What the company does
Standard Life plc operates in the long-term savings and retirement business in Europe. It operates through Retirement Solutions, Pensions & Savings, With-Profits, and Europe & Other segments. The company offers defined contribution workplace pensions, retail savings for retirement, international bonds, and legacy savings and pension products; defined benefit pension income, income drawdown and lifetime annuities, fixed-term annuities, and smoothed managed funds. It also offers new and in-force individual annuity and pension risk transfer contracts written within shareholder funds; U.K. individual annuity; workplace pensions and self-invested personal pensions; new and in-force insurance and investment unit-linked products; …
What the weekly tape is saying
SDLF closed the latest completed week at 791.0 GBP. The 4-week return is 2.3% and the 12-week return is 19.5%. Trend Signal is active, Market Dynamics is 0.42. Setup signature: Balanced read with a 68/100 composite read.
A compressed read of the whole setup
The radar blends trend persistence, momentum, Market Dynamics, Relative Strength, volume confirmation, and risk control into one weekly cockpit.
Scoreboard
16-week signal tape
Price, Trend Line, and Fair Value
Weekly price context with the latest close, trend position, Fair Value gap, drawdown, and 52-week range location.
52-week price path
Price map
- Trend Line
- 732.1 GBP
- Vs Trend Line
- 8.0%
- Fair Value
- 583.7 GBP
- Vs Fair Value
- 35.5%
- 52W High
- 805.0 GBP
- 52W Low
- 614.5 GBP
- Drawdown
- -1.7%
- Range Position
- 92.7%
Returns and trend persistence
Return windows separate the latest week from short-term and medium-term follow-through.
Return windows
Trend read
- Active Streak
- 9 weeks
- 52W Active Weeks
- 49
- 52W Active Breadth
- 94.2%
- Sector Scope
- GB Financial Services
- Sector Rank
- 34 of 209
- Sector Percentile
- 84.1%
Sector and industry pulse
Peer breadth helps separate a stock-specific move from a broader group rotation.
GB Financial Services
- Tracked Peers
- 100
- 4W Rank
- 51 of 100
- Avg 1W
- 1.5%
- Avg 4W
- 3.4%
- Trend Breadth
- 57.0%
- Positive MD
- 61.0%
GB Insurance - Life
- Tracked Peers
- 4
- 4W Rank
- 1 of 4
- Avg 1W
- 1.8%
- Avg 4W
- -3.7%
- Trend Breadth
- 75.0%
- Positive RS
- 50.0%
Pressure, Relative Strength, and expectation
Market Dynamics and Relative Strength show whether buying pressure and relative leadership are confirming the price move.
Dynamics path
Signal state
- Market Dynamics
- 0.42
- 4W MD Change
- 202.6%
- Relative Strength
- 5.35
- 4W RS Change
- -10.9%
- Expectation
- Undecided
- Probability
- 51.56%
Participation and confirmation
Volume tells us whether the latest weekly move is being confirmed by unusual participation.
52-week volume profile
Volume map
- Latest Volume
- 9.9M
- 13W Average
- 14.0M
- 52W Average
- 12.0M
- Vs 13W
- 0.7x
- Vs 52W
- 0.8x
Volatility, downside weeks, and return shape
A compact risk profile shows whether the move is steady, volatile, or being driven by sharp one-week jumps.
26-week return distribution
Risk map
- 13W Volatility
- 3.3%
- 52W Volatility
- 2.9%
- Upside Weeks
- 25
- Downside Weeks
- 26
- Downside Breadth
- 50.0%
- Avg Gain / Loss
- 2.7% / -1.7%
Classification, opportunities, risks, and watch points
Top-level read across company classification, constructive evidence, caution points, and the next things that matter.
Classification
- Exchange
- LSE
- Country
- GB
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Life
- Currency
- GBP
- Market Cap
- 7.8B
Opportunity signals
- Trend Signal is active with a 9-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Market Dynamics is positive on the latest completed week.
- Latest weekly return ranks in the strongest part of its sector group.
Risk signals
- No major top-level risk cluster is currently dominant.
Watch next
- Price is close to its 52-week high; watch for continuation or exhaustion.
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Market Dynamics is the pressure gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Recent completed weeks
The latest weekly rows behind the report snapshot.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend | Fair Value | MD | RS | Volume | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2026 | 791.0 GBP | 4.2% | 732.1 GBP | 583.7 GBP | 0.42 | 5.35 | 9.9M | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 759.0 GBP | -2.2% | 728.0 GBP | 582.1 GBP | 0.38 | 2.15 | 11.0M | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 776.0 GBP | -1.6% | 725.2 GBP | 580.8 GBP | 0.34 | 4.02 | 14.2M | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 788.5 GBP | 1.9% | 721.8 GBP | 579.5 GBP | 0.23 | 5.18 | 13.0M | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 773.5 GBP | 1.6% | 718.2 GBP | 578.0 GBP | 0.14 | 6.00 | 15.3M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 761.4 GBP | -0.2% | 714.0 GBP | 576.7 GBP | 0.04 | 4.10 | 8.7M | On |
| 1 May 2026 | 762.6 GBP | -1.0% | 710.8 GBP | 575.5 GBP | -0.05 | 3.02 | 9.9M | On |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 770.0 GBP | 1.1% | 707.3 GBP | 574.3 GBP | -0.25 | 3.98 | 14.8M | On |
| 17 Apr 2026 | 761.6 GBP | 8.3% | 702.7 GBP | 573.1 GBP | -0.53 | 0.18 | 15.0M | On |
| 10 Apr 2026 | 703.0 GBP | -0.3% | 699.2 GBP | 571.9 GBP | -0.75 | -6.90 | 20.0M | Off |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 705.2 GBP | 6.3% | 697.3 GBP | 571.1 GBP | -0.87 | -5.20 | 11.0M | Off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 663.2 GBP | 0.2% | 696.2 GBP | 570.1 GBP | -0.81 | -6.60 | 16.1M | Off |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 661.7 GBP | -4.2% | 696.7 GBP | 569.4 GBP | -0.27 | -6.33 | 22.6M | On |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 690.7 GBP | -2.9% | 697.8 GBP | 568.6 GBP | 0.16 | -5.50 | 11.5M | On |