- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Next-week expectancy is positive at 60.09% based on similar historical setup states.
IDCC
NASDAQ
Week ended 31 Jul 2026
Weekly Investor Report
InterDigital Inc · Technology · Software - Application
Latest close
304.8 USD
18.0%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 34.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 18.0%, after a 8.6% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is bullish with 37/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 57/100.
Setup score
42
out of 100
Latest Close
304.8 USD
31 Jul 2026
1W Return
18.0%
latest completed week
4W Return
8.6%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
9.0%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
63.5%
33 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.0x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- 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
18.0%
Latest completed week; four-week move 8.6%.
Indicator stack
35/36
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.
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 60.09%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
Options pressure
Bullish
37/100 conviction; expected move 8.2%.
News sentiment
57/100
61 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
Event risk
30 Jul
Latest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 34.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 18.0%, after a 8.6% four-week move.
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 1.0x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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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 0.0512-week average 0.21
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.05Current 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 8.6% over four weeks, 9.0% over 12 weeks, and 21.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year33
Trend breadth63.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.73Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-15.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-12.82Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change43.7%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it
The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 26 Jul 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 100%
Model confidence 96%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength66/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 35; rank 1 is best.
Value29/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 72; rank 1 is best.
Quality100/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 1; rank 1 is best.
Momentum69/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 32; rank 1 is best.
Growth67/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 34; rank 1 is best.
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.
Value-quality framework74/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 18.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 8.1x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.1x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 9.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 83.4% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 55.0% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 75.3% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 45.1% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 1.6% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -6.7% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 132.3% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 6/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 1.1% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 1.5% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 2.6% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -0.4x 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.
Options positioningBullish
IDCC shows bullish options pressure with a 37/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.20, expected move of 8.2%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Conviction37/100
Expected move8.2%
Put/call volume0.20
Insider activity12 / 8
12 acquisitions and 8 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.News sentiment57/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 61 relevant articles.
26 positive · 33 neutral · 2 negativePatient 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 earnings30 JulLatest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
Options expected move8.2%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-25.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility6.7%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
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6 Mar
3 Apr
1 May
29 May
26 Jun
31 Jul
Weeks higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+18.0%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-21.2%Week of 1 May.
Latest week+18.0%Week of 31 Jul.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains6
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses7
Recent vol6.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.5%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/25Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew5.2% / -4.4%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.
SectorUS Technology
4-week rank- / 100
Group average-3.8%
Trend breadth56.0%
Trend56.0%active weekly trend signals
MD48.0%positive activity pressure
RS54.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryUS Software - Application
4-week rank43 / 100
Group average5.5%
Trend breadth30.0%
Trend30.0%active weekly trend signals
MD75.0%positive activity pressure
RS18.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
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 tape37/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 37/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis9/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.05; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 60.09%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 60.09% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors66/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 27; Small Cap Core rank 77 SVQF74/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 191.0 of 726 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Options40/100IDCC shows bullish options pressure with a 37/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.20, expected move of 8.2%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Bullish · Call-side pressure · Expected move 8.2% Sentiment57/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 61 relevant articles.
InterDigital Q2 Earnings Call Highlights Insiders12 / 812 acquisitions and 8 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Earnings30 JulLatest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2026 | 304.8 USD | 18.0% | 310.4 USD | 201.8 USD | -0.73 | -12.82 | 1.7M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 258.3 USD | -0.8% | 311.1 USD | 200.4 USD | -0.97 | -25.75 | 1.1M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 260.4 USD | -1.7% | 313.4 USD | 199.3 USD | -0.76 | -26.38 | 1.3M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 264.9 USD | -5.6% | 315.9 USD | 198.2 USD | -0.66 | -28.31 | 1.4M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 280.7 USD | 2.0% | 318.8 USD | 197.1 USD | -0.63 | -22.78 | 1.0M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 275.1 USD | -6.8% | 321.2 USD | 195.9 USD | -0.72 | -23.67 | 2.6M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 295.3 USD | 4.3% | 323.9 USD | 194.7 USD | -0.94 | -21.86 | 2.2M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 283.0 USD | 8.9% | 325.0 USD | 193.4 USD | -1.11 | -23.19 | 2.7M | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 260.0 USD | 3.1% | 327.1 USD | 192.1 USD | -1.24 | -27.87 | 1.7M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 252.1 USD | -3.4% | 330.7 USD | 191.0 USD | -1.21 | -33.35 | 1.3M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 261.0 USD | 0.2% | 334.3 USD | 189.9 USD | -1.14 | -29.20 | 1.4M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 260.4 USD | -6.9% | 338.2 USD | 188.8 USD | -0.76 | -28.64 | 1.9M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 279.6 USD | -3.7% | 341.7 USD | 187.6 USD | -0.39 | -23.76 | 2.4M | Off |
| 1 May 2026 | 290.5 USD | -21.2% | 343.6 USD | 186.3 USD | -0.15 | -16.56 | 2.2M | Off |
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.