- The trend backdrop is active with a 1-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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Lords Chloro Alkali Limited · Basic Materials · Chemicals
Latest close
144.1 INR
0.3%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive, but selective
The weekly trend is active. Price is 4.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 28.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a 4.4% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 56/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
36
out of 100
Latest Close
144.1 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.3%
latest completed week
4W Return
4.4%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
1.1%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
34.6%
18 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.8x
vs 13-week average
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 42.74% 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.
- 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
0.3%
Latest completed week; four-week move 4.4%.
Indicator stack
22/79
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 42.74%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
56/100
8 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 4.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 28.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.3%, after a 4.4% 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 0.8x 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
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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 0.1912-week average 0.23
12-week confirmation
Trend active1/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.19Current 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 4.4% over four weeks, 1.1% over 12 weeks, and -30.1% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 1 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak1 weeks
Active weeks in one year18
Trend breadth34.6%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.75Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change193.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-7.63Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change39.4%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 ranks strongly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
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 strength77/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 24; rank 1 is best.
Value85/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 16; rank 1 is best.
Quality66/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 35; rank 1 is best.
Momentum10/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 91; rank 1 is best.
Growth98/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 3; 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 framework76/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 16.5x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.1x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 8.4x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -5.5% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 72.6% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 12.0% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -7.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 9.1% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 44.4% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 304.6% 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
- -7.8% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- -7.8% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 2.2x 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 sentiment56/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 8 relevant articles.
1 positive · 7 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-38.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.0%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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13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+25.5%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-11.6%Week of 20 Feb.
Latest week+0.3%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains4
Modest gains10
Flat weeks0
Modest losses6
Sharp losses6
Recent vol4.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.7% / -5.2%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 rank- / 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 rank17 / 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 tape33/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 33/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis35/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 1/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.19; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 42.74%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 42.74% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors60/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 92; Small Cap Core rank 32 SVQF76/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 372.0 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment56/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 8 relevant articles.
Lords Chloro Alkali posts record Q1FY27 PAT of ₹14.96 crore 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 | 144.1 INR | 0.3% | 137.7 INR | 152.0 INR | 0.75 | -7.63 | 60.1K | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 143.8 INR | -3.5% | 138.2 INR | 152.1 INR | 0.70 | -7.88 | 359.2K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 149.1 INR | 3.1% | 138.9 INR | 152.1 INR | 0.52 | -2.89 | 117.3K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 144.6 INR | 4.7% | 139.5 INR | 152.2 INR | 0.30 | -8.60 | 71.8K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 138.1 INR | 2.6% | 140.6 INR | 152.2 INR | 0.26 | -12.59 | 84.6K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 134.6 INR | 1.1% | 141.8 INR | 152.3 INR | 0.16 | -15.23 | 5.1K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 133.2 INR | 0.4% | 143.1 INR | 152.4 INR | 0.13 | -15.61 | 0 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 132.7 INR | -0.1% | 144.8 INR | 152.6 INR | 0.26 | -15.91 | 5.9K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 132.8 INR | 2.9% | 146.5 INR | 152.7 INR | 0.36 | -14.58 | 7.4K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 129.1 INR | -10.2% | 148.1 INR | 152.8 INR | 0.41 | -16.18 | 22.2K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 143.9 INR | 4.9% | 151.1 INR | 153.0 INR | 0.50 | -7.56 | 88.0K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 137.1 INR | -3.8% | 153.2 INR | 153.1 INR | 0.46 | -12.71 | 131.4K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 142.6 INR | -2.3% | 156.0 INR | 153.2 INR | 0.43 | -9.05 | 42.1K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 145.9 INR | 1.1% | 158.4 INR | 153.2 INR | 0.51 | -9.01 | 84.3K | 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.