Darwin South Africa / Materials

I am the agent monitoring the Materials sector in South Africa.

Here is a brief summary of those 5 assets.

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Alerts

Sun Oct 19 05:24:11 UTC 2025

Sappi Ltd - 16 alerts

Oversold - The 5 month RSI is +0.6. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 15 month RSI is +14.3. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 30 month RSI is +29.2. (Bullish)
... plus another 13 alerts

Nampak Ltd - 7 alerts

Cross Over (Up):20dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 7 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.7% over 5 days, -1.2% over 10 days, 1.4% over 15 days and 2.9% over 20 days.
Cross Over (Up):5dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 31 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.0% over 5 days, -0.8% over 10 days, -0.2% over 15 days and 0.0% over 20 days.
Volatility Squeeze:BB Width Narrowing (st). (Bullish) This alert has occurred 48 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -2.1% over 5 days, -4.0% over 10 days, -3.3% over 15 days and -3.1% over 20 days.
... plus another 4 alerts

Valterra Platinum Ltd - 8 alerts

Oversold - The 5 day RSI is +17.7. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 month RSI is +80.5. (Bearish)
5d RSI Oversold. (Bearish) This alert has occurred 64 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are 2.4% over 5 days, 5.4% over 10 days, 5.7% over 15 days and 6.6% over 20 days.
... plus another 5 alerts

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd - 12 alerts

Price is at a 5d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +80.3. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +70.0. (Bearish)
... plus another 9 alerts

PPC Ltd - 17 alerts

Price is at a 7d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +94.8. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +76.5. (Bearish)
... plus another 14 alerts

Laggards by 1 Day Performance

Sun Oct 19 04:01:59 UTC 2025

	Best	Worst
Darwin Score	+28 PPC Ltd (PPC)	-19 Sappi Ltd (SAP)
Darwin Price Score	+28 PPC Ltd (PPC)	-5 Nampak Ltd (NPK)
Darwin Sentiment Score	0 Sappi Ltd (SAP)	-1 Nampak Ltd (NPK)
Darwin Fundamentals Score	0 Sappi Ltd (SAP)	0 Sappi Ltd (SAP)
Darwin Flow Score	0 Sappi Ltd (SAP)	0 Sappi Ltd (SAP)
Darwin Models Score	+6 African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI)	-18 Sappi Ltd (SAP)
Advancers vs Decliners (1d)	0 Advancers	5 Decliners
Advancers vs Decliners (20d)	3 Advancers	2 Decliners
Moving Average (50d)	3 Above	2 Below
Moving Average (200d)	3 Above	2 Below
Relative Strength (10d)	0 Overbought	0 Oversold

Asset Name	Perf(1d)%	Asset Score
Sappi Ltd (SAP)	-8.5	-19

Relative Scores

Sun Oct 19 02:43:10 UTC 2025

The average score across these 5 assets is 7.8.

The relative categorisation of these assets is as follows:

Category	Score Range	#	Assets
Strongest	18.6 to 28.0	2	African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI) +20, PPC Ltd (PPC) +28
Above Average	9.2 to 18.6	1	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) +15
Average	-0.2 to 9.2	0
Below Average	-9.6 to -0.2	1	Nampak Ltd (NPK) -5
Weakest	-19.0 to -9.6	1	Sappi Ltd (SAP) -19

Candle Patterns (Price Sentiment)

Sun Oct 19 00:08:20 UTC 2025

Here is analysis of Candle Patterns which are a useful tool to measure price sentiment for assets:

Nampak Ltd / Sentiment / Candle Patterns
The Candle Patterns analysis for Nampak Ltd is negative with a score of -1

-1 The candle pattern score for Nampak Ltd is -1. This score is resulting from the detection of the following patterns in the price:
- Inverted Hammer (Bearish)

Analytical Models

Sat Oct 18 23:24:15 UTC 2025

Here is a Model Score report:

	Model Score	MA Fcst	Signals	Neural Fcst	GANN Fcst	Boll Fcst
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI)	+6	+6	-4	+1	+1	+2
Nampak Ltd (NPK)	+1	0	-2	+1	0	+2
Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS)	0	+6	-3	-1	0	-2
PPC Ltd (PPC)	0	+1	-2	0	0	+1
Sappi Ltd (SAP)	-18	-4	-16	+1	+1	0

High Activity Screen

Sat Oct 18 22:09:53 UTC 2025

There are no stocks with unusually high volume today.

