RY4C GER Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Ryanair Holdings plc · Industrials · Airlines

Latest close 25.30 EUR
4.0% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 44.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 4.0%, after a -4.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 53/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 37 out of 100
Latest Close 25.30 EUR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 4.0% latest completed week
4W Return -4.8% short-term follow-through
12W Return 12.7% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 57.7% 30 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
  • 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.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
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 not active. Price is -1.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 44.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 4.0%, after a -4.8% 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 0.8x 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
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
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 0.3412-week average 0.21

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership1/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.34Current 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 -4.8% over four weeks, 12.7% over 12 weeks, and -1.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W4.0%
4W-4.8%
12W12.7%
26W-9.5%
52W-1.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year30
Trend breadth57.7%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.27Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-49.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-9.84Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-1073.5%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 strongly versus its universe; growth ranks strongly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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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 strength84/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 17; rank 1 is best.
Value75/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 26; rank 1 is best.
Quality86/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 15; rank 1 is best.
Momentum35/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 66; rank 1 is best.
Growth93/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 8; 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 framework75/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
12.1x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.7x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
6.5x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
7.2%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
22.6%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
15.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
11.6%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
20.1%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
11.4%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
37.5%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-3.3%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
8/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
1.5%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
2.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
3.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.3x
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 sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 10 relevant articles.

1 positive · 8 neutral · 1 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-15.3%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.0%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+10.3%Week of 22 May.
Worst week-9.6%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week+4.0%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains3
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses7
Recent vol5.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.4% / -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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 202625.30 EUR4.0%25.67 EUR20.88 EUR0.27-9.8460.2KOff
31 Jul 202624.32 EUR1.2%25.79 EUR20.81 EUR0.36-11.1735.1KOff
24 Jul 202624.02 EUR-8.0%25.96 EUR20.76 EUR0.49-10.58133.9KOff
17 Jul 202626.10 EUR-1.8%26.13 EUR20.70 EUR0.59-1.8885.3KOff
10 Jul 202626.58 EUR-2.3%26.24 EUR20.63 EUR0.52-0.84110.1KOff
3 Jul 202627.20 EUR-1.4%26.33 EUR20.57 EUR0.27-1.242.8KOff
26 Jun 202627.59 EUR5.1%26.35 EUR20.49 EUR-0.064.857.3KOff
19 Jun 202626.24 EUR6.9%26.36 EUR20.42 EUR-0.29-1.258.9KOff
12 Jun 202624.54 EUR1.9%26.35 EUR20.35 EUR-0.38-6.2367.2KOff
5 Jun 202624.08 EUR-4.5%26.42 EUR20.30 EUR-0.56-8.387.1KOff
29 May 202625.22 EUR1.8%26.49 EUR20.25 EUR-0.56-5.36123.0KOff
22 May 202624.77 EUR10.3%26.52 EUR20.19 EUR-0.81-6.22189.6KOff
15 May 202622.45 EUR-5.3%26.54 EUR20.13 EUR-1.07-11.66127.5KOff
8 May 202623.71 EUR4.5%26.63 EUR20.09 EUR-0.89-8.13166.3KOff
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