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Fri, 4 Sep 2026
1440 companies · 1461 sector slots · 21 sectors · 10 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

Maruti management reaffirms demand strength and accelerates capacity expansion, cutting against the stock's pending BUY->HOLD downgrade.

Sales & Marketing SEO Partho Banerjee said demand indicators for the next 2-3 months remain positive with 'no reason why we should not sustain volumes,' and MD Hisashi Takeuchi cited confidence in the medium-term outlook in adding 500,000 units of capacity in FY27 and planning seven new SUV launches over five years, on top of FY26 record sales and exports. This is genuine growth-outlook evidence for a long-term holder weighing the pending call downgrade, but it sits in tension with separately reported soft August sales and fresh price hikes -- management's own framing against a weaker near-term print, not a clean resolution either way.

Day ahead

GIFT Nifty points to a modestly negative open; other overnight cues are too inconsistent to lean on today.

GIFT Nifty near 23,999.5 versus a Nifty futures reference near 24,048 implies a mild gap-down open. Beyond that, this session's macro search returned contradictory reads on Fed rate-decision odds and on crude oil (a claimed fresh US-Iran strike/Hormuz risk narrative could not be corroborated with a second source), so neither is used here with confidence -- treat today's global-cues picture as thin until confirmed by a dedicated check.

Calls this session

A change to anything but AVOID publishes only after two consecutive sessions say the same thing; AVOID publishes at once.

Sector stance changed (2)

Published this session (21)

new
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 38% of sector peers (P/E 36.52); EV/EBITDA 13.9, B/M 0.153. Watch for a better entry.
new
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 54% of sector peers (P/E 36.33); EV/EBITDA 25.2, B/M 0.162. Watch for a better entry.
new
Weighted average rating 3.83/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
new
Mixed signal (weighted avg 2.53/5 across available lenses) — no strong edge either way.
new
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG 1.7; P/E cheaper than 0% of sector peers (P/E 17.49); EV/EBITDA 14.0, B/M 0.101. Watch for a better entry.
new
Weighted average rating 2.46/5 across the panel — too many weak lenses to own.
new
Weighted average rating 4.44/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
new
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 17% of sector peers (P/E 13.56); EV/EBITDA 9.2, B/M 0.291. Watch for a better entry.
new
Mixed signal (weighted avg 3.61/5 across available lenses) — no strong edge either way.
new
Mixed signal (weighted avg 3.51/5 across available lenses) — no strong edge either way.
new
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 34% of sector peers (P/E 37.46); EV/EBITDA 40.2, B/M 0.131. Watch for a better entry.
new
Mixed signal (weighted avg 2.68/5 across available lenses) — no strong edge either way.

and 9 more.

Awaiting a second session (29)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
AJMERA ₹117.76 BUY HOLD if next session holds
ARTEMISMED ₹332.80 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
BAJAJ-AUTO ₹11,919.00 HOLD BUY if next session holds
BBL ₹2,289.30 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
CAMPUS ₹223.24 QUALITY-WAIT BUY if next session holds
CHALET ₹896.75 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
CMLL ₹503.05 HOLD BUY if next session holds
CMPDI ₹243.92 HOLD BUY if next session holds
COFORGE ₹1,972.80 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
DPABHUSHAN ₹1,414.20 HOLD BUY if next session holds
FLAIR ₹243.71 HOLD BUY if next session holds
GENESYS ₹230.88 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
GRAVITA ₹1,661.60 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
ICICIGI ₹1,510.00 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
INDIAMART ₹1,726.40 HOLD BUY if next session holds
IPCALAB ₹1,965.30 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
KDDL ₹3,911.00 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
MARUTI ₹12,694.00 BUY HOLD if next session holds
MATRIMONY ₹529.05 HOLD BUY if next session holds
MOIL ₹252.30 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
NH ₹1,858.50 QUALITY-WAIT BUY if next session holds
RACLGEAR ₹1,576.10 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
RAMCOSYS ₹611.20 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
STYLAMIND ₹3,387.40 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
TATASTEEL ₹188.79 HOLD BUY if next session holds
TECHNOCRAF ₹366.10 BUY HOLD if next session holds
TVSHLTD ₹13,374.00 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
YATRA ₹113.49 BUY QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ZFCVINDIA ₹2,551.90 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds

Reporting today

No tracked name reports today.

Coming up

Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1440 tracked names.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 23,897.70 ▲ +24.25 ▲ +0.10% 20.20 2.89
Nifty Next 50 72,880.90 ▼ -170.95 ▼ -0.23% 19.27 3.24
Nifty 500 23,254.15 ▲ +0.10 ■ +0.00% 22.53 3.24
Nifty Bank 57,369.65 ▼ -10.95 ▼ -0.02% 13.57 1.72
NIFTY Midcap 100 63,079.05 ▼ -156.15 ▼ -0.25% 30.40 4.34
▲ 1403 advancing ■ 39 unchanged ▼ 1186 declining of 2628 equities, vs the 2026-09-03 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -3,111.94
bought 13,858 · sold 16,970
DII net
▲ +8,930.12
bought 19,254 · sold 10,324
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20260904 (levels, index P/E and P/B) and the full-market bhavcopy (breadth).

