- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Volume is elevated versus the 13-week average, confirming attention.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited · Financial Services · Insurance - Life
Latest close
501.0 INR
-2.8%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -9.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 15.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -1.8% 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 52/100.
Setup score
39
out of 100
Latest Close
501.0 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-2.8%
latest completed week
4W Return
-1.8%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-6.1%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
28.8%
15 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.8x
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 weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- 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
-2.8%
Latest completed week; four-week move -1.8%.
Indicator stack
16/77
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
Recent
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
News sentiment
52/100
37 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 -9.1% below the Trend Line and sits at 15.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -2.8%, after a -1.8% 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 1.8x the 13-week average. Participation is unusually strong and confirms that the move is attracting attention.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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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 0.1312-week average 0.07
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.13Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals1Accumulation 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 -1.8% over four weeks, -6.1% over 12 weeks, and -17.9% 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 year15
Trend breadth28.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.44Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change235.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-12.86Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-15.5%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 76%
Model confidence 71%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength8/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 93; rank 1 is best.
Value22/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 79; rank 1 is best.
Quality32/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Momentum23/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 78; rank 1 is best.
Growth29/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 72; 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.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 42.8x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 1.1x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 33.7x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -7.5% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- - Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 3.0% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -8.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 10.7% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -11.0% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 35.3% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- - Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 3/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 0.3% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -0.2% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 0.1% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.3x 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 sentiment52/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 37 relevant articles.
5 positive · 29 neutral · 3 negativePatient CapitalRecent
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks
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-29.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.6%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.
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3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher9 of 2617 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.4%Week of 8 May.
Worst week-8.5%Week of 24 Apr.
Latest week-2.8%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains4
Modest gains5
Flat weeks0
Modest losses11
Sharp losses6
Recent vol3.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/29Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.9% / -2.9%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 Financial Services
4-week rank55 / 100
Group average-0.9%
Trend breadth59.0%
Trend59.0%active weekly trend signals
MD70.0%positive activity pressure
RS57.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Insurance - Life
4-week rank4 / 9
Group average-4.5%
Trend breadth44.4%
Trend44.4%active weekly trend signals
MD77.8%positive activity pressure
RS22.2%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 tape38/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 38/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis16/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 3/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.13; No reversal markers Factors20/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 80 Patient CapitalRecentActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Sentiment52/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 37 relevant articles.
SBI Life, ICICI Prudential lead private insurers in July; Nomura retains 'Buy' on both 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 | 501.0 INR | -2.8% | 551.3 INR | 600.6 INR | 0.44 | -12.86 | 12.7M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 515.4 INR | 3.0% | 557.4 INR | 601.0 INR | 0.34 | -10.02 | 5.4M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 500.5 INR | 0.7% | 562.8 INR | 601.4 INR | 0.10 | -10.59 | 7.6M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 497.1 INR | -2.6% | 567.8 INR | 601.9 INR | -0.09 | -13.54 | 18.6M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 510.4 INR | 5.2% | 572.9 INR | 602.3 INR | -0.32 | -11.13 | 7.6M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 485.2 INR | -1.2% | 577.5 INR | 602.7 INR | -0.73 | -16.08 | 2.9M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 491.0 INR | -1.8% | 582.2 INR | 603.3 INR | -0.94 | -14.70 | 0 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 500.3 INR | 6.9% | 586.5 INR | 603.8 INR | -0.97 | -13.28 | 3.7M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 468.1 INR | -3.1% | 590.2 INR | 604.1 INR | -0.91 | -17.80 | 887.3K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 483.2 INR | -3.8% | 595.6 INR | 604.6 INR | -0.80 | -14.60 | 1.6M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 502.2 INR | -3.1% | 600.0 INR | 604.6 INR | -0.57 | -12.26 | 8.8M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 518.3 INR | -2.9% | 602.9 INR | 604.4 INR | -0.71 | -10.50 | 16.1M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 533.7 INR | -5.6% | 605.7 INR | 603.9 INR | -0.90 | -7.81 | 3.5M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 565.3 INR | 10.4% | 607.8 INR | 603.2 INR | -0.82 | -4.67 | 7.9M | 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.