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Wed, 7 Oct 2026
1424 companies · 1445 sector slots · 20 sectors · 24 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

Supreme Court recalls its ₹4,655cr lease-rent observation against Bombay Burmah, clearing a major contingent-liability overhang.

An Aug 19, 2026 order allowed BBTC's application to expunge the paragraph-59 observation from the Court's May 29 order, which had described ₹4,655cr in Tamil Nadu lease rent as 'remaining to be recovered' from the Singampatti tea estate -- shares jumped roughly 15% on the news. A separate, unresolved NSE query over an unexplained trading-volume surge (company says it is unaware of the cause) is the one loose end still open.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 22,603.05 ▼ -173.05 ▼ -0.76% 19.34 2.78
Nifty Next 50 69,404.00 ▼ -569.70 ▼ -0.81% 18.19 3.33
Nifty 500 22,059.90 ▼ -142.95 ▼ -0.64% 21.75 3.09
Nifty Bank 55,055.55 ▼ -72.85 ▼ -0.13% 13.05 1.66
NIFTY Midcap 100 59,382.60 ▼ -378.60 ▼ -0.63% 28.01 3.78
▲ 1043 advancing ■ 30 unchanged ▼ 1599 declining of 2672 equities, vs the 2026-10-06 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -6,121.37
bought 12,578 · sold 18,699
DII net
▲ +4,596.57
bought 18,707 · sold 14,110
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20261007 (levels, index P/E and P/B) and the full-market bhavcopy (breadth).

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

Sector performance

This session's index move, next to the desk's standing stance. The stance is a valuation-and-quality reading over years — it does not move because an index had a good day. Sectors with no listed NSE index show — for the session columns; the stance still applies.

SectorIndexSession Idx P/EStance
Financial Services Nifty Financial Services · 11 researched 24,916.40 ▼ -0.12% 15.3 WATCH
Banks Nifty Bank · 6 researched 55,055.55 ▼ -0.13% 13.1 WATCH
Healthcare & Hospitals Nifty Healthcare Index · 9 researched 16,059.15 ▼ -0.26% 41.8 WATCH
Pharmaceuticals Nifty Pharma · 25 researched 26,436.55 ▼ -0.43% 40.9 WATCH
Hospitality & Tourism Nifty India Tourism · 9 researched 7,649.95 ▼ -0.58% 87.1 ACCUMULATE
Energy & Power Nifty Energy · 18 researched 36,683.45 ▼ -0.63% 14.5 WATCH
FMCG Nifty FMCG · 7 researched 44,800.85 ▼ -0.89% 31.1 WATCH
Information Technology Nifty IT · 15 researched 27,757.80 ▼ -1.34% 17.5 WATCH
Automobiles Nifty Auto · 37 researched 25,138.90 ▼ -1.58% 29.2 WATCH
Realty Nifty Realty · 4 researched 822.60 ▼ -1.77% 34.8 WATCH
Metals & Mining Nifty Metal · 19 researched 12,306.70 ▼ -2.33% 16.1 WATCH
Capital Goods no listed index · 17 researched — — — WATCH
Chemicals no listed index · 8 researched — — — WATCH
Commercial Services no listed index · 8 researched — — — WATCH
Construction & Materials no listed index · 11 researched — — — WATCH
Packaging & Plastics no listed index · 2 researched — — — WATCH
Retail & Consumer no listed index · 4 researched — — — WATCH
Telecom & Media no listed index · 5 researched — — — WATCH
Textiles & Apparel no listed index · 6 researched — — — WATCH
Logistics & Transport no listed index · 6 researched — — — AVOID

Movers in the universe

Largest moves among the 1419 tracked names this session, against the 2026-10-06 close.

CompanyCallPrev CloseMove
India Glycols Ltd INDIAGLYCO HOLD ₹318.95 ₹382.70 ▲ +19.99%
Nelcast Ltd NELCAST HOLD ₹124.48 ₹146.29 ▲ +17.52%
PNGS Reva Diamond Jewellery Limited PNGSREVA HOLD ₹547.20 ₹631.00 ▲ +15.31%
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd CHENNPETRO HOLD ₹1,405.70 ₹1,612.30 ▲ +14.70%
Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd DHANBANK HOLD ₹28.83 ₹32.83 ▲ +13.87%
Inox Green Energy Services Ltd INOXGREEN HOLD ₹146.59 ₹135.87 ▼ -7.31%
Raymond Ltd RAYMOND HOLD ₹1,294.30 ₹1,206.70 ▼ -6.77%
Shukra Pharmaceuticals Ltd SHUKRAPHAR HOLD ₹72.58 ₹68.32 ▼ -5.87%
Balaji Amines Ltd BALAMINES HOLD ₹2,287.70 ₹2,155.90 ▼ -5.76%
Jeena Sikho Lifecare Ltd JSLL HOLD ₹441.25 ₹417.20 ▼ -5.45%

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 (1)

Published this session (6)

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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.82/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.5/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.81/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 3.87/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 0.26; P/E cheaper than 37% of sector peers (P/E 20.9); EV/EBITDA 15.6, B/M 0.309. Watch for a better entry.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG 1.96; P/E cheaper than 8% of sector peers (P/E 59.4); EV/EBITDA 48.1, B/M 0.076. Watch for a better entry.