Index P/E from NSE's official daily index file.

Since We Flagged

The desk's track record — the FIRST call made on each standing name, against its call today. Entry price is the close on the day of that first call, read from the cached bhavcopy for that date. "Unchanged" means the original call still stands.

CompanyFirst flaggedVerdict then Verdict nowAt flagNow Move
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri LtdTBZ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY unchanged ₹251.05 ₹480.85 ▲ +91.5%
PVP Ventures LtdPVP Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID unchanged ₹40.20 ₹67.94 ▲ +69.0%
Goodluck India LtdGOODLUCK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY unchanged ₹1,330.00 ₹472.90 ▼ -64.4%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹388.95 ₹621.75 ▲ +59.9%
Jindal Worldwide LtdJINDWORLD Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹36.19 ₹57.51 ▲ +58.9%
TD Power Systems LtdTDPOWERSYS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹1,586.60 ₹740.10 ▼ -53.4%
Oriental Aromatics LtdOAL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID unchanged ₹341.95 ₹519.90 ▲ +52.0%
Elitecon International LtdELITECON Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹17.13 ₹8.68 ▼ -49.3%
Wonder Electricals LtdWEL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹146.24 ₹76.03 ▼ -48.0%
Welspun Corp LtdWELCORP Wed, 5 Aug 2026 BUY QUALITY-WAIT ₹1,788.10 ₹2,590.60 ▲ +44.9%
Welspun Enterprises LtdWELENT Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹575.85 ₹813.60 ▲ +41.3%
Milky Mist Dairy Food LtdMILKYMIST Tue, 18 Aug 2026 QUALITY-WAIT unchanged ₹181.50 ₹252.43 ▲ +39.1%

1428 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most since we flagged them.

Source: data/state.json (call memory) × data/prices/<date>.json.

Top Stories

Rane (Madras) completes HCL friction-business acquisition, called EPS-accretive from year one Automobiles

RML closed the acquisition of HCL's friction business on Aug 20, 2026, described as EPS-accretive immediately -- a genuine structural growth catalyst that lines up with the stock's outsized +14.95% move this session (a move the flippers pass could not otherwise explain from public search). Single-sourced; the Aug 21 earnings call transcript was not reviewed in this pass.

RML
Sources: screener.in

Power Mech Projects closes FY26 with a Rs 55,151 crore order book, still adding large orders Construction & Materials

FY26 revenue rose 16% YoY to Rs 6,107 crore and PAT 18% YoY to Rs 412 crore, with continued order intake through 2026 including a Rs 3,216 crore West Bengal Electricity Board award. No client-loss or governance red flags found; a registrar change and on-schedule SEBI filings are routine, not concerns -- growth-outlook evidence working against the stock's pending BUY->HOLD call flip.

POWERMECH

Yatra's board unanimously rejects Magna Holdings' unsolicited partial tender offer Hospitality & Tourism

The tender, for a stake in Yatra Online, expires Sept 17, 2026 unless extended -- an unresolved corporate-control situation worth tracking ahead of the stock's pending BUY->QUALITY-WAIT call review, though rejecting an unsolicited offer is not itself a franchise-risk red flag. Separately, Yatra has onboarded 148 new corporate clients over the past 12 months (Rs 700+ crore of potential annual business), a concrete growth-outlook positive. Single-sourced.

YATRA

Stylam Industries' promoter-group governance overhang resolves with an exit and a new oversight committee Construction & Materials

Following Aica Kogyo's stake acquisition, one promoter group exited and the board formed an Independent Directors Committee under SEBI SAST rules. Q1 FY27 net profit rose 70.4% YoY to Rs 48.15 crore on Rs 326.47 crore revenue. Favorable for the BUY case against the stock's pending BUY->QUALITY-WAIT flip, though the finding is single-sourced.

STYLAMIND

Veedol's Rs 650 crore related-party vote stays open; result due Sept 21, not this session Energy & Power

E-voting on the Standard Greases & Technologies related-party transaction runs through Sept 20, with results announced Sept 21. No proxy-advisor recommendation or outcome exists yet, so the open ledger claim on this vote remains unresolved rather than confirmed or falsified today.

VEEDOL

Sector Scorecard

Entry score is 40% cheap-vs-history + 25% quality trend + 15% technicals, renormalised over those three — the 20% news catalyst is not counted because no research was written for this session. It is not treated as neutral; it is absent. ≥62 accumulate · 45–61 watch · <45 avoid.

