MKPL NSI Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

M. K. Proteins Limited · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Latest close 4.21 INR
0.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -15.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 12.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.7%, after a -8.1% 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 54/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 15 out of 100
Latest Close 4.21 INR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 0.7% latest completed week
4W Return -8.1% short-term follow-through
12W Return -17.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 9.6% 5 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.9x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
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.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -15.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 12.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.7%, after a -8.1% 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 0.9x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

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 0.1012-week average 0.13

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.10Current 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 -8.1% over four weeks, -17.8% over 12 weeks, and -37.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.7%
4W-8.1%
12W-17.8%
26W-19.0%
52W-37.2%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year5
Trend breadth9.6%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.03Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-14476.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-24.59Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-25.0%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 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 strength53/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Value51/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Quality50/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 51; rank 1 is best.
Momentum52/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Growth50/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 51; 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.

Value-quality framework54/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
23.3x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.4x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
16.7x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
1.8%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
4.5%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
2.9%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
0.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
7.3%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
43.0%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-18.7%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
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
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.0%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
3.1x
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 sentiment54/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.

1 positive · 5 neutral · 0 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-52.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.9%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 higher10 of 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.8%Week of 3 Apr.
Worst week-9.8%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week+0.7%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains7
Flat weeks1
Modest losses10
Sharp losses5
Recent vol2.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split16/34Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.2% / -2.8%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.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 20264.21 INR0.7%4.96 INR10.81 INR-1.03-24.59551.0KOff
31 Jul 20264.18 INR1.2%5.02 INR10.95 INR-0.87-25.21422.8KOff
24 Jul 20264.13 INR-7.8%5.08 INR11.09 INR-0.54-24.901.0MOff
17 Jul 20264.48 INR-2.2%5.14 INR11.22 INR-0.30-21.15622.9KOff
10 Jul 20264.58 INR-5.0%5.19 INR11.35 INR0.01-19.671.4MOff
3 Jul 20264.82 INR0.2%5.24 INR11.46 INR0.12-16.37125.1KOff
26 Jun 20264.81 INR-2.0%5.28 INR11.58 INR0.14-16.430Off
19 Jun 20264.91 INR3.8%5.33 INR11.69 INR0.23-15.1780.5KOff
12 Jun 20264.73 INR-4.1%5.38 INR11.80 INR0.30-17.6178.6KOff
5 Jun 20264.93 INR-2.2%5.45 INR11.89 INR0.48-13.7680.2KOff
29 May 20265.04 INR0.0%5.50 INR12.00 INR0.59-13.00836.1KOff
22 May 20265.04 INR-1.6%5.56 INR12.12 INR0.65-14.111.3MOff
15 May 20265.12 INR-2.5%5.62 INR12.25 INR0.67-12.971.5MOff
8 May 20265.25 INR-1.1%5.67 INR12.37 INR0.65-13.211.0MOff
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