INDIANCARD NSI Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

The Indian Card Clothing Company Limited · Consumer Cyclical · Textile Manufacturing

Latest close 220.0 INR
-2.5% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 3.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 40.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.5%, after a -6.6% 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. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 27 out of 100
Latest Close 220.0 INR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -2.5% latest completed week
4W Return -6.6% short-term follow-through
12W Return 6.5% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 3.8% 2 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.3x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 2-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
What could go wrong
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 44.68% based on similar historical setup states.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
  • The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.
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 active. Price is 3.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 40.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.5%, after a -6.6% 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 0.3x 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
Up week Down week
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 0.3712-week average 0.22

12-week confirmation

Trend active2/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership2/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.37Current 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 -6.6% over four weeks, 6.5% over 12 weeks, and -18.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 2 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-2.5%
4W-6.6%
12W6.5%
26W-5.0%
52W-18.7%
Active trend streak2 weeks
Active weeks in one year2
Trend breadth3.8%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.85Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-8.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-3.74Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-269.6%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 85% Model confidence 79%

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.
Value44/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 57; rank 1 is best.
Quality43/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 58; rank 1 is best.
Momentum46/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 55; rank 1 is best.
Growth44/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 57; 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
35.1x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
3.1x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
11.9x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-15.5%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
72.3%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
-43.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-47.0%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
-4.0%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-0.0%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-96.0%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
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
-
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
-0.3x
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 8 relevant articles.

1 positive · 7 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-31.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.1%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 higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+21.0%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-10.7%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week-2.5%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses6
Recent vol4.1%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/29Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.6% / -3.4%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.

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 2026220.0 INR-2.5%212.0 INR261.3 INR0.85-3.746.8KOn
31 Jul 2026225.7 INR0.8%212.4 INR261.3 INR1.12-0.9236.3KOn
24 Jul 2026224.0 INR0.8%213.0 INR261.3 INR1.060.3316.4KOff
17 Jul 2026222.2 INR-5.6%213.4 INR261.3 INR1.02-3.3726.2KOff
10 Jul 2026235.4 INR7.0%214.0 INR261.3 INR0.932.21123.7KOff
3 Jul 2026220.1 INR2.4%214.2 INR261.2 INR0.71-5.222.0KOff
26 Jun 2026215.0 INR-1.0%215.2 INR261.3 INR0.67-7.290Off
19 Jun 2026217.2 INR1.5%216.4 INR261.4 INR0.84-6.76761Off
12 Jun 2026214.0 INR0.4%217.6 INR261.5 INR0.81-7.28720Off
5 Jun 2026213.1 INR-6.9%219.0 INR261.6 INR0.78-7.47554Off
29 May 2026228.9 INR8.6%220.2 INR261.7 INR0.77-2.2150.7KOff
22 May 2026210.8 INR2.0%221.1 INR261.7 INR0.54-11.319.6KOff
15 May 2026206.6 INR-1.2%222.5 INR261.9 INR0.44-13.6814.2KOff
8 May 2026209.0 INR0.5%223.8 INR262.1 INR0.39-15.2513.9KOff
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