- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Keynote Financial Services Limited · Financial Services · Capital Markets
Latest close
248.6 INR
-2.9%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -7.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.9%, after a -6.1% 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 50/100.
Setup score
25
out of 100
Latest Close
248.6 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-2.9%
latest completed week
4W Return
-6.1%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-7.4%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
25.0%
13 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
2.0x
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
-2.9%
Latest completed week; four-week move -6.1%.
Indicator stack
14/0
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
50/100
9 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -7.6% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.6% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.9%, after a -6.1% 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 2.0x 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
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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 0.0312-week average 0.07
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure2/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership3/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.03Current 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 -6.1% over four weeks, -7.4% over 12 weeks, and -2.5% 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 year13
Trend breadth25.0%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.68Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-1917.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-9.30Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-343.7%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 is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 91%
Model confidence 85%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength56/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 45; rank 1 is best.
Value52/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Quality51/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Momentum54/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 47; rank 1 is best.
Growth51/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 50; 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 framework49/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 20.8x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 6.2x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 13.1x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -18.7% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 50.9% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 31.9% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -117.9% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 3.6% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 3.8% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -54.3% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -611.9% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 2/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 0.4% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -1.8% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- -1.4% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.2x 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 sentiment50/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.
1 positive · 7 neutral · 1 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 earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move-Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-34.9%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.3%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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7 Aug
Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+13.5%Week of 3 Jul.
Worst week-11.8%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week-2.9%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses4
Sharp losses10
Recent vol5.3%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol8.3%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/28Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew6.8% / -5.0%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.
SectorIN Financial Services
4-week rank- / 100
Group average-0.9%
Trend breadth59.0%
Trend59.0%active weekly trend signals
MD70.0%positive activity pressure
RS57.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Capital Markets
4-week rank40 / 57
Group average-1.7%
Trend breadth50.9%
Trend50.9%active weekly trend signals
MD66.7%positive activity pressure
RS38.6%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 tape22/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 22/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis17/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 2/12, relative leadership 3/12.
Activity pressure 0.03; No reversal markers Factors52/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 85 SVQF49/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 797.0 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.
Cognizant Earnings: Financial Services and North America Drive Resilient Performance Insiders50/100No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.
Earnings50/100No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 248.6 INR | -2.9% | 269.0 INR | 234.6 INR | -0.68 | -9.30 | 9.8K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 256.0 INR | 0.8% | 270.2 INR | 233.7 INR | -0.49 | -5.94 | 8.7K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 253.9 INR | -2.6% | 272.2 INR | 232.6 INR | -0.23 | -4.28 | 3.8K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 260.6 INR | -1.5% | 274.0 INR | 231.6 INR | -0.10 | -3.96 | 4.2K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 264.7 INR | -4.4% | 275.9 INR | 230.5 INR | -0.03 | -2.10 | 6.5K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 276.8 INR | 13.5% | 277.6 INR | 229.4 INR | -0.13 | 2.21 | 2.7K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 243.9 INR | -4.6% | 279.6 INR | 228.2 INR | -0.25 | -8.98 | 0 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 255.6 INR | 2.9% | 281.0 INR | 227.3 INR | -0.11 | -4.52 | 601 | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 248.4 INR | -4.1% | 281.9 INR | 226.2 INR | -0.08 | -5.78 | 2.8K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 259.0 INR | -5.8% | 284.9 INR | 225.2 INR | -0.02 | -0.60 | 700 | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 274.9 INR | 0.6% | 287.7 INR | 224.2 INR | 0.13 | 4.66 | 5.6K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 273.1 INR | 1.7% | 289.1 INR | 223.0 INR | 0.12 | 3.12 | 5.8K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 268.5 INR | -9.3% | 288.7 INR | 221.9 INR | 0.33 | 1.32 | 12.6K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 296.0 INR | 6.9% | 288.6 INR | 220.8 INR | 0.32 | 8.58 | 12.5K | 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.