DCH NYSE Week ended 24 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Dauch Corporation · Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts

Latest close 5.48 USD
0.7% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -13.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 24.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.7%, after a 0.6% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 52/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 54/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal; earnings are due in 11d.

Setup score 24 out of 100
Latest Close 5.48 USD 24 Jul 2026
1W Return 0.7% latest completed week
4W Return 0.6% short-term follow-through
12W Return -4.0% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 55.8% 29 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.7x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
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 not active. Price is -13.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 24.5% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.7%, after a 0.6% 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 0.7x 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
30 Jan 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
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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 0.2412-week average 0.19

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure4/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership1/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.24Current 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 0.6% over four weeks, -4.0% over 12 weeks, and 11.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.7%
4W0.6%
12W-4.0%
26W-33.8%
52W11.2%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year29
Trend breadth55.8%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.71Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-429.1%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-18.39Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-2.7%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 ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025 Field coverage 94% Model confidence 90%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength48/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 53; rank 1 is best.
Value76/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 25; rank 1 is best.
Quality7/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 94; rank 1 is best.
Momentum34/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 67; rank 1 is best.
Growth75/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 26; 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 framework3/100Value 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
0.2x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
8.8x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
10.3%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
9.8%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
1.6%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
8.6%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
1.4%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
14.8%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-24.0%
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
-
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.5%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.5%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
6.8x
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.

Options positioningVolatility

DCH shows volatility options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.00, expected move of 20.1%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction52/100
Expected move20.1%
Put/call volume0.00
Pressure100
Speculation3
Volatility96
Trend agreement0
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Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment54/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 62 relevant articles.

13 positive · 47 neutral · 2 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 earnings11dNext report is scheduled for 10 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move20.1%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-40.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility6.8%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 higher11 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+16.3%Week of 8 May.
Worst week-15.9%Week of 13 Feb.
Latest week+0.7%Week of 24 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5
Modest gains6
Flat weeks1
Modest losses6
Sharp losses8
Recent vol6.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol8.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split27/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew6.1% / -5.7%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
24 Jul 20265.48 USD0.7%6.37 USD6.32 USD-0.71-18.3914.4MOff
17 Jul 20265.44 USD6.0%6.40 USD6.34 USD-0.53-19.5414.1MOff
10 Jul 20265.13 USD0.0%6.44 USD6.37 USD-0.28-25.2915.0MOff
3 Jul 20265.13 USD-5.9%6.48 USD6.39 USD0.06-24.3323.3MOff
26 Jun 20265.45 USD-13.6%6.52 USD6.41 USD0.22-17.9024.4MOff
19 Jun 20266.31 USD-0.6%6.56 USD6.43 USD0.24-7.0914.9MOff
12 Jun 20266.35 USD0.5%6.55 USD6.44 USD0.14-5.3719.4MOff
5 Jun 20266.32 USD-4.8%6.55 USD6.45 USD-0.10-4.9718.9MOff
29 May 20266.64 USD3.9%6.56 USD6.46 USD-0.24-2.3815.5MOff
22 May 20266.39 USD0.5%6.54 USD6.46 USD-0.52-4.4322.1MOff
15 May 20266.36 USD-4.2%6.54 USD6.47 USD-0.73-3.8228.8MOff
8 May 20266.64 USD16.3%6.51 USD6.47 USD-0.840.8427.1MOff
1 May 20265.71 USD-3.9%6.47 USD6.47 USD-0.97-10.9916.0MOff
24 Apr 20265.94 USD-2.9%6.49 USD6.48 USD-0.94-6.3718.2MOff
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.