Trade-Ideas LLC identified Amira Nature Foods (ANFI) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Amira Nature Foods as such a stock due to the following factors:
• ANFI has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $4.1 million.
• ANFI has traded 236,932 shares today.
• ANFI is trading at 15.18 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
• ANFI is trading at a new low 3.24% below yesterday's close.

'Weak on High Relative Volume' stocks are worth watching because major volume moves tend to indicate underlying activity such as material stock news, analyst downgrades, insider selling, selling from 'super investors,' or that hedge funds and traders are piling out of a stock ahead of a catalyst. Regardless of the impetus behind the price and volume action, when a stock moves with strength and volume it can indicate the start of a new trend on which early investors can capitalize (or avoid losses by trimming weak positions). In the event of a well-timed trading opportunity, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends and a disciplined trading methodology should help you take the first steps towards investment success.

Amira Nature Foods Ltd. engages in processing, distributing, and marketing packaged Indian specialty rice, primarily basmati rice; and other food products. ANFI has a PE ratio of 6. Currently there are no analysts that rate Amira Nature Foods a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.


The average volume for Amira Nature Foods has been 421,200 shares per day over the past 30 days. Amira Nature has a market cap of $311.0 million and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. The stock has a beta of 0.02 and a short float of 14.8% with 6.35 days to cover. Shares are down 6.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally high debt management risk, poor profit margins and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09 is relatively high when compared with the industry average, suggesting a need for better debt level management. To add to this, ANFI has a quick ratio of 0.70, this demonstrates the lack of ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
• The gross profit margin for AMIRA NATURE FOODS LTD is rather low; currently it is at 17.69%. It has decreased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the weak results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 6.85% is above that of the industry average.
• ANFI has underperformed the S&P 500 Index, declining 12.00% from its price level of one year ago. The fact that the stock is now selling for less than others in its industry in relation to its current earnings is not reason enough to justify a buy rating at this time.
• AMIRA NATURE FOODS LTD has improved earnings per share by 17.4% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. During the past fiscal year, AMIRA NATURE FOODS LTD increased its bottom line by earning $1.46 versus $1.05 in the prior year.
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has greatly exceeded that of the S&P 500, but is less than that of the Food Products industry average. The net income increased by 16.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $13.37 million to $15.58 million.

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