Bi-Daily Stock Overview
Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati for Bookstores Co. at 45.02, -3.60% today, -4.19% over five days, -8.08% year-to-date. Volume surged to 2.8x average. The session recorded 2,234 trades at 2.8x normal volume. Price is trading 1.44% below intraday VWAP at 45.68.
Flow is neutral: balanced order flow, smart money exiting positions. Order flow is balanced with no clear directional bias from either order book or smart money indicators. Risk profile is elevated: defensive beta (0.82) with elevated volatility. Risk texture shows max drawdown at 19.6% with Sharpe ratio at -1.38.
Stochastic is oversold at 12.1 while RSI remains neutral-low at 37.1. Trend strength is strong in the sideways direction. The key reference remains support at 46.17, currently 2.5% above price; resistance stands at 47.37. Support sits 2.5% above current price while resistance is 5.2% above. Within the 52-week range (31.6–53.95), price is 16.6% below the high.
The information environment is quiet with no tracked headlines. News mix is neutral: 0 positive vs 0 negative items over 7 days from 0 total tracked. Scale anchor: market cap is 1.0B SAR in the Specialty Retail sector.
Positioning reflects rank 4 of 4 in Specialty Retail, trailing TASI by 15.59% YTD. Against a sector average daily return of 0.52%, the stock's daily return measured -2.97%, an underperformance of 3.49 percentage points. Note: intraday change and daily return measures differ due to calculation basis. Watch whether price reclaims 46.17.
Flow:
NEUTRAL
Levels:
BELOW SUPPORT
Risk:
ELEVATED
Watch whether price reclaims 46.17.
Informational only. Not financial advice.