- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
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Mahalaxmi Fabric Mills Limited · Consumer Cyclical · Textile Manufacturing
Latest close
19.55 INR
3.3%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -14.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 11.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 3.3%, after a -1.4% 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 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
20
out of 100
Latest Close
19.55 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
3.3%
latest completed week
4W Return
-1.4%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-23.6%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
5.8%
3 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.9x
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
3.3%
Latest completed week; four-week move -1.4%.
Indicator stack
3/29
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 36.76%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
3 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 -14.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 11.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 3.3%, after a -1.4% 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 0.9x 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
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27 Feb
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20 Mar
27 Mar
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24 Apr
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29 May
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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 0.1912-week average 0.17
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.19Current 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 -1.4% over four weeks, -23.6% over 12 weeks, and -35.3% 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 year3
Trend breadth5.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.82Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-72.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-21.34Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change1.9%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 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 strength52/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Value51/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 50; rank 1 is best.
Quality50/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 51; rank 1 is best.
Momentum52/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Growth50/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 51; 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 framework53/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.2x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 16.6x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -31.8% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 56.0% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 4.8% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -22.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 2.8% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- -11.4% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - 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
- 13.0x 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 3 relevant articles.
0 positive · 3 neutral · 0 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-47.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.4%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.
13 Feb
13 Mar
10 Apr
8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher9 of 2617 weeks finished lower.
Best week+10.0%Week of 13 Mar.
Worst week-10.7%Week of 3 Jul.
Latest week+3.3%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains6
Flat weeks0
Modest losses13
Sharp losses4
Recent vol3.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split19/32Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.0% / -3.5%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 Consumer Cyclical
4-week rank- / 100
Group average6.0%
Trend breadth58.0%
Trend58.0%active weekly trend signals
MD80.0%positive activity pressure
RS64.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Textile Manufacturing
4-week rank66 / 100
Group average2.4%
Trend breadth53.0%
Trend53.0%active weekly trend signals
MD61.0%positive activity pressure
RS51.0%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 tape18/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 18/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis22/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 6/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.19; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 36.76%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 36.76% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors50/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 14 SVQF53/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 748.0 of 1576 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 3 relevant articles.
Mahalaxmi Fabric Mills appoints Rohit Periwal & Associates as secretarial auditor 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 | 19.55 INR | 3.3% | 22.91 INR | 33.19 INR | -0.82 | -21.34 | 17.6K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 18.92 INR | 0.9% | 23.09 INR | 33.32 INR | -0.84 | -23.93 | 26.7K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 18.75 INR | -1.2% | 23.28 INR | 33.46 INR | -0.79 | -23.26 | 36.5K | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 18.97 INR | -4.3% | 23.49 INR | 33.61 INR | -0.63 | -24.82 | 31.4K | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 19.83 INR | -2.3% | 23.70 INR | 33.76 INR | -0.47 | -21.75 | 28.2K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 20.29 INR | -10.7% | 23.90 INR | 33.91 INR | -0.16 | -20.43 | 26.3K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 22.73 INR | -1.2% | 24.09 INR | 34.05 INR | 0.18 | -10.46 | 0 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 23.00 INR | -0.4% | 24.23 INR | 34.17 INR | 0.52 | -9.58 | 4.0K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 23.10 INR | -3.3% | 24.36 INR | 34.29 INR | 0.78 | -8.07 | 1.1K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 23.90 INR | -4.4% | 24.50 INR | 34.41 INR | 0.93 | -4.29 | 8.2K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 25.01 INR | 0.1% | 24.63 INR | 34.52 INR | 1.00 | -1.08 | 43.9K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 24.98 INR | -2.4% | 24.79 INR | 34.62 INR | 0.94 | -2.24 | 4.9K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 25.59 INR | 1.5% | 24.94 INR | 34.73 INR | 0.97 | 0.00 | 21.0K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 25.21 INR | 3.6% | 25.00 INR | 34.83 INR | 1.01 | -3.98 | 17.3K | 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.