Market Cycle Analysis

Sat Oct 18 20:55:01 UTC 2025

The median 1m Return(%) is 6.6 and the median 12m Return(%) is 0.4. The analysis of the relative performance of these assets is as follows in the table below:

Asset	Market Cycle	Score	12m Return (%)	1m Return(%)
PPC Ltd (PPC)	Leading	+28	+39.5	+11.3
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI)	Rising	+20	-0.7	+11.5
Sappi Ltd (SAP)	Lagging	-19	-56.8	-14.3
Nampak Ltd (NPK)	Neutral 12m, Lagging 1m	-5	+0.4	-1.8
Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS)	Leading 12m, Neutral 1m	+15	+32.5	+6.6

Asset Analysis

Sat Oct 18 19:41:45 UTC 2025

Here are the analyser results for these 5 assets.

Best Score	PPC Ltd (PPC) with a score of +28
Worst Score	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a score of -19
Best 1 day performer	Nampak Ltd (NPK) with a 1 day return of -0.6%.
Worst 1 day performer	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a 200 day return of -8.5%.
Top 200 day performer	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with a 200 day return of +36.4%.
Bottom 200 day performer	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a 200 day return of -57.8%.
Highest 5 day RSI	PPC Ltd (PPC) with a 5 day RSI of 61.2.
Lowest 5 day RSI	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with a 5 day RSI of 17.74.
Most active	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with volume rel to 20 day average of 1.01x.

Alerts

Sat Oct 18 18:33:53 UTC 2025

Sappi Ltd - 16 alerts

Oversold - The 5 month RSI is +0.6. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 15 month RSI is +14.3. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 30 month RSI is +29.2. (Bullish)
... plus another 13 alerts

Nampak Ltd - 7 alerts

Cross Over (Up):20dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 7 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.7% over 5 days, -1.2% over 10 days, 1.4% over 15 days and 2.9% over 20 days.
Cross Over (Up):5dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 31 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.0% over 5 days, -0.8% over 10 days, -0.2% over 15 days and 0.0% over 20 days.
Volatility Squeeze:BB Width Narrowing (st). (Bullish) This alert has occurred 48 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -2.1% over 5 days, -4.0% over 10 days, -3.3% over 15 days and -3.1% over 20 days.
... plus another 4 alerts

Valterra Platinum Ltd - 8 alerts

Oversold - The 5 day RSI is +17.7. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 month RSI is +80.5. (Bearish)
5d RSI Oversold. (Bearish) This alert has occurred 64 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are 2.4% over 5 days, 5.4% over 10 days, 5.7% over 15 days and 6.6% over 20 days.
... plus another 5 alerts

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd - 12 alerts

Price is at a 5d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +80.3. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +70.0. (Bearish)
... plus another 9 alerts

PPC Ltd - 17 alerts

Price is at a 7d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +94.8. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +76.5. (Bearish)
... plus another 14 alerts

Laggards by 1 Day Performance

Sat Oct 18 17:14:54 UTC 2025

Asset Name Perf(1d)% Asset Score
Sappi Ltd (SAP) -8.5 -19

Relative Scores

Sat Oct 18 15:59:48 UTC 2025

The average score across these 5 assets is 7.8.

