Pepkor Holdings: Key Levels & Multi-Time Frame Outlook

Research Notes October 2025 > https://www.unum.capital/post/roct2025

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Pepkor is locked in a wide multi-year consolidation and recovery pattern on the monthly chart, trading near the high of its recent range. Current Price: 2670c. The core thesis is that the market is showing strong recovery conviction on the weekly chart but is being contained by a critical long-term resistance area.

Comprehensive Summary

Pepkor's structural recovery is currently running into its major long-term distribution zone (Monthly chart). The weekly chart has flashed extreme bullish momentum, suggesting high conviction in the current rally. However, the price is encountering strong selling pressure from above, indicating a major battle is underway to break the multi-year consolidation pattern. The stock needs to correct or consolidate to relieve the extreme weekly momentum before any sustainable breakout can be confirmed. A clear push above 2900c - 3000c is necessary to trigger the next long-term expansion phase.

Multi-Timeframe Momentum Analysis

Looking across all timeframes, momentum is highly compressed and elevated, underscoring the tight battle at the current price level. On the Monthly chart, Base Term momentum is in the NEUTRAL tier and sloping sideways, which confirms the multi-year trend is currently confined to a broad range. The Weekly chart shows significant bullish conviction, with Ultra Short-Term momentum deep in the HIGH BULLISH MOMENTUM / APPROACHING OVERBOUGHT tier, but this momentum has already started to turn downwards, signaling that a necessary correction is imminent. Finally, the Daily chart's Ultra Short-Term momentum has completely stalled in the NEUTRAL tier, reflecting the tight price action and suggesting the upward push is paused as sellers begin to emerge.

Key Actionable Zones

For positioning, the immediate focus is on managing the short-term pullback. The nearest support is the Daily / Short-Term Support zone of 2550c - 2450c; holding this is vital to keeping the recent rally alive. However, the ideal structural buying opportunity, or the deepest possible discount before the primary uptrend resumes, lies much lower at the Weekly / Mid-Term Support area of 2280c - 2150c. On the upside, the major ceiling the stock must overcome is the Monthly / Base Term Resistance zone of 2900c - 3000c. A definitive monthly close above this entire ceiling would trigger the next major long-term expansion phase.

Lester Davids

Senior Investment Analyst: Unum Capital