Defence Holdings Plc - Defence Holdings Appoints Jim Clover OBE to Advisory Board, Strengthening Defence and National Security Focus (22 Jan 2026 at 12:00): shares closed +23.3% that session on 1.5× the 30-session median volume. The company posted 5 times on X within 24 hours. Press coverage has not been collected for that date yet.
| Measure | Defence Holdings | Cohort | Chemring Group | Avon Technologies | Qinetiq Group |
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| Announcements the company chose to make | 33 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 13 |
| Routine share of announcements | 11% | 60% | 77% | 61% | 94% |
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Defence Holdings Plc - Defence Holdings Provides Operational Update, Publishes Operating Model, Strategic Equity Position, CEO Interview and Update on ATM (28 May 2026 at 07:00): shares closed +2.6% that session on 2.1× the 30-session median volume. The company posted 9 times on X within 24 hours. Press coverage has not been collected for that date yet.
Defence Holdings Plc - Operational Update and Interim Results (22 Dec 2025 at 07:00): shares closed +25.5% that session on 2.6× the 30-session median volume. The company posted 6 times on X within 24 hours. Press coverage has not been collected for that date yet.
Over 7 results and trading announcements since 15 Sept 2025, Defence Holdings's median close-to-close move on the day was 6.9%, on 1.5× the 30-session median volume. Across 4 peers we hold data for, the median results-day move was 4.7% on 2.7× normal volume.
On 8 sessions since 15 Sept 2025 the shares moved unusually with no announcement or company post that day. The largest: 23 Dec 2025 (+22.5%, 2.6× normal volume); 30 Jun 2026 (+17.3%, 4.5× normal volume); 11 Sept 2026 (−5.6%, 6.4× normal volume, no headline found that day).
These are the days a holding line gets asked for. The absence of a communication we track is not evidence of a leak; it marks where a question was likely asked.
14 of 33 substantive announcements since 15 Sept 2025 were followed by a company post on X within 24 hours (42%), typically 11 minutes after release. Among 1 peer with an X account we hold, the median share was 0%.
Every substantive announcement is a reason to post; the ones that were not amplified are listed in the evidence.
Of 37 announcements since 15 Sept 2025, 4 (11%) were routine filings the rules require — buyback prints, director dealings, voting rights, holdings. The 33 the company chose to make: 14 other, 8 governance, 6 trading, 4 deal, 1 results. Peers we hold: median 69% routine, 21 chosen announcements over the same window.
No executive of Defence Holdings has a verified public X account in our records, and neither do the 4 peers we hold.
Defence Holdings drew 0 tier-1 headlines since 17 Jul 2026, about 0.0 a month. Earlier months are still being collected. Coverage follows newsflow and size as much as communication; read it beside the announcement mix.
11 of 33 substantive announcements since 15 Sept 2025 were released during trading hours (08:00–16:30 London) rather than before the open; on those days the median absolute move was 2.8%.
Intraday releases meet a live order book; unless the news cannot wait, 07:00 gives the market and the newsroom the same hour to read it.
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| Typical results-day move | 6.9% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
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| Typical results-day volume | 1.5× | 3.0× | 2.5× | 5.1× | 1.5× |
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| Company posts on X per week | 2.3 | posts not collected | posts not collected | no X account held | 0.1 |
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| Executive posts on X per week | no verified executive account | no verified executive account | no verified executive account | no verified executive account | no verified executive account |
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| Announcements amplified within 24h | 42% | posts not collected | posts not collected | no X account held | 0% |
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| Tier-1 headlines per month | coverage not collected | coverage not collected | coverage not collected | coverage not collected | coverage not collected |
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| Unusual days with no communication | 8 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 14 |
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| Last company post | 10 Sept 2026 | posts not collected | posts not collected | no X account held | 27 Aug 2026 |
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| X followers | 1,805 | not read yet | 0 | no X account held | 12,168 |
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