Ownership, FII & Promoter Activity

FII + DII Sustained Buying (1 Year)

FII + DII Sustained Buying (1 Year) is a Ownership, FII & Promoter Activity screen. It checks every NSE-listed stock against 1 condition computed from nightly data, after excluding heavily pledged promoters and very small market caps. This page explains the rule, each figure and its source. It lists no stocks and is not advice.

What it does and why

A single quarter of institutional buying could reflect tactical portfolio rebalancing, index inclusion, or sector rotation rather than genuine conviction. When both FII and DII holdings have increased substantially over four consecutive quarters — a full year of sustained accumulation — it signals structural conviction rather than tactical noise. One year of sustained buying means these institutions have held through one or more results cycles and continued adding, which substantially increases the predictive value of the signal compared to any single quarter.

The rule, step by step

A stock must satisfy every condition below. Conditions are grouped under the pillar they test.

Sustained Institutional Accumulation

FII+DII Change (4Q) > 0

Hard excludes

Promoter pledge above 30% of the promoter's holding
Market cap below ₹500 crore

Passes the screen

Ranked by FII+DII Change (4Q), highest first.

The figures it uses

FII+DII Change (4Q)

Used in a condition

Formula: (FII % + DII %) now − (FII % + DII %) four quarters earlier, percentage points
Input fields: FII holding, DII holding
Source of record: FinEdge · /api/v1/shareholdings/pattern/{symbol}?period=quarterly
Refresh: Recomputed nightly (06:30 IST job); rows older than 3 days are excluded from screens

Promoter Pledge

Hard exclude input

Formula: Pledged shares as a share of the promoter's own holding: pledgedSharesPct ÷ promoter holding × 100; blank when the quarter is not listed
Input fields: pledgedSharesPct, promoter holding
Source of record: FinEdge · /api/v1/shareholdings/summary/{symbol}?period=quarterlyFinEdge · /api/v1/shareholdings/pattern/{symbol}?period=quarterly
Refresh: Recomputed nightly (06:30 IST job); rows older than 3 days are excluded from screens

Market Cap

Hard exclude input

Formula: Close × paid-up equity shares ÷ 10,000,000 (₹ crore)
Input fields: close, paidUpEquityShares
Source of record: Upstox · public historical candles, NSE_EQ|{ISIN} (no auth)FinEdge · /api/v1/daily-quotes/{symbol} (fallback)FinEdge · /api/v1/shareholdings/summary/{symbol}?period=quarterly
Corporate actions: Adjusted for corporate actions before use
Refresh: Recomputed nightly (06:30 IST job); rows older than 3 days are excluded from screens

What each figure means

Combined FII + DII Change Over 4 Quarters (%)

The change in (FII% + DII%) comparing the most recent quarter to the quarter four periods ago — one full year. A value of 6 means institutions collectively own 6% more of this company than they did a year ago.

High is better

Current FII Holding (%)

FII holding percentage as of the most recent quarter. Shows absolute institutional ownership level.

High is better

Current DII Holding (%)

DII holding percentage as of the most recent quarter.

High DII ownership typically represents significant mutual fund and insurance company positions — patient capital with long-duration conviction. Combined with a rising trend, it suggests the stock is being added to index or quality mandates.

High is better

Try the rule

Type hypothetical values to see which conditions they satisfy. These are not real stocks and nothing here is stored.

FII+DII Change (4Q)Promoter PledgeMarket Cap

FII+DII Change (4Q) > 0—

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A worked example

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Evidence

What the harness measured

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Live monitoring

5-day IC -0.098 · signal date 2026-10-14 · n 4447
22-day IC -0.040 · signal date 2026-09-12 · n 3840

This is a historical, statistical measurement produced by FINOME TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD's research harness on past data. It is not a prediction, and past results do not indicate future results. The universe is today's Nifty 500 constituents, so the sample is affected by survivorship bias. It describes how a screen's selections behaved in the past and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation.

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Rule version 1.0.0

1.0.0 · 2026-10-20 — First versioned rule: every screen's conditions, ordering and hard exclude were transcribed from the served definitions into one specification. No behaviour change.

Questions

How is this screen calculated?: Each stock is tested against 1 condition using figures computed from exchange prices and company filings, adjusted for corporate actions. The rule is versioned; this page shows version 1.0.0.
How often does the screen update?: The figures are recomputed once each trading day after the nightly compute. A stock whose figures are more than three days old is left out rather than shown stale.
Is this investment advice?: No. This is educational material describing a screening method. It does not recommend any security and does not consider your circumstances.

Educational use only — GoQuant is a research tool. This page explains a screening method and is not a recommendation. Investment advice is provided by FINOME TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD (AltQube), SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, registration no. INA000018373, under a signed advisory agreement and after a risk profile. Past performance is not indicative of future results.