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Thu, 1 Oct 2026
1423 companies · 1444 sector slots · 20 sectors · 25 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

CONCOR raised its FY27 volume guidance to 18% overall growth, erasing the desk's own case for a guided slowdown.

After Q1 FY27's record 1.4 million TEU throughput and 7.7% YoY profit growth, CONCOR management lifted full-year volume guidance well above its original figures (EXIM 8%→15%, domestic 15%→25%, overall 9.5%→18%), citing Nepal traffic up 61% YoY, new DFC connectivity to JNPA, and bulk-cement tank-container expansion. That directly falsifies the desk's own open claim that FY27 guidance marked a genuine deceleration from FY26's pace, and argues against the pending BUY→HOLD downgrade now sitting on the stock.

Day ahead

A gap-up open looks likely; the RBI's rate decision Wednesday is the week's main event.

GIFT Nifty points to roughly a +0.6% open near 22,625. The Fed's September hike to 3.75-4.00% and Brent holding near $102.70/bbl have kept inflation front of mind ahead of RBI's Oct 5-7 MPC meeting, where most economists polled now expect a 25bp hike to 5.50% following August CPI's rise to 4.82%. A US government shutdown was averted via funding through December 11, removing one near-term external risk, even as the rupee stays soft near 96.2-96.4/USD.

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 (13)

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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.52/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.41/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.31/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.97/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: business, price, sector
Unconfirmed: business, price, sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.4/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.18/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.83/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.04/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.27/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.88/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.06/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 22% of sector peers (P/E 42.4); EV/EBITDA 27.7, B/M 0.337. Watch for a better entry.

and 1 more — full list on the site.

Awaiting a second session (60)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
AAVAS ₹1,190.90 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ABCAPITAL ₹375.05 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ARMANFIN ₹1,764.40 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
AXISCADES ₹2,307.30 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
BBL ₹2,069.60 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
BHARATFORG ₹1,875.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
CAMPUS ₹205.83 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
CDSL ₹1,242.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
CENTRALBK ₹30.00 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
CERA ₹5,096.50 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
CHALET ₹830.25 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
DCXINDIA ₹158.99 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
DOLPHIN ₹628.10 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
EIEL ₹184.00 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
EIHOTEL ₹297.85 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
EMSLIMITED ₹331.55 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
FORTIS ₹785.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
FSL ₹250.40 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
FUSION ₹171.36 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
GNRL ₹97.18 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
GRAVITA ₹1,412.60 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
HUDCO ₹161.54 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
IIFLCAPS ₹345.60 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
INDOTECH ₹3,347.60 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
IOC ₹131.34 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
IRCTC ₹454.10 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
JAICORPLTD ₹89.54 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
JKTYRE ₹340.35 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
KALYANKJIL ₹528.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
LEMONTREE ₹107.67 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
MATRIMONY ₹497.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
METROPOLIS ₹537.90 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
MSUMI ₹33.53 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
NEPHROPLUS ₹648.95 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
NPST ₹1,766.50 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ORIENTELEC ₹154.46 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
PAYTM ₹1,656.00 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
POLICYBZR ₹980.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
PRIVISCL ₹3,573.00 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
REDTAPE ₹115.29 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
RISHABH ₹698.80 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
RPGLIFE ₹2,930.70 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
SBFC ₹84.19 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
SCI ₹267.05 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
SHRIPISTON ₹4,490.50 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
STYLAMIND ₹3,219.90 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
SUNFLAG ₹433.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
SUNPHARMA ₹1,801.00 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
TATASTEEL ₹178.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
TCPLPACK ₹3,927.10 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
TCS ₹2,075.00 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
UTIAMC ₹883.70 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
VHL ₹3,435.30 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
VMM ₹99.50 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
VSSL ₹383.30 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
WAAREERTL ₹808.80 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
WABAG ₹2,004.90 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
YESBANK ₹20.75 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ZENSARTECH ₹434.35 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
ZENTEC ₹1,576.10 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds

Reporting today

No tracked name reports today.

Coming up

Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1423 tracked names.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 22,421.95 ▼ -198.50 ▼ -0.88% 19.19 2.75
Nifty Next 50 68,981.35 ▼ -765.60 ▼ -1.10% 18.08 3.31
Nifty 500 21,857.75 ▼ -214.35 ▼ -0.97% 21.56 3.06
Nifty Bank 54,450.75 ▼ -182.30 ▼ -0.33% 12.91 1.64
NIFTY Midcap 100 58,732.00 ▼ -600.05 ▼ -1.01% 27.70 3.73
▲ 566 advancing ■ 23 unchanged ▼ 2065 declining of 2654 equities, vs the 2026-09-30 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -9,484.22
bought 12,260 · sold 21,744
DII net
▲ +10,041.84
bought 25,420 · sold 15,378
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20261001 (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 — every call it has published, scored over the stretch it actually stood: from the close on the day it was made (restated for any split or bonus) to the day the desk changed it, the name left coverage, or today. Each is set against Nifty 500 over the same window. A BUY should beat it; an AVOID should lag it.

