APEX NSI Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Apex Frozen Foods Limited · Consumer Defensive · Farm Products

Latest close 376.8 INR
1.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -4.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 55.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.6%, after a -3.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks strongly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 55/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 38 out of 100
Latest Close 376.8 INR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.6% latest completed week
4W Return -3.5% short-term follow-through
12W Return -19.2% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 94.2% 49 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.3x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
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.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • Next-week expectancy is negative at 41.85% based on similar historical setup states.
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 -4.9% below the Trend Line and sits at 55.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.6%, after a -3.5% 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 0.3x 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 0.3712-week average 0.66

12-week confirmation

Trend active10/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.37Current 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 -3.5% over four weeks, -19.2% over 12 weeks, and 70.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.6%
4W-3.5%
12W-19.2%
26W8.6%
52W70.3%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year49
Trend breadth94.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.24Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-39.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership12.24Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-45.2%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 ranks strongly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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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 strength94/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 7; rank 1 is best.
Value72/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 29; rank 1 is best.
Quality71/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 30; rank 1 is best.
Momentum95/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 6; rank 1 is best.
Growth91/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 10; 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 framework24/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
30.3x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.3x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
16.0x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
7.7%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
33.3%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
4.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
10.1%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
5.5%
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
902.1%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
98.2%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
9/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
0.5%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
0.5%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.2x
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 sentiment55/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 21 relevant articles.

7 positive · 13 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-26.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.7%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+24.6%Week of 13 Feb.
Worst week-11.0%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week+1.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses6
Recent vol2.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol8.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew7.9% / -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.

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 2026376.8 INR1.6%396.3 INR265.2 INR-1.2412.24291.9KOff
31 Jul 2026370.6 INR-2.7%392.4 INR264.1 INR-1.2212.26268.0KOff
24 Jul 2026381.0 INR-4.8%389.9 INR263.2 INR-1.1519.35433.7KOn
17 Jul 2026400.2 INR2.5%386.4 INR262.1 INR-1.0723.541.1MOn
10 Jul 2026390.5 INR-3.3%382.6 INR260.9 INR-0.8922.33494.3KOn
3 Jul 2026404.0 INR-0.9%378.5 INR259.8 INR-0.7427.4563.8KOn
26 Jun 2026407.8 INR-2.8%373.9 INR258.5 INR-0.6531.170On
19 Jun 2026419.8 INR0.1%370.3 INR257.2 INR-0.4836.79142.7KOn
12 Jun 2026419.1 INR2.1%367.3 INR255.9 INR-0.3040.62456.5KOn
5 Jun 2026410.4 INR-3.7%363.0 INR254.6 INR0.0440.92322.3KOn
29 May 2026426.3 INR-5.0%357.1 INR253.2 INR0.5547.241.7MOn
22 May 2026449.0 INR-3.7%350.9 INR251.7 INR0.9556.102.6MOn
15 May 2026466.0 INR-5.4%344.0 INR250.1 INR1.2265.203.3MOn
8 May 2026492.8 INR5.6%336.1 INR248.4 INR1.3673.903.5MOn
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