- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
ASHOKAMET
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Ashoka Metcast Limited · Basic Materials · Steel
Latest close
14.23 INR
0.4%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -4.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.4%, after a -3.5% 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 54/100.
Setup score
26
out of 100
Latest Close
14.23 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.4%
latest completed week
4W Return
-3.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-10.0%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
9.6%
5 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.2x
vs 13-week average
- 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.
- 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
0.4%
Latest completed week; four-week move -3.5%.
Indicator stack
5/0
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.
News sentiment
54/100
7 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 not active. Price is -4.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.4%, after a -3.5% 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 1.2x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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20 Feb
27 Feb
6 Mar
13 Mar
20 Mar
27 Mar
3 Apr
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17 Apr
24 Apr
1 May
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15 May
22 May
29 May
5 Jun
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19 Jun
26 Jun
3 Jul
10 Jul
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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 0.0812-week average 0.19
12-week confirmation
Trend active5/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure7/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership3/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.08Current 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 -3.5% over four weeks, -10.0% over 12 weeks, and -19.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year5
Trend breadth9.6%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.94Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-2823.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-7.91Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-79.1%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 is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 88%
Model confidence 82%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength71/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 30; rank 1 is best.
Value58/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 43; rank 1 is best.
Quality57/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 44; rank 1 is best.
Momentum60/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 41; rank 1 is best.
Growth58/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 43; 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 framework43/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 3.3x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.3x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.4x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -20.9% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 42.1% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 20.3% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -78.1% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 2.4% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -28.9% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 47.2% 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
- - 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
- 3.5x 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 sentiment54/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 7 relevant articles.
2 positive · 4 neutral · 1 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-32.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.0%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.
13 Feb
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+20.4%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-9.1%Week of 27 Mar.
Latest week+0.4%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains4
Modest gains10
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses5
Recent vol2.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/28Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.0% / -3.2%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 Steel
4-week rank60 / 84
Group average1.8%
Trend breadth52.4%
Trend52.4%active weekly trend signals
MD40.5%positive activity pressure
RS56.0%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 tape23/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 23/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis37/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 5/12, activity pressure 7/12, relative leadership 3/12.
Activity pressure 0.08; No reversal markers Factors61/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 8 SVQF43/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 895.5 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment54/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 7 relevant articles.
Ashoka Metcast Names New Company Secretary and Compliance Officer 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 | 14.23 INR | 0.4% | 14.93 INR | 19.13 INR | -0.94 | -7.91 | 54.0K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 14.18 INR | 0.1% | 14.95 INR | 19.17 INR | -0.80 | -7.93 | 46.4K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 14.16 INR | -1.5% | 15.00 INR | 19.21 INR | -0.56 | -6.02 | 51.6K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 14.37 INR | -2.6% | 15.04 INR | 19.25 INR | -0.29 | -7.11 | 67.6K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 14.75 INR | -2.8% | 15.06 INR | 19.29 INR | -0.03 | -4.42 | 46.1K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 15.18 INR | -0.3% | 15.09 INR | 19.36 INR | 0.11 | -2.08 | 5.7K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 15.23 INR | 0.2% | 15.11 INR | 19.38 INR | 0.14 | -1.08 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 15.20 INR | 0.5% | 15.12 INR | 19.39 INR | 0.25 | -1.22 | 16.4K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 15.12 INR | -0.5% | 15.17 INR | 19.41 INR | 0.41 | -0.26 | 10.1K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 15.20 INR | -3.6% | 15.22 INR | 19.44 INR | 0.56 | 1.18 | 38.1K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 15.76 INR | -1.1% | 15.27 INR | 19.47 INR | 0.79 | 3.97 | 80.6K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 15.94 INR | 0.8% | 15.31 INR | 19.49 INR | 0.96 | 4.25 | 67.6K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 15.81 INR | -6.5% | 15.34 INR | 19.52 INR | 1.00 | 3.51 | 90.1K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 16.91 INR | 3.6% | 15.37 INR | 19.54 INR | 1.04 | 8.07 | 177.0K | 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.