LS4C GER Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Name: LS4C weekly investor report
Creator: Sharemaestro
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London Stock Exchange GroupPLCR · Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

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Latest close 99.70 EUR

-2.8% latest week

Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is -2.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 55.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -1.7% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 51/100.

Setup score 50 out of 100

Latest Close 99.70 EUR 31 Jul 2026

1W Return -2.8% latest completed week

4W Return -1.7% short-term follow-through

12W Return -3.5% quarterly tape

Trend Breadth 73.1% 38 of 52 weeks active

Volume Ratio 3.9x vs 13-week average

What is working

The trend backdrop is active with a 3-week active streak.
Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.

What could go wrong

Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.

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 -2.8% Latest completed week; four-week move -1.7%. Indicator stack 51/42 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 51/100 23 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.

01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is -2.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 55.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -1.7% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value

Price Trend Line Fair Value

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Close Trend Fair

79.24 EUR 55.1% 116.4 EUR

Range location55.1%Shows where the latest close sits between the 52-week low and high.

Trend distance-2.0%Price premium or discount versus the weekly Trend Line.

Fair-value gap52.7%Premium demand or model discount versus Sharemaestro Fair Value.

High-water gap-14.3%Distance from the latest 52-week high.

02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 3.9x 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

6 Feb 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

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 0.5512-week average 0.70

12-week confirmation

Trend active9/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.

Positive pressure5/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.

Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.

Activity pressure0.55Current 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 -1.7% over four weeks, -3.5% over 12 weeks, and 17.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 3 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-2.8%

4W-1.7%

12W-3.5%

26W6.0%

52W17.0%

Active trend streak3 weeks

Active weeks in one year38

Trend breadth73.1%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership

Pressure-0.52Latest activity-pressure read.

Pressure change18.3%Four-week change in activity pressure.

Leadership-18.48Latest relative-leadership reading.

RS change10.2%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 ranks strongly; valuation is expensive relative to peers.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 74%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength33/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 68; rank 1 is best.

Value15/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 86; rank 1 is best.

Quality80/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 21; rank 1 is best.

Momentum65/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 36; rank 1 is best.

Growth92/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 9; 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.

Valuation

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

P/E: 40.0x
Price / sales: 5.3x
EV / EBITDA: 13.5x
Free-cash-flow yield: 2.8%

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin: 88.1%
Operating margin: 23.2%
Free-cash-flow margin: 18.4%
Return on invested capital: 5.7%

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth: 5.5%
EPS growth: 89.8%
Free-cash-flow growth: -28.1%
Piotroski F-score: 7/9

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield: 1.2%
Buyback yield: 4.3%
Shareholder yield: 5.5%
Net debt / EBITDA: 2.0x

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 sentiment51/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 23 relevant articles.

2 positive · 20 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-14.3%Distance below the 52-week high.

13-week volatility4.6%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.

6 Feb 6 Mar 3 Apr 1 May 29 May 26 Jun 31 Jul

Weeks higher12 of 2611 weeks finished lower.

Best week+12.0%Week of 27 Feb.

Worst week-7.9%Week of 6 Feb.

Latest week-2.8%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8

Modest gains4

Flat weeks3

Modest losses5

Sharp losses6

Recent vol4.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.

Base vol4.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.

Up/down split25/20Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.

Average skew4.2% / -4.2%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.

SectorDE Financial Services

4-week rank65 / 95

Group average0.1%

Trend breadth58.9%

Trend58.9%active weekly trend signals

MD67.4%positive activity pressure

RS49.5%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

PA9 · GER31.7%ALG · GER15.6%MWB0 · GER15.4%BBK · GER11.4%NAQ · GER11.3%

IndustryDE Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

4-week rank3 / 5

Group average-0.8%

Trend breadth60.0%

Trend60.0%active weekly trend signals

MD40.0%positive activity pressure

RS40.0%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

NAQ · GER11.3%DB1 · GER5.0%LS4C · GER-1.7%MHL · GER-7.5%SB1 · GER-11.2%

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 tape49/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 49/100 tape read.

Indicator analysis46/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 9/12, activity pressure 5/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.55; No reversal markers Factors47/100

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

Buyback Yield rank 10; Small Cap Core rank 81 Patient CapitalQuiet

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

No recent buy signal Sentiment51/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 23 relevant articles.

Greg Abel's Berkshire Hathaway May Have Repurchased Up to $11 Billion of Its Own Stock in Q2, a Bullish Signal for Shareholders Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.

Week	Close	Return	Trend Line	Fair Value	Pressure	Leadership	Volume	Trend
31 Jul 2026	99.70 EUR	-2.8%	101.7 EUR	65.28 EUR	-0.52	-18.48	23.6K	On
24 Jul 2026	102.6 EUR	-3.0%	101.8 EUR	64.69 EUR	-0.54	-15.12	3.5K	On
17 Jul 2026	105.7 EUR	0.6%	101.8 EUR	64.09 EUR	-0.59	-12.39	2.6K	On
10 Jul 2026	105.1 EUR	3.5%	101.7 EUR	63.46 EUR	-0.64	-14.58	8.7K	Off
3 Jul 2026	101.4 EUR	7.8%	101.4 EUR	62.84 EUR	-0.64	-20.57	5.9K	Off
26 Jun 2026	94.10 EUR	-3.5%	101.3 EUR	62.25 EUR	-0.44	-23.91	2.0K	Off
19 Jun 2026	97.56 EUR	-5.3%	101.6 EUR	61.70 EUR	-0.09	-23.07	1.5K	On
12 Jun 2026	103.0 EUR	-5.8%	101.6 EUR	61.12 EUR	0.28	-18.45	964	On
5 Jun 2026	109.3 EUR	4.3%	101.5 EUR	60.52 EUR	0.49	-14.60	3.1K	On
29 May 2026	104.8 EUR	-4.4%	101.4 EUR	59.87 EUR	0.52	-19.82	10.2K	On
22 May 2026	109.7 EUR	4.5%	101.2 EUR	59.25 EUR	0.61	-16.10	6.8K	On
15 May 2026	104.9 EUR	1.6%	100.8 EUR	58.60 EUR	0.68	-17.19	4.2K	On
8 May 2026	103.3 EUR	-7.8%	100.5 EUR	57.98 EUR	0.75	-20.05	6.1K	On
1 May 2026	112.1 EUR	-2.7%	100.1 EUR	57.37 EUR	0.68	-13.42	8.8K	On

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.