NCTY NASDAQ Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

The9 Ltd ADR · Financial Services · Capital Markets

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Latest close 4.71 USD
5.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -11.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 5.6%, after a 8.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 58/100.

Setup score 31 out of 100
Latest Close 4.71 USD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 5.6% latest completed week
4W Return 8.5% short-term follow-through
12W Return -16.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 2.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
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 5.6% Latest completed week; four-week move 8.5%. Indicator stack 0/21 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 58/100 16 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -11.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 18.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 5.6%, after a 8.5% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 2.8x 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
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 7 Aug
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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 0.0212-week average 0.04

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.02Current 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 8.5% over four weeks, -16.8% over 12 weeks, and -45.1% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W5.6%
4W8.5%
12W-16.8%
26W-19.3%
52W-45.1%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.19Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-324.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-38.50Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change18.9%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 is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 79% 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 strength34/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 67; rank 1 is best.
Value43/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 58; rank 1 is best.
Quality41/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 60; rank 1 is best.
Momentum43/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 58; rank 1 is best.
Growth43/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 58; 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
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.7x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
-
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-10.9%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
1.7%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
-356.8%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-27.3%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
-65.6%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
3/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
-
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-43.8%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
-43.8%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.5x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
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 sentiment58/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 16 relevant articles.

6 positive · 8 neutral · 2 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-59.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility13.5%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.

Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+38.9%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-17.5%Week of 24 Jul.
Latest week+5.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains6
Modest gains6
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses8
Recent vol13.5%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol10.0%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/25Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew6.6% / -8.5%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.

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 tape24/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 24/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis19/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 6/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.02; No reversal markers Factors39/100

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

Tiny Titans rank 68; Buyback Yield rank 96; Small Cap Core rank 59 Patient CapitalQuiet

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

No recent buy signal Sentiment58/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 16 relevant articles.

The9 Ltd (NCTY) Earnings Forecast: Future EPS & Revenue Growth Estimates Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 20264.71 USD5.6%5.31 USD8.16 USD-0.19-38.501.2MOff
31 Jul 20264.46 USD38.9%5.38 USD8.19 USD-0.31-39.732.0MOff
24 Jul 20263.21 USD-17.5%5.44 USD8.21 USD-0.25-57.08638.0KOff
17 Jul 20263.89 USD-10.4%5.56 USD8.25 USD0.00-49.83392.8KOff
10 Jul 20264.34 USD-14.6%5.71 USD8.30 USD0.08-47.49308.6KOff
3 Jul 20265.08 USD-0.4%5.81 USD8.36 USD-0.01-38.6096.3KOff
26 Jun 20265.10 USD3.0%5.88 USD8.37 USD-0.11-38.7087.0KOff
19 Jun 20264.95 USD4.9%5.95 USD8.39 USD-0.04-43.80154.4KOff
12 Jun 20264.72 USD0.6%6.02 USD8.41 USD0.15-45.75140.5KOff
5 Jun 20264.69 USD-10.8%6.08 USD8.42 USD0.56-45.65214.7KOff
29 May 20265.26 USD-0.9%6.17 USD8.44 USD0.82-42.87104.3KOff
22 May 20265.31 USD-6.2%6.32 USD8.45 USD0.75-41.65149.2KOff
15 May 20265.66 USD-2.4%6.47 USD8.46 USD0.64-38.45203.0KOff
8 May 20265.80 USD3.8%6.56 USD8.47 USD0.40-38.51138.7KOff
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.

Evidence context