Stock analysis is used by traders to make buy and sell call. It’s an approach to make informed decisions while investing in stocks. Stock analysis can be categorised into – fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is evaluation of data from sources, including financial records, economic reports, company assets, and market share. Analysts typically study the company’s financial statements – balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and footnotes. These statements are made available to the investors in the form of quarterly earnings, disclosures to stock exchanges in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) norms. In fundamental analysis, the analysts particularly check for a company's core income, income from other sources, profitability, guidance, assets and liabilities and debt ratio among other parameters. The other method, i.e. the technical analysis focuses purely on statistical data. It works on two assumptions; one, the stock price reflects the fundamentals. Second, the study of past and present movement in prices can help determine the future price trends. Technical analysis primarily deals with price, volume, demand and supply factors. This method is effective only when supply and demand forces influence the market. However, when outside factors are involved in a price movement, technical analysis may not be successful. More
Positional traders are advised to buy into this counter for a target of Rs 747 with a stop loss below Rs 670 on a closing basis, says Mazhar Mohammad of Chartviewindia.in.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends selling Can Fin Homes with stop loss at Rs 240 and target of Rs 218, Cummins India with stop loss at Rs 665 and target of Rs 635 and Sun TV with stop loss at Rs 625 and target of Rs 575.
Rahul Mohindar of viratechindia.com is of the view that one can sell Tata Consultancy Services with target of Rs 2085 and stop loss at Rs 2085 and buy Dr Reddy's Laboratories with target of Rs 2680 and stop loss at Rs 2460.
The brokerage house increased target price to factor in higher sales and higher operating margins.
He expect Nifty to trade in the range of 11,600-11,420 with mixed bias.
Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital recommends buying NIIT Technologies with stop loss at Rs 1345 and target of Rs 1405, VIP Industries with stop loss at Rs 589 and target of Rs 625 and Cummins India with stop loss at Rs 734 and target of Rs 775.
Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com suggests buying Bajaj Finance above Rs 2765 with stop loss of Rs 2744 and target of Rs 2840, Cummins India with a stop loss of Rs 674 and target of Rs 705 and India Cements with a stop loss of Rs 118.8 and target of Rs 129.
Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com recommends buying Axis Bank with a stop loss of Rs 568 and target of Rs 588, Balkrishna Industries with a stop loss of Rs 1240 and target of Rs 1305 and Cummins India with a stop loss of Rs 680 and target of Rs 750.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com advises buying Asian Paints with a target of Rs 1410.
Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com recommends buying Dr Reddy's Lab with a stop loss below Rs 2284 and target of Rs 2400, Repco Home above Rs 580, with stop loss of Rs 565 and target of Rs 610 and Maruti Suzuki with a stop loss of Rs 9180 and target of Rs 9300.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can buy Cipla with stop loss at Rs 605 and target of Rs 635, Kotak Mahindra Bank with stop loss at Rs 1300 and target of Rs 1360 and Godrej Consumer Products with stop loss at Rs 1160 and target of Rs 1190.
Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital recommends buying Cummins India with stop loss at Rs 664 and target of Rs 694, GAIL India with stop loss at Rs 333 and target of Rs 355 and Kaveri Seed Company with stop loss at Rs 570 and target of Rs 596.
Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com iis of the view that one can sell CESC with a stop loss of Rs 991, target of Rs 950, HDFC with a stop loss of Rs 1840, target of Rs 1790 and buy Bata India with a stop loss of Rs 799, target of Rs 855.
Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com is of the view that one can sell DCB Bank with a stop loss of Rs 181.50 and target of Rs 172 and buy Hindustan ZInc with a stop loss of Rs 295 and target of Rs 317 and United Breweries with a stop loss of Rs 1249 and target of Rs 1310.
Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital recommends buying RBL Bank with stop loss at Rs 514 and target at Rs 533, Larsen & Toubro with stop loss at Rs 1350 and target at Rs 1408 and Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services with stop loss at Rs 485 and target at Rs 519.
Global brokerage houses have upgraded a few stocks, highlighting robust Q4 FY18 results. Moneycontrol takes a look at six such stocks which have seen a ratings upgrade
"Nifty is heading towards 10430-10480 levels i.e. 100 and 50 SMA respectively. It might face minor hurdle around 10375 zones," says Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital.
The consolidation is likely to continue for next 3-4 months. In fact, the entire calendar year is expected to be tough.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can buy Wipro, Divis Labs, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserv and LIC Housing and can sell Cummins India and Engineers India.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one may sell Cummins, Arvind, Capital First and Equitas Holdings.
Rakesh Bansal of RK Global advises buying Capital First with a target of Rs 669.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can buy Kotak Mahindra Bank, Shriram Transport Finance, Tata Global Beverage, HDFC, TCS, L&T and ACC and can sell CESC and Cummins India.
The Nifty metal Index was down over 2 percent after dragged by stocks like NALCO, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, Vedanta, Hindalco Industries, NMDC and Coal India.
Mitessh Thakkar of miteshthacker.com recommends buying Britannia Industries with stop loss of Rs 4785 for target of Rs 5000 and Infosys with a stop loss of Rs 1144 for target of Rs 1190.
Amit Gupta of ICICIdirect