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
PN Vijay, Portfolio Manager, www.askpnvijay.com view on oil marketing companies.
Exit NTPC, says SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com.
Buy NTPC on dips, says Amit Gupta, ICICI Securities.
NTPC has support at Rs 170, says Jai Bala, Chief Market Technician, cashthechaos.com.
Avoid NTPC, says Rajan Malik, Head Equities, Private Client Group, MF Global.
NTPC has support at Rs 172-168, says Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking.
Avoid NTPC, says Anil Manghnani, Modern Shares & Stock Brokers.
Siddharth Bhamre, Angel Broking view on largecaps stocks.
Mehraboon Irani, Principal and Head - Private Client Group Business, Nirmal Bang Securities view on ONGC, NTPC and Petronet LNG.
Hold NTPC, says Rajesh Jain, Independent Market Strategist.
NTPC has target of Rs 220-225, says Hemen Kapadia of chartpundit.com.