- The trend backdrop is active with a 10-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.
QUESS
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Quess Corp Limited · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
Latest close
311.0 INR
-5.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Constructive trend
The weekly trend is active. Price is 40.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -5.6%, after a 9.0% 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 58/100.
Setup score
66
out of 100
Latest Close
311.0 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-5.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
9.0%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
53.2%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
19.2%
10 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.
- The latest week was a sharp negative move.
- 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
-5.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move 9.0%.
Indicator stack
45/87
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
58/100
31 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 40.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 80.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -5.6%, after a 9.0% 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 0.8712-week average 0.50
12-week confirmation
Trend active10/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership10/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.87Current 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 9.0% over four weeks, 53.2% over 12 weeks, and 20.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 10 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak10 weeks
Active weeks in one year10
Trend breadth19.2%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure2.02Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change5.8%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership39.44Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change25.9%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 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 strength87/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 14; rank 1 is best.
Value65/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 36; rank 1 is best.
Quality71/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 30; rank 1 is best.
Momentum78/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 23; rank 1 is best.
Growth72/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 29; 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 framework77/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 62.3x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.3x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 28.6x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 4.8% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 5.5% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 1.7% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 1.5% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 17.6% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 2.3% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 382.5% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -41.5% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 6/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 3.5% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 3.5% 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 sentiment58/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 31 relevant articles.
10 positive · 20 neutral · 1 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-10.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility6.7%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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Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+14.7%Week of 3 Jul.
Worst week-9.2%Week of 15 May.
Latest week-5.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses3
Recent vol6.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.1%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.6% / -3.1%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 Staffing & Employment Services
4-week rank1 / 4
Group average-2.5%
Trend breadth75.0%
Trend75.0%active weekly trend signals
MD100.0%positive activity pressure
RS50.0%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 tape61/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 61/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis82/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 10/12, activity pressure 12/12, relative leadership 10/12.
Activity pressure 0.87; No reversal markers Factors75/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 70; Small Cap Core rank 46 SVQF77/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 370.5 of 1576 Patient CapitalRecentActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Sentiment58/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 31 relevant articles.
Quess Corp uploads analyst call recording to website 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 | 311.0 INR | -5.6% | 222.1 INR | 415.6 INR | 2.02 | 39.44 | 4.3M | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 329.4 INR | 12.6% | 218.6 INR | 416.1 INR | 2.04 | 49.45 | 20.7M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 292.6 INR | 1.5% | 214.5 INR | 416.5 INR | 1.95 | 36.88 | 1.1M | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 288.2 INR | 1.0% | 211.6 INR | 417.2 INR | 1.92 | 31.91 | 1.2M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 285.4 INR | -0.9% | 208.7 INR | 417.9 INR | 1.91 | 31.33 | 2.8M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 288.1 INR | 14.7% | 205.9 INR | 418.7 INR | 1.89 | 32.25 | 890.3K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 251.1 INR | 0.5% | 202.8 INR | 419.4 INR | 1.96 | 16.40 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 249.9 INR | 2.4% | 201.3 INR | 420.4 INR | 1.92 | 15.84 | 394.0K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 244.0 INR | 3.5% | 199.7 INR | 421.4 INR | 1.81 | 14.80 | 473.6K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 235.7 INR | 12.7% | 198.4 INR | 422.3 INR | 1.70 | 11.73 | 20.8M | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 209.1 INR | 3.1% | 197.8 INR | 423.4 INR | 1.70 | -2.03 | 1.3M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 202.7 INR | -0.1% | 198.6 INR | 424.5 INR | 1.59 | -6.30 | 696.3K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 203.0 INR | -9.2% | 199.3 INR | 425.5 INR | 1.40 | -6.69 | 1.3M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 223.6 INR | 14.6% | 200.1 INR | 426.5 INR | 1.28 | -0.55 | 26.4M | 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.