- The trend backdrop is active with a 9-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Weekly Investor Report
Sheela Foam Limited · Consumer Cyclical · Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Latest close
677.4 INR
-13.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is active. Price is 11.4% above the Trend Line and sits at 58.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -13.6%, after a -11.5% 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 51/100.
Setup score
54
out of 100
Latest Close
677.4 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-13.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
-11.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
12.0%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
23.1%
12 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
2.3x
vs 13-week average
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 44.93% based on similar historical setup states.
- The latest week was a sharp negative move.
- 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
-13.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move -11.5%.
Indicator stack
44/71
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
Negative 44.93%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
51/100
17 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 11.4% above the Trend Line and sits at 58.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -13.6%, after a -11.5% 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 2.3x 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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Up week
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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 0.8812-week average 0.53
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 pressure0.88Current 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 -11.5% over four weeks, 12.0% over 12 weeks, and 0.1% 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 year12
Trend breadth23.1%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.22Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-9.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership8.92Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-66.0%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 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 strength37/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 64; rank 1 is best.
Value37/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 64; rank 1 is best.
Quality40/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 61; rank 1 is best.
Momentum68/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Growth80/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 21; 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 framework11/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 45.1x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 18.3x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 3.3% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 38.5% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 4.1% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 7.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 2.8% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 11.3% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 78.6% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 169.4% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 7/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 0.1% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 0.1% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 1.9x 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 sentiment51/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 17 relevant articles.
1 positive · 16 neutral · 0 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-18.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.7%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.
13 Feb
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+14.1%Week of 8 May.
Worst week-13.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Latest week-13.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains7
Modest gains6
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses5
Recent vol5.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/28Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.0% / -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 Consumer Cyclical
4-week rank- / 100
Group average6.0%
Trend breadth58.0%
Trend58.0%active weekly trend signals
MD80.0%positive activity pressure
RS64.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
4-week rank34 / 35
Group average1.4%
Trend breadth42.9%
Trend42.9%active weekly trend signals
MD60.0%positive activity pressure
RS40.0%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 tape56/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 56/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis83/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 9/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 12/12.
Activity pressure 0.88; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 44.93%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 44.93% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors44/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 65; Small Cap Core rank 57 SVQF11/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 1396.0 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment51/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 17 relevant articles.
Stock Alert: Marico, Bharti Airtel, ONGC, Nykaa, Sheela Foam, United Breweries 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 | 677.4 INR | -13.6% | 608.0 INR | 825.8 INR | 1.22 | 8.92 | 3.6M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 783.8 INR | 2.9% | 604.3 INR | 828.8 INR | 1.41 | 26.98 | 687.1K | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 762.0 INR | 0.1% | 597.9 INR | 831.1 INR | 1.40 | 27.10 | 843.2K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 761.1 INR | -0.5% | 591.8 INR | 833.9 INR | 1.39 | 24.52 | 2.0M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 765.3 INR | -0.0% | 585.7 INR | 836.8 INR | 1.34 | 26.28 | 1.1M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 765.5 INR | 5.6% | 579.4 INR | 839.1 INR | 1.31 | 26.43 | 170.2K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 724.6 INR | 3.6% | 573.8 INR | 841.7 INR | 1.30 | 21.13 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 699.7 INR | -0.4% | 569.6 INR | 844.8 INR | 1.28 | 17.30 | 259.0K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 702.6 INR | 9.5% | 566.6 INR | 847.8 INR | 1.37 | 19.69 | 271.4K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 641.9 INR | 6.1% | 565.1 INR | 850.9 INR | 1.45 | 10.78 | 500.8K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 605.0 INR | -5.2% | 566.5 INR | 853.3 INR | 1.47 | 3.76 | 1.1M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 638.5 INR | 5.5% | 569.6 INR | 855.9 INR | 1.23 | 8.74 | 4.8M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 605.0 INR | 4.1% | 570.8 INR | 858.4 INR | 0.91 | 3.40 | 5.6M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 580.8 INR | 14.1% | 572.9 INR | 861.2 INR | 0.64 | -2.94 | 757.3K | 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.