CallCallsStanding Median moveMedian vs Nifty 500 Beat Nifty 500
BUY 569 56 ▼ -0.3% ▲ +0.2% 53%
QUALITY-WAIT 443 165 ▼ -2.1% ▼ -0.6% 44%
HOLD 1605 799 ▼ -1.8% ▲ +0.3% 52%
AVOID 785 347 ▼ -1.3% ▼ -0.2% 48%
CompanyCalled sinceCall Previous callAt callNow Movevs Nifty 500
Raymond LtdRAYMOND Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹625.00 ₹1,197.20 ▲ +91.6% ▲ +98.4%
STL Networks LtdSTLNETWORK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹25.68 ₹47.18 ▲ +83.7% ▲ +90.6%
Quadrant Future Tek LtdQUADFUTURE Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.00 ₹531.40 ▲ +55.8% ▲ +62.7%
Oriental Aromatics LtdOAL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.95 ₹532.20 ▲ +55.6% ▲ +62.5%
SBC Exports LtdSBC Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹38.66 ₹58.54 ▲ +51.4% ▲ +58.3%
Morepen Laboratories LtdMOREPENLAB Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹88.44 ₹133.72 ▲ +51.2% ▲ +58.1%
Shukra Pharmaceuticals LtdSHUKRAPHAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹41.55 ₹61.80 ▲ +48.7% ▲ +55.6%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹388.95 ₹573.65 ▲ +47.5% ▲ +54.4%
MV Electrosystems LtdMVELECTRO Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹574.10 ₹836.95 ▲ +45.8% ▲ +52.7%
HLE Glascoat LtdHLEGLAS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹306.20 ₹442.05 ▲ +44.4% ▲ +51.2%
AXISCADES Technologies LtdAXISCADES Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹1,607.10 ₹2,307.30 ▲ +43.6% ▲ +50.4%
Elitecon International LtdELITECON Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹17.13 ₹7.79 ▼ -54.5% ▼ -47.6%

3402 calls scored since Wed, 5 Aug 2026: 1367 standing, 1450 closed when the desk changed the call, 585 closed when the name left coverage (at its last published close). 2008 of them are the call a name was given on entering coverage, not one the desk changed to. 1355 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 51 calls published this session are not scored yet — no session to move in. 22 have no cached close at one end of their window and are not scored. 7 entry prices restated for a split or bonus inside the window (marked adj.).

Source: data/archive/<session>.json (every published call) × data/prices/<date>.json × data/market/<date>.json (Nifty 500).

Top Stories

PB Fintech's Policybazaar unit fined over regulatory lapses as the stock drops another 7.9%. Financial Services

IRDAI fined Policybazaar ₹50 million for directorship and policy-tagging violations tied to a 2024 show-cause notice, adding a confirmed (if modest) enforcement action on top of the draft IRDAI proposals on commission caps and expense-of-management limits still open for comment until Oct 25. Underlying business momentum stayed strong -- Q1 FY27 standalone profit was up 92.5% YoY -- but that has not stopped the stock's slide, which continued today.

POLICYBZR

Supreme Court's hospital drug-markup scrutiny escalates, with the Centre asked to respond by Oct 12. Healthcare & Hospitals

The Court questioned why corporate-hospital pharmacies can mark essential medicines up roughly 10x cost and pressed for a DPCO-style margin cap, citing a cancer drug bought at ~₹2,700 and sold at ~₹27,000. The matter is now a live judicial process, not a one-day sentiment dip -- Jefferies estimates a 2-5% hospital EBITDA hit if caps land -- and Fortis fell another 4.8% on the news. No rule has been notified yet, so the desk's open claim on this stays live into the next hearing.

FORTIS

Adani Ports posts record H1 FY27 cargo volumes, comfortably inside full-year guidance. Logistics & Transport

APSEZ handled a record 280 million tonnes in H1 FY27, up 15% YoY across both container and dry cargo, with September alone up 11% YoY to 46 MMT. That tracks well within the stated 500-520 MMT FY27 guidance and argues against the pending BUY→HOLD downgrade sitting on the stock.

