- The trend backdrop is active with a 7-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Activity pressure is constructive, supporting the smart-money activity read.
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Weekly Investor Report
Updater Services Limited · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Latest close
210.0 INR
4.3%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive, but selective
The weekly trend is active. Price is 24.3% above the Trend Line and sits at 60.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 4.3%, after a 6.0% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100.
Setup score
57
out of 100
Latest Close
210.0 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
4.3%
latest completed week
4W Return
6.0%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
21.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
13.5%
7 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.0x
vs 13-week average
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 39.66% based on similar historical setup states.
- The share remains more than 20% below its 52-week high.
- 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
4.3%
Latest completed week; four-week move 6.0%.
Indicator stack
32/77
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
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Negative 39.66%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
9 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 active. Price is 24.3% above the Trend Line and sits at 60.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 4.3%, after a 6.0% 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 1.0x 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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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 0.6712-week average 0.38
12-week confirmation
Trend active7/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership6/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.67Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers
4 accumulation markers. No reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is 6.0% over four weeks, 21.7% over 12 weeks, and -20.2% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 7 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak7 weeks
Active weeks in one year7
Trend breadth13.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.46Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change10.5%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership11.45Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change219.6%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 ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
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 strength93/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 8; rank 1 is best.
Value97/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 4; rank 1 is best.
Quality91/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 10; rank 1 is best.
Momentum18/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 83; rank 1 is best.
Growth16/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 85; 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 framework91/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 16.6x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.5x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 8.4x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 9.9% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 96.8% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 4.1% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 4.2% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 10.1% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 7.4% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -27.9% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 233.3% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 7/9 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
- -1.1x 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 sentiment50/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.
0 positive · 6 neutral · 3 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-21.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.4%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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7 Aug
Weeks higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+12.2%Week of 5 Jun.
Worst week-6.0%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week+4.3%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains8
Modest gains5
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses3
Recent vol4.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.5% / -4.6%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 Industrials
4-week rank- / 100
Group average0.8%
Trend breadth62.0%
Trend62.0%active weekly trend signals
MD43.0%positive activity pressure
RS60.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Specialty Business Services
4-week rank5 / 20
Group average2.5%
Trend breadth50.0%
Trend50.0%active weekly trend signals
MD60.0%positive activity pressure
RS40.0%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 tape53/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 53/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis71/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 7/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 6/12.
Activity pressure 0.67; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 39.66%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 39.66% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors76/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 6; Small Cap Core rank 9 SVQF91/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 137.5 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.
Updater Services to host Q1 FY27 earnings call on July 31 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 | 210.0 INR | 4.3% | 169.0 INR | 277.1 INR | 1.46 | 11.45 | 1.4M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 201.4 INR | 0.6% | 167.7 INR | 277.6 INR | 1.53 | 7.06 | 1.8M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 200.2 INR | 3.6% | 167.4 INR | 278.1 INR | 1.54 | 8.32 | 2.5M | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 193.3 INR | -2.5% | 167.3 INR | 278.6 INR | 1.42 | 1.40 | 1.4M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 198.2 INR | 2.5% | 166.9 INR | 279.2 INR | 1.32 | 3.58 | 2.0M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 193.4 INR | 6.7% | 166.1 INR | 279.8 INR | 1.19 | 0.00 | 1.2M | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 181.3 INR | 0.1% | 165.3 INR | 280.4 INR | 1.23 | -6.19 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 181.0 INR | -0.8% | 165.5 INR | 281.1 INR | 1.26 | -7.00 | 286.4K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 182.6 INR | -5.4% | 165.9 INR | 281.8 INR | 1.28 | -5.54 | 373.4K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 193.0 INR | 12.2% | 166.6 INR | 282.5 INR | 1.36 | -0.05 | 3.2M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 172.1 INR | -0.5% | 166.8 INR | 283.2 INR | 1.34 | -12.39 | 1.8M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 172.9 INR | 0.2% | 169.0 INR | 284.0 INR | 1.25 | -13.79 | 922.7K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 172.6 INR | -2.5% | 170.9 INR | 284.8 INR | 1.17 | -14.88 | 1.7M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 177.0 INR | 11.8% | 172.6 INR | 285.6 INR | 1.18 | -15.58 | 3.9M | 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.