Close 2026-08-21 1267 scanned A

HDFCLIFE

HDFC Life Insurance
Financial ServicesRs 148.0 cr traded a day
Close on 2026-08-21
554.80
+2.36%
52-week range8% of the way up
535.85787.80
Revenue YoY
+14.5%
Q1 FY27
Growth trend
+31.5pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
+0.7%
Below 52w high
42.0%
RSI (14)
51
Daily swing
1.7%
average true range
Volume
1.0×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 148 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
600700800Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
+3.54%
1 month
+0.70%
3 months
−10.35%
6 months
−24.41%
1 year
−29.12%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence is mixed3 supporting, 3 against, 1 worth knowing

Supporting

  • matches closed at the day's high, which has beaten the market by +3.19 points over 20 sessions across 2,549 past signals
  • 2 of the scans it matches have a positive measured record
  • revenue grew 15% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30

Against

  • trading 14% below its 200-day average
  • at 8% of its 52-week range — nearly everyone who bought in the past year is underwater
  • down 29% over twelve months

Worth knowing

  • the rise is short covering rather than fresh buying, which historically runs out when the shorts are done
What would change this read: a close back above 648, its 200-day average.
Assembled automatically from the figures on this page — the scans matched, their measured record, the filed financials, the derivatives positioning and the peer comparison. It is not a recommendation, no one has spoken to the company, and every claim above can be checked against a number further down this page.

How it has performed

price return over each window, measured against zero
+3.5%1W+0.7%1M-10.3%3M-24.4%6M-29.1%1Y

What the scans say today

2 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
HDFCLIFE matches 2 of the 47 scans today, across 2 different kinds of evidence.

Recent filings

from the exchange, newest first
08-19
17:01
Other filing
1d+0.95d20d
08-04
16:01
Other filing
1d+1.65d+0.120d
07-22
17:49
Analyst call
1d+0.15d+0.820d-2.4
Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093) · Analyst call filings were typically +0.14pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=3,352)

The business

from the company’s filed results
Everything below is taken from the company’s own quarterly filing with the exchange — the XBRL document it submitted, not a vendor’s summary of it. Figures in rupees crore.
24.0k29.3k20.4k29.2k19.9k33.5k0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.

Going for it

  • revenue grew 15% against the same quarter a year earlier

Going against it

  • nothing clear in the filed numbers
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
33,542630
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
19,906490
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
29,158441
Q2 FY26
2025-09-30 · consolidated
20,422468
Q1 FY26
2025-06-30 · consolidated
29,285564
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
23,965486
Quarterly filings are unaudited unless stated. Consolidated figures are used where the company files both. A single quarter is a noisy thing — the trend across the column is worth more than the top row.

Where the price stands

the same figures every scan on this site is computed from
Trend
Distance from the averages traders watch. Above all of them is a bull phase; below the 200-day is the line most investors use to say otherwise.
Versus 50-day average-1.1%
Versus 200-day average-14.4%
Below 52-week high-29.6%
Above 52-week low+3.5%
Momentum
How hard it has been pushed lately. Above 70 on RSI is stretched, below 30 is washed out — neither is a signal on its own.
RSI (14)51.2
Higher closes in last 53 of 5
Six-month return−24.41%
Risk and liquidity
What a position costs to hold and to exit. Position sizing starts with the daily swing, not with conviction.
Typical daily swing (ATR)1.67%
Volume versus 20-day1.0x
Median daily turnoverRs 148.0 cr

Derivatives

near expiry 2026-08-25 · 2026-08-20
Short Covering
Price up, open interest down. Sellers are closing, not buyers arriving. Rallies built only on this tend not to last once the shorts are out.
Futures basis versus spot-0.23%
Open interest change-1.1%
Put / call ratio0.57
Put wall (support)500
Call wall (resistance)600
Max pain550
How to read this
Open interest is contracts still open, so a rise means new positions and a fall means positions closing. Combined with price direction that gives the state on the left. The walls are the strikes carrying the most open interest near expiry — levels other people are watching, not levels the price is obliged to respect. A future below spot means sellers are paying to be short.

Peers

Financial Services · 116 classified companies
CompanyMarket cap (Rs cr)P/E1 month1 yearTurnover (Rs cr)
HDFCBANK1,119,59813.8−2.72%−23.03%1,892.2
ICICIBANK1,018,80717.1−1.02%+1.85%1,533.6
SBIN968,01311.3+3.57%+30.45%918.6
BAJFINANCE681,18933.0+5.31%+23.02%738.2
KOTAKBANK400,65319.5+5.07%+3.68%372.3
AXISBANK387,54313.9+1.86%+17.95%718.6
SHRIRAMFIN265,87821.7+10.16%+93.29%425.4
JIOFIN161,11778.0+4.65%−21.73%340.3
CHOLAFIN158,89627.6+8.48%+30.15%252.3
TATACAP153,945+6.91%51.2
UNIONBANK140,0396.9+8.94%+43.70%181.3
HDFCLIFE+0.70%−29.12%148.0
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet

Recent sessions

what this stock has matched since the engine went live
This is the live record, not the backtest — the scans this stock actually appeared in on each stored session. A name that keeps reappearing is in a persistent condition; a one-day appearance usually is not.
SessionScansWhich
2026-08-211Closed at the day's high
2026-08-191Near a 52-week low