ADANIPORTS

Zensar lands a $210M AI deal and a mega deal win, but management flags continued client exits elsewhere. Information Technology

Zensar secured a 5.5-year, $210 million AI-automation framework deal with a major financial-services client and reported total mega-deal TCV up 123% QoQ to $401.8 million. The same earnings commentary, though, names continued softness and client exits in TMT and healthcare/life-sciences from client-side consolidation, plus margin pressure from transition costs -- a real, named risk cutting against the headline wins and the pending BUY downgrade already sitting on the stock.

ZENSARTECH

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 · 17 researched ACCUMULATE 63.5 67.4 78.5 28.2 — ▲ +2.17% 17.8 3/9/54/9
Banks 40 scanned · 9 researched WATCH 49.2 45.1 52.3 54.7 — ▼ -0.33% 12.9 1/0/28/11
Pharmaceuticals 88 scanned · 22 researched WATCH 46.4 22.1 71.5 69.2 — ▼ -0.48% 40.7 4/19/53/12
Automobiles 108 scanned · 36 researched WATCH 54.1 36.0 78.2 61.8 — ▼ -3.46% 29.5 13/21/63/11
FMCG 104 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 60.0 60.5 68.4 44.6 — ▼ -1.61% 30.4 4/18/63/19
Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 19 researched WATCH 56.0 46.9 67.5 61.0 — ▼ -2.35% 16.3 7/11/46/19
Realty 38 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 54.1 63.2 52.0 33.2 — ▼ -1.46% 35.4 1/2/15/20
Energy & Power 84 scanned · 18 researched WATCH 55.6 50.0 63.5 57.1 — ▼ -0.68% 14.4 4/7/40/33
Financial Services 149 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 12 researched WATCH 58.5 71.4 44.5 47.2 — ▼ -0.38% 15.1 0/5/80/64
Healthcare & Hospitals 59 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 9 researched WATCH 52.4 34.0 73.0 67.4 — ▼ -0.26% 41.9 1/16/36/6
Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 9 researched ACCUMULATE 64.2 67.8 67.4 49.3 — ▼ -1.60% 86.3 0/6/22/10
Chemicals 102 scanned · 9 researched WATCH 61.9 62.0 67.8 51.7 — — — 1/10/65/26
Construction & Materials 127 scanned · 10 researched ACCUMULATE 64.5 76.0 61.8 38.4 — — — 3/11/72/41
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 56.0 40.8 78.5 59.2 — — — 10/13/61/19
Textiles & Apparel 47 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 56.0 50.0 62.6 61.0 — — — 2/5/27/13
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 4 researched ACCUMULATE 62.4 62.0 68.4 53.2 — — — 2/10/36/19
Packaging & Plastics 34 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 55.6 43.6 64.7 72.6 — — — 2/4/19/9
Logistics & Transport 26 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 47.3 33.0 69.3 48.9 — — — 5/3/11/7
Telecom & Media 33 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 52.4 50.0 59.8 46.6 — — — 3/1/15/14
Commercial Services 39 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 53.4 50.0 52.4 64.2 — — — 2/2/19/16

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

Stocks to Watch

Split evenly 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. Micro-cap names are boxed and flagged Highly Volatile — worth watching, not a call to buy — since their price swings run about twice every other tier's. Each card shows the figures that selected it — open the desk for the full six-lens panel.

new call this session
P/E in the 10th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 85.0 Mkt Cap 99,038 cr · Large P/E 33.6 ROCE 42.9% Piotroski 4/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 36th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 29.9% (up 20.9pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 76.1 Mkt Cap 92,902 cr · Large P/E 15.62 ROCE 29.9% Piotroski 7/9
new call this session
P/E in the 14th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 15.5% (up 13.5pt over 5y)
Composite 79.3 Mkt Cap 35,580 cr · Mid P/E 41.31 ROCE 15.5% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 31th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 16.9% (up 1.9pt over 5y) · Piotroski 9/9
Composite 73.1 Mkt Cap 17,425 cr · Mid P/E 15.49 ROCE 16.9% Piotroski 9/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 0th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 85.4 Mkt Cap 8,722 cr · Small P/E 32.76 ROCE 89.9% Piotroski 6/8
new call this session
P/E in the 0th percentile of its own 3-year range · Piotroski 9/9 · -41.2% off its 52-week high
Composite 82.9 Mkt Cap 5,974 cr · Small P/E 25.2 ROCE 64.1% Piotroski 9/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 12th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 29.3% (up 17.3pt over 5y) · -32.2% off its 52-week high
Composite 79.6 Mkt Cap 4,723 cr · Micro P/E 18.0 ROCE 29.3% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 0th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 8.37% (up 3.4pt over 5y) · -37.6% off its 52-week high
Composite 71.4 Mkt Cap 2,339 cr · Micro P/E 20.9 ROCE 8.37% Piotroski 3/8

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.