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
Jay Thakkar of Anand Rathi Securities advises buying Redington with a target of Rs 205.
SP Tulsian of sptulsian, says that both REC and PFC had a good run up and investors should book profits in these stocks. These stocks can see correction of arounf 10-12 percent. He is also not optimistic on NTPC, as the company does not have the authority to increase the power tariffs and the capacity addition has not been good.
Hindustan Motors may settle around Rs 20, says SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com.