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
For the week, largecap added 0.9 percent, midcap rose 1.51 percent, while smallcap was ended on flat note.
"We believe company’s current profitability doesn’t capture its true potential given the wide range of offerings and opportunity to rationalize cost structure," says Sumit Bilgaiyan, Founder of Equity99.
"At the current market price of Rs 1419 (P/E of 95x on trailing 12 months EPS), the stock already discounts the growth story and is too expensive. There is no comfort on the valuation front," says Akash Jain, Vice-president, Equity Research at Ajcon Global Services.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Abhimanyu Sofat, VP-Research at IIFL shared his readings and outlook on specific stocks and sectors.