LINC NSI Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Linc Limited · Industrials · Business Equipment & Supplies

Latest close 102.2 INR
-0.5% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -2.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 30.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.5%, after a -9.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 52/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 27 out of 100
Latest Close 102.2 INR 31 Jul 2026
1W Return -0.5% latest completed week
4W Return -9.5% short-term follow-through
12W Return -3.3% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 15.4% 8 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.7x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
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 weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
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 -2.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 30.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.5%, after a -9.5% 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 0.7x 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
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 31 Jul
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 0.1412-week average 0.07

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership2/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.14Current 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 -9.5% over four weeks, -3.3% over 12 weeks, and -23.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.5%
4W-9.5%
12W-3.3%
26W-8.1%
52W-23.0%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year8
Trend breadth15.4%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.77Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-25.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-7.57Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-1724.5%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 weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 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 strength78/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 23; rank 1 is best.
Value79/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 22; rank 1 is best.
Quality67/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 34; rank 1 is best.
Momentum24/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 77; rank 1 is best.
Growth11/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 90; 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 framework78/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

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

P/E
18.7x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.1x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.2x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
-0.7%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
39.5%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
8.2%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
-0.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
12.3%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-0.1%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-13.9%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-111.6%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
1.5%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-0.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
1.4%
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 sentiment52/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.

1 positive · 5 neutral · 0 negative
Patient 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-27.5%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.9%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 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.9%Week of 26 Jun.
Worst week-8.5%Week of 15 May.
Latest week-0.5%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains7
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses6
Recent vol4.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split21/31Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.0% / -3.4%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
31 Jul 2026102.2 INR-0.5%104.3 INR136.3 INR0.77-7.57124.4KOff
24 Jul 2026102.7 INR-4.9%104.8 INR136.7 INR1.04-5.2275.3KOff
17 Jul 2026108.0 INR0.3%105.1 INR137.1 INR1.28-3.07180.2KOff
10 Jul 2026107.7 INR-4.7%105.2 INR137.4 INR1.25-3.45183.3KOff
3 Jul 2026112.9 INR-2.2%105.4 INR137.8 INR1.030.47356.0KOff
26 Jun 2026115.5 INR10.9%105.6 INR138.1 INR0.713.140Off
19 Jun 2026104.1 INR5.9%105.8 INR138.5 INR0.47-7.1368.2KOff
12 Jun 202698.32 INR-0.9%106.4 INR138.9 INR0.29-11.2719.1KOff
5 Jun 202699.19 INR-0.2%107.3 INR139.4 INR0.20-10.0635.0KOff
29 May 202699.39 INR-0.0%108.0 INR140.0 INR0.41-11.13208.6KOff
22 May 202699.41 INR2.8%109.0 INR140.6 INR0.42-12.41129.2KOff
15 May 202696.68 INR-8.5%110.0 INR141.2 INR0.27-15.18408.2KOff
8 May 2026105.7 INR4.7%110.8 INR141.7 INR0.16-9.91509.8KOff
1 May 2026100.9 INR3.6%111.4 INR142.0 INR-0.49-13.40966.7KOff
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.