SectorStanceEntryCheap QualityTechNews IndexIdx P/EB/W/H/A
Information Technology 75 scanned · 15 researched ACCUMULATE 62.8 62.0 78.7 38.6 ▼ -0.47% 19.6 15/8/44/8
Banks 40 scanned · 12 researched AVOID 40.4 24.1 52.3 64.2 ▼ -0.02% 13.6 0/0/30/10
Pharmaceuticals 85 scanned · 10 researched AVOID 43.8 16.9 72.0 68.4 ▼ -0.68% 41.0 0/17/58/10
Automobiles 109 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 50.1 25.3 78.3 69.2 ▼ -0.45% 32.2 34/19/44/12
FMCG 107 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 56.0 50.0 67.9 52.0 ▼ -0.14% 31.8 14/22/54/17
Metals & Mining 82 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 46.4 26.2 68.2 63.9 ▲ +1.07% 16.2 16/10/37/19
Realty 38 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 52.7 50.0 52.1 60.9 ▼ -0.90% 38.6 3/2/14/19
Energy & Power 83 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 51.1 39.6 63.4 61.0 ▼ -0.19% 14.8 10/7/33/33
Financial Services 150 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 5 researched WATCH 50.4 50.0 44.2 61.6 ▲ +0.49% 16.0 11/4/84/51
Healthcare & Hospitals 58 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 2 researched WATCH 46.0 21.3 73.8 65.5 ▼ -0.87% 43.0 11/14/27/6
Hospitality & Tourism 37 scanned · 6 researched ACCUMULATE 62.4 63.8 69.5 46.6 ▼ -0.24% 88.2 15/4/8/10
Chemicals 100 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 57.8 50.0 68.5 61.0 15/15/46/24
Construction & Materials 127 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 59.1 63.5 61.8 42.8 18/11/59/39
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 49.3 26.2 78.1 62.8 18/19/50/16
Textiles & Apparel 48 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 52.1 42.6 62.0 61.2 11/8/15/14
Retail & Consumer 66 scanned WATCH 58.8 50.0 68.7 66.1 7/10/30/19
Packaging & Plastics 34 scanned WATCH 49.5 32.2 65.3 69.5 8/4/14/8
Logistics & Transport 25 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 47.0 27.3 70.0 61.0 9/3/6/7
Telecom & Media 29 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 52.3 50.0 60.3 45.0 8/1/9/11
Commercial Services 31 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 54.1 51.3 52.8 63.8 6/2/10/13
Diversified & Other 34 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 48.6 35.9 60.6 62.2 1/4/17/12

Source: data/verdicts.json × NSE sector index closes.

Stocks to Watch

Split across large/mid/small/micro cap so this list isn't one tier's picks — new calls first, then the highest long-term composites within each. Each shows the figures that selected it — open the desk for the full six-lens panel.

new call this session
P/E in the 98th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 28.2% (up 3.2pt over 5y)
Composite 51.9 Mkt Cap 327,539 cr · Large P/E 27.8 ROCE 28.2% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
P/E in the 49th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 60.3% (up 3.3pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/8
Composite 70.1 Mkt Cap 18,822 cr · Mid P/E 17.49 ROCE 60.3% Piotroski 7/8
new call this session
P/E in the 28th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 80.4 Mkt Cap 5,296 cr · Small P/E 13.56 ROCE 26.2% Piotroski 6/9
new call this session
P/E in the 41th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 24.1% (down 1.9pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 63.5 Mkt Cap 2,574 cr · Micro P/E 11.66 ROCE 24.1% Piotroski 7/9

How We Evaluate

MetricWhy it is in the frameworkSource
Return on capital, level and trendDurable high ROCE predicts future returns; the trend separates a moat from a good year Novy-Marx 2013 JFE
Gross profitability (GP/assets)As predictive as book-to-market, and less prone to the value trap Novy-Marx 2013 JFE
Piotroski F-scoreA nine-signal accounting checklist that separates real improvers from statistically cheap traps Piotroski 2000 JAR
Cash-flow-to-net-profitAccrual-heavy profit reverts; cash-backed profit persists Sloan 1996 TAR
P/E versus the stock's own historyCheap relative to itself, not to a peer set that may be expensive as a whole Basu 1977 JF
Book-to-marketThe value premium, in its original form Fama–French 1992 JF
EV/EBITDACapital-structure-neutral, so it compares a leveraged firm to an unleveraged one Practitioner standard
Altman Z and interest coverageDistressed firms have delivered lower, not higher, returns — screen them out rather than chase them Altman 1968 JF; Campbell/Hilscher/Szilagyi 2008 JF
52-week-high proximity, 200-DMANearness to the high has predicted continuation — but momentum crashes, so never alone George & Hwang 2004 JF; Daniel & Moskowitz 2016 JFE
Promoter pledgePledged promoter holding is a governance red flag ahead of a forced sale Not currently available from either source — no penalty is applied

Full derivation in METHODOLOGY.md.