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
CNBC-TV18's Ekta Batra lists out stocks that you should focus on – TCS, Sun Pharma, Coal India, ITC, Bajaj Auto.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends buying Larsen & Toubro and NCC and advises shorting Shriram Transport Finance and Jubilant Foodworks.
According to Gaurang Shah of Geojit BNP Paribas, one may prefer HCL Technologies.
According to Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com, one can buy Ceat and Apollo Tyres and short Jet Airways while one can avoid IT space.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com advises selling Tata Motors and Tata Consultancy Services.
According to Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com, Sun TV Bata India and Ceat are short selling ideas.
Hemant Thukral of Aditya Birla Money recommends going long in Tata Consultancy Services and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Rajat Bose of rajatkbose.com is of the view that one can buy HDFC and sell Tata Consultancy Services.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com is of the view that one can buy TCS and Infosys and sell Kotak Mahindra Bank and SRF.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends buying Tata Consultancy Services and advises selling PC Jeweller and Titan Company.
VK Sharma, Head Private Broking & Wealth Management at HDFC Securities recommends buying State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, TCS, Infosys and Sun Pharma.
According to Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com, one can buy Tata Consultancy Services and sell Tata Motors DVR and Axis Bank.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com is of the view that one can buy Bajaj Holdings and sell TCS and ICICI Bank.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can buy BHEL, Hindustan Zinc and NTPC.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends selling Tata Consultancy Services and UPL and advises buying Strides Shasun.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends selling TCS, Titan Company and Zee Entertainment and advises buying Schneider Electric.
Here are stocks that brokerage firms recommend for long term. Nomura maintains buy on Maruti with increased target price to Rs 6630 from Rs 5581 per share as its premiumisation strategy is paying off with rich dividends.
In a sudden move, Tata Sons board replaced Mistry by Ratan Tata to run the USD 100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prakash Diwan of Altamount Capital Management shared his readings and outlook on specific stocks and sectors.
Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends buying Uflex, Magma Fincorp and Canara Bank.
Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can buy TCS, Infosys, HUL, Rural Electrification Corporation and Shriram Transport Finance and sell JSPL.
Rajat Bose of rajatkbose.com recommends buying Tata Consultancy Services and Whirlpool and feels that Yes Bank looks good for more upside.
According to Mitesh Thacker of miteshthacker.com, one can buy LIC Housing Finance, TCS and Bharat Electronics.
Mitesh Thacker of miteshthacker.com advises selling Andhra Bank, Dish TV and suggests selling DHFL.
SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com in an interview to CNBC-TV18 shared his views on why Infosys is still a long-term buy, capable of giving 15 percent return and why he is positive on Tube Investments and expects 22-24 percent annual returns from it.