HONAUT NSI Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Honeywell Automation India Limited · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts

Latest close 37,900 INR
-0.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 14.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 76.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a -0.4% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is expensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 55/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 54 out of 100
Latest Close 37,900 INR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return -0.7% latest completed week
4W Return -0.4% short-term follow-through
12W Return 30.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 25.0% 13 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.4x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 7-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
  • Activity pressure is constructive, supporting the smart-money activity read.
What could go wrong
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Latest weekly return ranks in the weaker part of its sector group.
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 14.0% above the Trend Line and sits at 76.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.7%, after a -0.4% 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 0.4x 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 0.8212-week average 0.46

12-week confirmation

Trend active7/12Active 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 pressure0.82Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals1Accumulation 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 -0.4% over four weeks, 30.8% over 12 weeks, and 4.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 7 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.7%
4W-0.4%
12W30.8%
26W18.6%
52W4.7%
Active trend streak7 weeks
Active weeks in one year13
Trend breadth25.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.99Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-22.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership11.33Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-16.1%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 expensive relative to peers.

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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 strength23/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 78; rank 1 is best.
Value8/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 93; rank 1 is best.
Quality71/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 30; rank 1 is best.
Momentum68/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Growth32/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 69; 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 framework16/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
61.5x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
7.2x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
41.2x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
1.4%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
39.1%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
12.5%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
9.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
10.8%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
11.9%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
0.3%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
15.4%
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
0.3%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.3%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.6x
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 sentiment55/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 30 relevant articles.

9 positive · 20 neutral · 1 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-8.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility6.6%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 higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+22.2%Week of 22 May.
Worst week-5.7%Week of 20 Mar.
Latest week-0.7%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains8
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses4
Recent vol6.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split22/30Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.1% / -2.7%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 202637,900 INR-0.7%33,241 INR39,226 INR0.9911.3316.2KOn
31 Jul 202638,155 INR2.2%33,095 INR39,252 INR1.1313.0381.7KOn
24 Jul 202637,345 INR-4.1%32,944 INR39,277 INR1.1813.4823.3KOn
17 Jul 202638,955 INR2.3%32,799 INR39,305 INR1.3115.5724.7KOn
10 Jul 202638,067 INR-3.4%32,627 INR39,327 INR1.2813.5022.6KOn
3 Jul 202639,404 INR0.3%32,488 INR39,358 INR1.2517.132.5KOn
26 Jun 202639,294 INR5.2%32,337 INR39,378 INR1.1917.870On
19 Jun 202637,354 INR3.6%32,207 INR39,391 INR1.2212.386.2KOff
12 Jun 202636,058 INR3.9%32,100 INR39,416 INR1.3110.375.6KOff
5 Jun 202634,700 INR-2.3%32,082 INR39,452 INR1.067.364.4KOff
29 May 202635,520 INR0.3%32,128 INR39,490 INR0.918.9465.8KOff
22 May 202635,405 INR22.2%32,161 INR39,525 INR0.707.74273.0KOff
15 May 202628,975 INR-4.0%32,203 INR39,553 INR0.45-11.5519.9KOff
8 May 202630,170 INR-2.8%32,448 INR39,616 INR0.63-10.3326.4KOff
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