The relative categorisation of these assets is as follows:

Category	Score Range	#	Assets
Strongest	18.6 to 28.0	2	African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI) +20, PPC Ltd (PPC) +28
Above Average	9.2 to 18.6	1	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) +15
Average	-0.2 to 9.2	0
Below Average	-9.6 to -0.2	1	Nampak Ltd (NPK) -5
Weakest	-19.0 to -9.6	1	Sappi Ltd (SAP) -19

Candle Patterns (Price Sentiment)

Sat Oct 18 14:47:05 UTC 2025

Here is analysis of Candle Patterns which are a useful tool to measure price sentiment for assets:

Nampak Ltd / Sentiment / Candle Patterns
The Candle Patterns analysis for Nampak Ltd is negative with a score of -1

-1 The candle pattern score for Nampak Ltd is -1. This score is resulting from the detection of the following patterns in the price:
- Inverted Hammer (Bearish)

Analytical Models

Sat Oct 18 13:30:11 UTC 2025

Here is a Model Score report:

	Model Score	MA Fcst	Signals	Neural Fcst	GANN Fcst	Boll Fcst
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI)	+6	+6	-4	+1	+1	+2
Nampak Ltd (NPK)	+1	0	-2	+1	0	+2
Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS)	0	+6	-3	-1	0	-2
PPC Ltd (PPC)	0	+1	-2	0	0	+1
Sappi Ltd (SAP)	-18	-4	-16	+1	+1	0

High Activity Screen

Sat Oct 18 11:12:49 UTC 2025

There are no stocks with unusually high volume today.

Market Cycle Analysis

Sat Oct 18 09:18:40 UTC 2025

The median 1m Return(%) is 6.6 and the median 12m Return(%) is 0.4. The analysis of the relative performance of these assets is as follows in the table below:

Asset	Market Cycle	Score	12m Return (%)	1m Return(%)
PPC Ltd (PPC)	Leading	+28	+39.5	+11.3
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARI)	Rising	+20	-0.7	+11.5
Sappi Ltd (SAP)	Lagging	-19	-56.8	-14.3
Nampak Ltd (NPK)	Neutral 12m, Lagging 1m	-5	+0.4	-1.8
Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS)	Leading 12m, Neutral 1m	+15	+32.5	+6.6

Asset Analysis

Sat Oct 18 07:57:49 UTC 2025

Here are the analyser results for these 5 assets.

Best Score	PPC Ltd (PPC) with a score of +28
Worst Score	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a score of -19
Best 1 day performer	Nampak Ltd (NPK) with a 1 day return of -0.6%.
Worst 1 day performer	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a 200 day return of -8.5%.
Top 200 day performer	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with a 200 day return of +36.4%.
Bottom 200 day performer	Sappi Ltd (SAP) with a 200 day return of -57.8%.
Highest 5 day RSI	PPC Ltd (PPC) with a 5 day RSI of 61.2.
Lowest 5 day RSI	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with a 5 day RSI of 17.74.
Most active	Valterra Platinum Ltd (AMS) with volume rel to 20 day average of 1.01x.

Alerts

Sat Oct 18 06:29:45 UTC 2025

Sappi Ltd - 16 alerts

Oversold - The 5 month RSI is +0.6. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 15 month RSI is +14.3. (Bullish)
Oversold - The 30 month RSI is +29.2. (Bullish)
... plus another 13 alerts

Nampak Ltd - 7 alerts

Cross Over (Up):20dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 7 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.7% over 5 days, -1.2% over 10 days, 1.4% over 15 days and 2.9% over 20 days.
Cross Over (Up):5dma . (Bullish) This alert has occurred 31 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -0.0% over 5 days, -0.8% over 10 days, -0.2% over 15 days and 0.0% over 20 days.
Volatility Squeeze:BB Width Narrowing (st). (Bullish) This alert has occurred 48 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are -2.1% over 5 days, -4.0% over 10 days, -3.3% over 15 days and -3.1% over 20 days.
... plus another 4 alerts

Valterra Platinum Ltd - 8 alerts

Oversold - The 5 day RSI is +17.7. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 month RSI is +80.5. (Bearish)
5d RSI Oversold. (Bearish) This alert has occurred 64 times over the last last year. The average forward returns are 2.4% over 5 days, 5.4% over 10 days, 5.7% over 15 days and 6.6% over 20 days.
... plus another 5 alerts

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd - 12 alerts

Price is at a 5d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +80.3. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +70.0. (Bearish)
... plus another 9 alerts

PPC Ltd - 17 alerts

Price is at a 7d high. (Bullish)
Overbought - The 5 day RSI is +94.8. (Bearish)
Overbought - The 15 day RSI is +76.5. (Bearish)
... plus another 14 alerts