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
Tirthankar Patnaik, EVP - Institutional Sales at Religare Capital Markets is overweight on IT space. "We like Infosys from a fundamental turnaround story, we like TCS from an execution story," he reasoned.
Deven Choksey, MD at KR Choksey Shares & Securities likes HCL Technologies and Infosys. "Both companies may end up showing better performance going forward in this financial year of 2014-15," he adds.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one may avoid HCL Technologies.
Tirthankar Patnaik of Religare Capital Markets advises to prefer Infosys, HCL Technologies over TCS and Wipro.
According to Basu Banerjee, Auto & Ancillaries, IT Analyst at Quant Capital, HCL Technologies may test Rs 1500.
Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking is of the view that one may buy HCL Technologies for long term.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one may buy Infosys and HCL Technologies.
Chandan Taparia, derivative & technical analyst at Anand Rathi Securities has a positive view on HCL Technologies and advises buying the stock on declines.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends buying HCL Technologies on dips.
Ambareesh Baliga of Edelweiss Financial Services is positive on HCL Technologies.
Dipen Shah, Senior Vice President & Head - PCG Research at Kotak Securities is positive on Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies and NIIT Technologies.
Phani Sekhar of Angel Broking is of the view that one may stay invested HCL Technologies. The stock continues to look good and the investor has no reason to worry, he adds.
Till the time Infosys bridges the revenue gap with its peers, Rajiv Mehta, Banking Analyst, India Infoline prefers TCS and HCL Technologies over Infosys.
Rajiv Mehta, banking analyst at India Infoline prefers Tata Consultancy Services and HCL Technologies over Infosys and Wipro within the IT space.
According to Ravi Menon, IT Analyst at Centrum Broking, HCL Technologies may touch Rs 1540. "We expect possible rerating as infrastructure services is not margin dilutive and it is not asset heavy," he reasoned.
Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking is positive on HCL Technologies and advises buying the stock on dips.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends buying HCL Technologies as the stock may head higher.
Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking prefers HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) from the IT pack where the earnings growth both in dollar and rupee terms will be exceptional for these companies going forward.
Saurabh Mukherjea of Ambit Capital recommends buying HCL Technologies within the largecap IT space.
Ankur Rudra, vice president of institutional equities of Ambit Capital suggests to pick HCL Technologies. "The firm has shown very strong margin recovery over the last two years, thanks to an improvement in its quality of business," he adds.
According to Deven Choksey, MD of KR Choksey Shares and Securities, one can prefer HCL Technologies and KPIT Technologies within the IT space and Glenmark Pharma and Cipla from pharma space.
According to Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com, one may prefer Infosys and HCL Technologies on dips.
Krish Subramanyam of Asit C Mehta Investment recommends buying Infosys 3500 Call and HCL Technologies 1220 Call.
According to Ashwin Mehta, IT Analyst of Nomura India, one may expect 20 percent upside in HCL Technologies.
Ashwin Mehta, IT Analyst of Nomura India is of the view that HCL Technologies is a top pick in the IT space.