- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
INDIACEM
NSI
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
The India Cements Limited · Basic Materials · Building Materials
Latest close
398.1 INR
0.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -0.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 38.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.6%, after a 4.6% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. The latest news-sentiment score is 56/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
51
out of 100
Latest Close
398.1 INR
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
0.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
4.6%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-0.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
55.8%
29 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.
- Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- 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
0.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move 4.6%.
Indicator stack
31/100
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.
News sentiment
56/100
35 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 -0.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 38.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.6%, after a 4.6% 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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Up week
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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 0.1512-week average 0.08
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership9/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.15Current 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 4.6% over four weeks, -0.5% over 12 weeks, and 12.2% 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 year29
Trend breadth55.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.39Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change1006.9%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership0.02Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change101.2%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 weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026
Field coverage 82%
Model confidence 77%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength15/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 86; rank 1 is best.
Value23/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 78; rank 1 is best.
Quality11/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 90; rank 1 is best.
Momentum74/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 27; rank 1 is best.
Growth34/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 67; 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
- 4.2x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 59.4x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- -1.3% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 33.6% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 2.2% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -5.6% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 0.6% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 7.8% 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
- 6/9 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
- 3.9x 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 sentiment56/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 35 relevant articles.
10 positive · 24 neutral · 1 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-18.0%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.2%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 higher11 of 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+7.8%Week of 17 Jul.
Worst week-7.3%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week+0.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains3
Modest gains8
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses6
Recent vol3.2%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split29/23Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.0% / -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 Basic Materials
4-week rank37 / 100
Group average2.8%
Trend breadth52.0%
Trend52.0%active weekly trend signals
MD52.0%positive activity pressure
RS63.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryIN Building Materials
4-week rank6 / 34
Group average-0.4%
Trend breadth29.4%
Trend29.4%active weekly trend signals
MD67.6%positive activity pressure
RS20.6%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 tape49/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 49/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis39/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 8/12, relative leadership 9/12.
Activity pressure 0.15; No reversal markers Factors28/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 60; Small Cap Core rank 74 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Sentiment56/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 35 relevant articles.
Google’s $15 billion India data centre project battles water, wildlife concerns 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 | 398.1 INR | 0.6% | 400.3 INR | 326.3 INR | 0.39 | 0.02 | 799.7K | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 395.9 INR | -2.7% | 402.5 INR | 325.3 INR | 0.26 | 0.42 | 913.7K | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 407.0 INR | -0.8% | 404.2 INR | 324.2 INR | 0.27 | 6.10 | 3.9M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 410.3 INR | 7.8% | 405.3 INR | 323.0 INR | 0.19 | 4.80 | 2.4M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 380.5 INR | -1.2% | 406.3 INR | 321.7 INR | 0.04 | -1.96 | 890.9K | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 385.3 INR | 0.4% | 407.4 INR | 320.7 INR | 0.14 | -0.75 | 267.8K | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 383.9 INR | 2.4% | 408.4 INR | 319.5 INR | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0 | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 374.9 INR | -4.6% | 408.7 INR | 318.4 INR | 0.02 | -1.82 | 213.2K | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 393.1 INR | 3.2% | 409.7 INR | 317.4 INR | -0.03 | 5.10 | 165.3K | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 381.0 INR | -0.3% | 409.7 INR | 316.3 INR | -0.17 | 3.36 | 123.5K | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 382.0 INR | -4.7% | 409.6 INR | 315.3 INR | -0.24 | 3.16 | 890.5K | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 400.8 INR | 0.2% | 410.3 INR | 314.2 INR | -0.18 | 7.92 | 886.9K | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 400.1 INR | -2.1% | 409.9 INR | 312.9 INR | -0.34 | 8.56 | 790.0K | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 408.8 INR | 3.3% | 409.6 INR | 311.5 INR | -0.43 | 9.02 | 1.9M | 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.