- The trend backdrop is active with a 9-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corporation Limited · Basic Materials · Chemicals
Latest close
1,538 INR
-0.4%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive, but selective
The weekly trend is active. Price is 21.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 82.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.4%, after a 0.8% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 53/100.
Setup score
66
out of 100
Latest Close
1,538 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-0.4%
latest completed week
4W Return
0.8%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
16.6%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
40.4%
21 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
2.1x
vs 13-week average
- 10 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
- Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.
- 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
-0.4%
Latest completed week; four-week move 0.8%.
Indicator stack
53/65
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
53/100
25 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 active. Price is 21.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 82.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.4%, after a 0.8% 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 2.1x 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 0.9012-week average 0.70
12-week confirmation
Trend active9/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.90Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers1010 reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. 10 reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is 0.8% over four weeks, 16.6% over 12 weeks, and 5.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 9 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak9 weeks
Active weeks in one year21
Trend breadth40.4%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.95Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-21.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership17.04Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-7.1%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 weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 94%
Model confidence 88%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength27/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 74; rank 1 is best.
Value38/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 63; rank 1 is best.
Quality19/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 82; rank 1 is best.
Momentum70/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
Growth25/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 76; 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
- 24.3x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.7x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 13.9x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -5.4% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 31.2% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 11.4% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -12.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 7.9% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 12.0% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -21.0% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -283.4% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 4/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 0.7% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 0.7% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 2.9x 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 sentiment53/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 25 relevant articles.
5 positive · 19 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-8.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.1%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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Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+13.0%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-7.5%Week of 10 Jul.
Latest week-0.4%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains9
Modest gains5
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses2
Recent vol5.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/29Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.6% / -3.2%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 Basic Materials
4-week rank64 / 100
Group average2.8%
Trend breadth52.0%
Trend52.0%active weekly trend signals
MD52.0%positive activity pressure
RS63.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Chemicals
4-week rank22 / 40
Group average3.3%
Trend breadth77.5%
Trend77.5%active weekly trend signals
MD65.0%positive activity pressure
RS62.5%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 tape65/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 65/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis75/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 9/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 12/12.
Activity pressure 0.90; 10 reversal markers Factors36/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 30; Small Cap Core rank 51 SVQF49/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 799.5 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment53/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 25 relevant articles.
Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp Q1 Net Profit Doubles to Rs 490 Cr 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 | 1,538 INR | -0.4% | 1,270 INR | 1,059 INR | 0.95 | 17.04 | 3.4M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 1,544 INR | -1.9% | 1,259 INR | 1,052 INR | 1.06 | 18.52 | 3.7M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 1,573 INR | -1.3% | 1,250 INR | 1,046 INR | 1.19 | 23.92 | 692.1K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 1,594 INR | 4.4% | 1,239 INR | 1,039 INR | 1.27 | 22.84 | 2.3M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 1,526 INR | -7.5% | 1,226 INR | 1,033 INR | 1.21 | 18.35 | 1.1M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 1,649 INR | 5.3% | 1,216 INR | 1,027 INR | 1.24 | 27.59 | 277.6K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 1,566 INR | 0.2% | 1,204 INR | 1,020 INR | 1.10 | 22.31 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 1,563 INR | 0.6% | 1,198 INR | 1,013 INR | 1.07 | 22.44 | 347.5K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 1,555 INR | 9.0% | 1,193 INR | 1,007 INR | 1.16 | 23.97 | 740.5K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 1,426 INR | 1.1% | 1,188 INR | 1,000 INR | 1.15 | 15.08 | 112.1K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 1,410 INR | -4.3% | 1,188 INR | 994.8 INR | 1.21 | 12.93 | 1.8M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 1,474 INR | 11.8% | 1,191 INR | 989.2 INR | 1.19 | 17.20 | 4.4M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 1,318 INR | -1.8% | 1,190 INR | 983.2 INR | 1.06 | 5.53 | 2.0M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 1,342 INR | 6.1% | 1,194 INR | 978.1 INR | 1.13 | 5.13 | 1.9M | 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.