VOW GER Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Volkswagen AG · Consumer Cyclical · Auto Manufacturers

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Latest close 77.25 EUR
1.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -9.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.8%, after a 6.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100.

Setup score 30 out of 100
Latest Close 77.25 EUR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.8% latest completed week
4W Return 6.8% short-term follow-through
12W Return -8.7% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 40.4% 21 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.0x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
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.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
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 1.8% Latest completed week; four-week move 6.8%. Indicator stack 22/35 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 44.72% Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed. News sentiment 50/100 19 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 -9.3% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.8%, after a 6.8% 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 1.0x 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
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 0.1312-week average 0.13

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.13Current 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 6.8% over four weeks, -8.7% over 12 weeks, and -15.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.8%
4W6.8%
12W-8.7%
26W-18.8%
52W-15.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year21
Trend breadth40.4%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.71Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-32.9%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-19.63Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change11.8%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 inexpensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 85%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength51/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Value88/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 13; rank 1 is best.
Quality3/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 98; rank 1 is best.
Momentum19/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 82; rank 1 is best.
Growth9/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 92; 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 framework26/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
5.3x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.1x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
4.0x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-4.7%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
15.9%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
3.4%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-2.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
2.4%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-0.8%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-35.5%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
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
6.7%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-1.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
5.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.9x
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 19 relevant articles.

2 positive · 15 neutral · 2 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-25.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.5%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 higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+3.8%Week of 17 Jul.
Worst week-10.3%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week+1.8%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains0
Modest gains13
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses6
Recent vol3.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count 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.

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 tape25/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 25/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis11/100

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

Activity pressure 0.13; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 44.72%

Next-week expectancy is negative with a 44.72% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors39/100

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

Buyback Yield rank 93; Small Cap Core rank 2 SVQF26/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 278.0 of 375 Patient CapitalQuiet

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

No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 19 relevant articles.

Volkswagen CFO addresses plant closures, job losses as profits sink 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 202677.25 EUR1.8%85.14 EUR93.21 EUR-0.71-19.63225.8KOff
31 Jul 202675.85 EUR3.8%85.85 EUR93.44 EUR-0.74-19.33334.7KOff
24 Jul 202673.10 EUR-2.7%86.68 EUR93.70 EUR-0.83-20.90288.2KOff
17 Jul 202675.10 EUR3.8%87.52 EUR94.01 EUR-0.71-18.31355.5KOff
10 Jul 202672.35 EUR-5.3%88.30 EUR94.32 EUR-0.53-22.27431.3KOff
3 Jul 202676.40 EUR1.1%89.31 EUR94.65 EUR-0.41-20.5589.7KOff
26 Jun 202675.55 EUR-7.7%90.16 EUR94.97 EUR-0.28-18.19174.4KOff
19 Jun 202681.85 EUR-2.3%90.75 EUR95.30 EUR-0.15-12.75237.2KOff
12 Jun 202683.78 EUR-0.3%91.04 EUR95.57 EUR-0.23-9.5760.2KOff
5 Jun 202684.01 EUR-4.7%91.36 EUR95.88 EUR-0.40-9.8648.4KOff
29 May 202688.15 EUR2.6%91.56 EUR96.16 EUR-0.42-6.83212.9KOff
22 May 202685.89 EUR1.5%91.48 EUR96.39 EUR-0.68-8.56308.3KOff
15 May 202684.62 EUR-0.1%91.48 EUR96.62 EUR-0.86-6.55205.6KOff
8 May 202684.72 EUR2.6%91.56 EUR96.87 EUR-0.85-8.08378.9KOff
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