- The trend backdrop is active with a 17-week active streak.
- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
HMT
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Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
HMT Limited · Industrials · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Latest close
60.31 INR
-1.8%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is active. Price is 4.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 61.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.8%, after a -6.7% 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.
Setup score
50
out of 100
Latest Close
60.31 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-1.8%
latest completed week
4W Return
-6.7%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
6.7%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
48.1%
25 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.4x
vs 13-week average
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- Next-week expectancy is negative at 44.11% based on similar historical setup states.
- 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
-1.8%
Latest completed week; four-week move -6.7%.
Indicator stack
71/36
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 44.11%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
News sentiment
50/100
6 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 4.1% above the Trend Line and sits at 61.7% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.8%, after a -6.7% 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 1.4x 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 0.5012-week average 0.58
12-week confirmation
Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure6/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.50Current 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 -6.7% over four weeks, 6.7% over 12 weeks, and 9.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 17 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak17 weeks
Active weeks in one year25
Trend breadth48.1%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.07Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-153.4%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership7.16Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-58.1%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 70%
Model confidence 65%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength59/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 42; rank 1 is best.
Value53/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 48; rank 1 is best.
Quality52/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 49; rank 1 is best.
Momentum55/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 46; rank 1 is best.
Growth53/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 48; 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
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 50.9x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- - Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 0.5% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 36.8% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- -83.2% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 30.5% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- - Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 0.2% 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
- -18.5x 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 6 relevant articles.
0 positive · 6 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-16.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility5.8%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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8 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+27.6%Week of 27 Feb.
Worst week-13.8%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week-1.8%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses3
Recent vol5.8%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol6.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split26/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.8% / -4.0%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 Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
4-week rank15 / 18
Group average0.6%
Trend breadth50.0%
Trend50.0%active weekly trend signals
MD66.7%positive activity pressure
RS33.3%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 tape52/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 52/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis72/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 6/12, relative leadership 12/12.
Activity pressure 0.50; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyNegative 44.11%Next-week expectancy is negative with a 44.11% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors54/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 12; Small Cap Core rank 55 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.
HMT Limited fined ₹5.31 lakh for board non-compliance in Q4FY26 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 | 60.31 INR | -1.8% | 57.96 INR | 59.31 INR | -0.07 | 7.16 | 44.5K | On |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 61.42 INR | 0.0% | 57.49 INR | 59.11 INR | 0.01 | 10.16 | 50.4K | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 61.39 INR | -2.4% | 57.01 INR | 58.89 INR | 0.08 | 13.13 | 30.5K | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 62.92 INR | -2.6% | 56.56 INR | 58.67 INR | 0.15 | 13.40 | 29.3K | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 64.61 INR | -5.4% | 56.05 INR | 58.45 INR | 0.14 | 17.11 | 48.3K | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 68.33 INR | -0.1% | 55.50 INR | 58.21 INR | -0.17 | 23.64 | 26.2K | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 68.39 INR | 5.6% | 54.79 INR | 57.96 INR | -0.42 | 25.16 | 0 | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 64.74 INR | 16.7% | 54.31 INR | 57.70 INR | -0.57 | 18.94 | 7.4K | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 55.47 INR | -0.6% | 53.84 INR | 57.47 INR | -0.57 | 3.64 | 10.3K | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 55.82 INR | 2.1% | 53.84 INR | 57.31 INR | -0.30 | 5.13 | 8.2K | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 54.66 INR | -3.7% | 53.82 INR | 57.14 INR | 0.01 | 1.83 | 51.3K | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 56.77 INR | 0.4% | 53.86 INR | 57.00 INR | 0.28 | 4.93 | 33.7K | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 56.54 INR | -7.5% | 53.90 INR | 56.79 INR | 0.49 | 5.06 | 63.2K | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 61.13 INR | 0.9% | 53.88 INR | 56.59 INR | 0.68 | 11.36 | 56.3K | On |
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.