CENTUM NSI Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Centum Electronics Limited · Technology · Electronic Components

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Latest close 3,543 INR
-1.3% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 18.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.3%, after a -2.2% 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 57/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 62 out of 100
Latest Close 3,543 INR 31 Jul 2026
1W Return -1.3% latest completed week
4W Return -2.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return 14.1% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 65.4% 34 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.7x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 18-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.
What could go wrong
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 44.94% based on similar historical setup states.
  • 3 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
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.
Price follow-through -1.3% Latest completed week; four-week move -2.2%. Indicator stack 81/70 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 44.94% Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed. News sentiment 57/100 31 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is 18.8% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.3%, after a -2.2% 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 0.7x 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
6 Feb 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
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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 0.9912-week average 0.96

12-week confirmation

Trend active12/12Active 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 pressure0.99Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers33 reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. 3 reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -2.2% over four weeks, 14.1% over 12 weeks, and 68.5% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 18 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-1.3%
4W-2.2%
12W14.1%
26W52.4%
52W68.5%
Active trend streak18 weeks
Active weeks in one year34
Trend breadth65.4%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.13Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-5.9%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership28.34Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-24.1%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 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 87%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength36/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 65; rank 1 is best.
Value7/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 94; rank 1 is best.
Quality68/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Momentum95/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 6; rank 1 is best.
Growth79/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 22; 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 framework21/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
4.4x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
60.5x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
0.4%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
41.6%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
7.0%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
1.7%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
14.8%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
28.7%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
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
0.2%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.2%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
1.0x
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 sentiment57/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 31 relevant articles.

12 positive · 16 neutral · 3 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-9.4%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.0%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 higher15 of 2611 weeks finished lower.
Best week+11.8%Week of 20 Mar.
Worst week-9.1%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week-1.3%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses3
Recent vol4.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split28/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew5.9% / -4.2%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.

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 analysis85/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 12/12.

Activity pressure 0.99; 3 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 44.94%

Next-week expectancy is negative with a 44.94% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors49/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 66; Small Cap Core rank 91 SVQF21/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 1258.0 of 1590 Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Sentiment57/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 31 relevant articles.

Be Sure To Check Out Centum Electronics Limited (NSE:CENTUM) Before It Goes Ex-Dividend Insiders50/100

No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 20263,543 INR-1.3%2,983 INR2,074 INR1.1328.34158.9KOn
24 Jul 20263,589 INR-3.2%2,940 INR2,061 INR1.2234.72115.7KOn
17 Jul 20263,706 INR1.7%2,903 INR2,047 INR1.3137.28177.8KOn
10 Jul 20263,642 INR0.6%2,852 INR2,032 INR1.2637.05195.7KOn
3 Jul 20263,622 INR1.8%2,807 INR2,018 INR1.2037.32212.6KOn
26 Jun 20263,557 INR0.5%2,760 INR2,003 INR1.1237.460On
19 Jun 20263,539 INR-1.2%2,720 INR1,989 INR1.2138.2525.6KOn
12 Jun 20263,583 INR3.6%2,685 INR1,974 INR1.2543.76104.6KOn
5 Jun 20263,460 INR-0.7%2,647 INR1,959 INR1.1941.9442.8KOn
29 May 20263,484 INR9.3%2,612 INR1,944 INR1.2043.25373.4KOn
22 May 20263,188 INR5.9%2,580 INR1,929 INR1.0231.28676.1KOn
15 May 20263,011 INR-3.0%2,558 INR1,913 INR0.8325.37406.0KOn
8 May 20263,105 INR9.0%2,542 INR1,899 INR0.9527.57366.5KOn
1 May 20262,848 INR1.6%2,529 INR1,884 INR0.8519.28117.2KOn
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.