UTSI NASDAQ Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

UTStarcom Holdings Corp · Technology · Communication Equipment

Latest close 2.50 USD
0.8% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -1.2% below the Trend Line and sits at 30.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, after a 0.4% 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 66/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 23 out of 100
Latest Close 2.50 USD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 0.8% latest completed week
4W Return 0.4% short-term follow-through
12W Return -11.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 32.7% 17 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.0x 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 -1.2% below the Trend Line and sits at 30.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.8%, 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 0.0x 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 0.5012-week average 0.59

12-week confirmation

Trend active8/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership1/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.50Current 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 0.4% over four weeks, -11.3% over 12 weeks, and 0.4% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W0.8%
4W0.4%
12W-11.3%
26W0.4%
52W0.4%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year17
Trend breadth32.7%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.51Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-664.9%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-11.96Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change15.1%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 neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 79% Model confidence 74%

Relative factor standing

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

Overall factor strength33/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 68; rank 1 is best.
Value43/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 58; rank 1 is best.
Quality40/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 61; rank 1 is best.
Momentum42/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 59; rank 1 is best.
Growth43/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 58; 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.

Valuation

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

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
2.6x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
-
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-35.4%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
11.7%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
-95.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-93.6%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
-168.2%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-
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
2/9
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
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.0%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
4.5x
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 sentiment66/100

Weighted news tone is positive across 34 relevant articles.

23 positive · 8 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-31.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility7.8%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 higher12 of 2611 weeks finished lower.
Best week+13.0%Week of 12 Jun.
Worst week-16.9%Week of 19 Jun.
Latest week+0.8%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5
Modest gains7
Flat weeks3
Modest losses5
Sharp losses6
Recent vol7.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/23Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew5.5% / -5.0%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 20262.50 USD0.8%2.53 USD2.72 USD-0.51-11.9630.0KOff
31 Jul 20262.48 USD3.8%2.53 USD2.73 USD-0.44-8.6272.1KOff
24 Jul 20262.39 USD-5.9%2.52 USD2.74 USD-0.33-11.8132.0KOff
17 Jul 20262.54 USD2.0%2.53 USD2.75 USD-0.20-8.20193.8KOff
10 Jul 20262.49 USD0.4%2.52 USD2.76 USD0.09-14.09107.6KOn
3 Jul 20262.48 USD3.8%2.51 USD2.77 USD0.52-13.46123.2KOn
26 Jun 20262.39 USD-9.5%2.51 USD2.77 USD0.85-16.39468.0KOn
19 Jun 20262.64 USD-16.9%2.51 USD2.78 USD1.26-12.4518.9MOn
12 Jun 20263.17 USD13.0%2.50 USD2.78 USD1.317.6936.7KOn
5 Jun 20262.81 USD-0.2%2.48 USD2.79 USD1.34-2.3720.7KOn
29 May 20262.81 USD7.9%2.47 USD2.79 USD1.25-6.9363.5KOn
22 May 20262.61 USD-7.4%2.46 USD2.80 USD0.57-11.7226.8KOn
15 May 20262.82 USD8.0%2.45 USD2.81 USD0.28-4.1852.4KOn
8 May 20262.61 USD12.4%2.44 USD2.81 USD-0.01-12.0620.5KOn
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