 weeks, and -15.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 4 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-1.0%
4W3.3%
12W16.8%
26W5.0%
52W-15.8%
Active trend streak4 weeks
Active weeks in one year4
Trend breadth7.7%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.43Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change34.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-18.43Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change15.9%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.

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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 strength32/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Value42/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 59; rank 1 is best.
Quality69/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 32; rank 1 is best.
Momentum20/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 81; rank 1 is best.
Growth64/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 37; 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 framework44/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
22.8x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.5x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.6x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
4.3%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
35.8%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
11.6%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
9.1%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
7.7%
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
94.3%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-14.1%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
7/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
1.0%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
1.6%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
2.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.3x
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 sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 2 relevant articles.

0 positive · 2 neutral · 0 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-21.9%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.7%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 higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.0%Week of 26 Jun.
Worst week-8.7%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week-1.0%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains8
Flat weeks0
Modest losses12
Sharp losses2
Recent vol2.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.0%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.6% / -3.2%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.

IndustryDE Beverages - Brewers
4-week rank1 / 1
Group average3.3%
Trend breadth100.0%
Trend100.0%active weekly trend signals
MD100.0%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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 202677.26 EUR-1.0%70.96 EUR83.51 EUR1.43-18.434.4KOn
31 Jul 202678.08 EUR3.2%70.71 EUR83.56 EUR1.41-16.674.1KOn
24 Jul 202675.68 EUR-0.8%70.41 EUR83.60 EUR1.30-18.772.8KOn
17 Jul 202676.29 EUR2.0%70.16 EUR83.65 EUR1.26-18.472.4KOn
10 Jul 202674.81 EUR-1.1%69.93 EUR83.70 EUR1.07-21.911.8KOff
3 Jul 202675.66 EUR2.1%69.74 EUR83.77 EUR0.91-24.2940Off
26 Jun 202674.10 EUR6.0%69.53 EUR83.82 EUR0.56-23.581.0KOff
19 Jun 202669.90 EUR-0.9%69.36 EUR83.89 EUR0.32-29.7928Off
12 Jun 202670.52 EUR5.6%69.38 EUR84.00 EUR0.18-29.20173Off
5 Jun 202666.76 EUR-0.8%69.37 EUR84.09 EUR-0.09-34.2366Off
29 May 202667.30 EUR-2.3%70.41 EUR84.22 EUR-0.09-35.582.9KOff
22 May 202668.90 EUR4.1%71.43 EUR84.35 EUR-0.22-34.471.8KOff
15 May 202666.16 EUR1.0%72.39 EUR84.46 EUR-0.25-35.64417Off
8 May 202665.50 EUR-0.4%73.48 EUR84.60 EUR-0.15-38.301.1KOff
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