Awaiting a second session (24)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
ADANIPORTS ₹1,750.10 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
ANTELOPUS ₹1,130.20 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ARFIN ₹103.06 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
CENTUM ₹4,345.90 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
CONCOR ₹439.75 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
DLF ₹656.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
ELLEN ₹365.75 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
GESHIP ₹1,567.90 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
GILLETTE ₹7,223.50 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
GPPL ₹172.46 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
GRWRHITECH ₹6,903.50 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ICICIAMC ₹3,058.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
JKCEMENT ₹5,047.00 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
KUSUMGAR ₹626.85 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
LEMONTREE ₹112.52 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
MIDWESTLTD ₹1,067.15 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
PGIL ₹1,273.10 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
RIIL ₹705.05 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
SHUKRAPHAR ₹68.32 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
TCI ₹885.60 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
TCPLPACK ₹4,031.50 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
VSSL ₹393.75 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
WHEELS ₹2,283.90 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ZENTEC ₹1,580.20 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds

Top Stories

LOGISTICS fundamentals hold up across five pending downgrades, but nothing identifies the actual trigger Logistics & Transport

CONCOR posted a first-quarter-record ₹2,154cr operating income with EXIM volumes up 9.78% YoY; TCI approved a ₹150cr buyback, a new China subsidiary, and a 30-40% coastal-shipping capacity expansion alongside a reported credit upgrade to AA+; GESHIP approved a buyback and is adding a secondhand bulker from internal accruals with the fleet near full utilization; GPPL's standalone profit rose 41.8% YoY, though its port-concession extension beyond 2028 is conditional on submitting a business plan to the Gujarat Maritime Board within 90 days; and ADANIPORTS' September cargo volumes grew (figures disagree: +11% per the exchange filing vs +26% per a press report). None of this shows the client loss, governance flag, or demand deterioration that would explain the sector's pending BUY->HOLD/AVOID->HOLD flips -- the specific trigger remains unidentified.

CONCOR · TCI · GESHIP · GPPL · ADANIPORTS

Aegis Logistics-Tristar $1.5bn buyout talks remain unresolved, still live Energy & Power

Coverage through early September describes Aegis in advanced, reportedly exclusive talks to acquire UAE-based Tristar Holdings for roughly $1.5bn, financed via a rollover of Tristar's existing $600m debt, $400-500m fresh debt, and equity for the remainder. No October update confirms either a collapse or a signed deal, so the open claim stays live -- sources themselves caution the talks could still fall apart before a definitive agreement.

AEGISLOG

Zen Technologies' order book still well short of its FY27 ramp target Capital Goods

Q1 FY27 filing confirms a ₹1,239cr order book as of June 30 -- before the subsequently-announced ₹177.5cr MoD simulator order -- against a reiterated ~₹2,500cr FY27 target. Nothing found this session shows whether that gap is closing or whether the flagged ₹2,000cr+ anti-drone pipeline is converting, so both the open ledger claim and the pending BUY->QUALITY-WAIT call stay unresolved.

ZENTEC

IHH plans to lift its Fortis stake to 51% over four years; CEO's term extended Healthcare & Hospitals

IHH Healthcare said it plans to raise its Fortis stake from 31.17% to 51% over four years, while stating it has no plans to take the company private; separately Fortis's board extended CEO Ashutosh Raghuvanshi's term by two years (effective July 8, 2026). Both point to management/ownership continuity, but neither touches the separately-tracked hospital drug-markup regulatory risk, which remains open and unaddressed by anything found this session.

FORTIS

Arvind's Q1 growth and a new acquisition don't resolve what's driving its pending downgrade Textiles & Apparel

Consolidated revenue rose 24.65% YoY to ₹2,500.96cr in Q1 FY27, though profit grew a slower 5.6% to ₹57.77cr -- a mixed print with margin compression alongside strong top-line growth -- plus a new acquisition (Arvind Advanced Materials agreeing to buy ~61% of Dalco-GFT). The only governance item found, MD Susheel Kaul's March 2026 resignation with Vice Chairman Punit Lalbhai taking direct charge, predates this session and carries no related-party or regulatory flag. Nothing found explains the specific trigger behind the pending BUY->QUALITY-WAIT call.

ARVIND

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 WATCH 59.8 60.0 78.5 28.0 — ▼ -1.34% 17.5 0/9/57/9
Banks 40 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 47.5 39.6 52.3 60.6 — ▼ -0.13% 13.1 1/0/30/9
Pharmaceuticals 88 scanned · 25 researched WATCH 45.9 21.5 71.5 68.6 — ▼ -0.43% 40.9 0/15/60/13
Automobiles 110 scanned · 37 researched WATCH 52.5 33.1 78.4 61.0 — ▼ -1.58% 29.2 0/18/82/10
FMCG 105 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 58.1 55.0 68.8 48.4 — ▼ -0.89% 31.1 4/19/63/19
Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 19 researched WATCH 55.4 45.8 67.5 61.0 — ▼ -2.33% 16.1 8/9/48/18
Realty 40 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 54.5 62.4 52.0 37.6 — ▼ -1.77% 34.8 1/2/14/23
Energy & Power 84 scanned · 18 researched WATCH 55.8 50.1 63.5 58.0 — ▼ -0.63% 14.5 0/7/44/33
Financial Services 149 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 11 researched WATCH 57.3 67.6 44.5 51.2 — ▼ -0.12% 15.3 0/3/98/48
Healthcare & Hospitals 59 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 9 researched WATCH 54.3 38.9 73.0 64.0 — ▼ -0.26% 41.8 0/11/43/5
Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 9 researched ACCUMULATE 63.6 64.0 69.0 53.6 — ▼ -0.58% 87.1 3/5/20/10
Chemicals 101 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 58.2 52.4 67.8 57.8 — — — 2/11/62/26
Construction & Materials 126 scanned · 11 researched WATCH 61.8 69.4 62.3 40.7 — — — 4/13/69/40
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 52.6 33.0 79.0 61.0 — — — 10/15/62/16
Textiles & Apparel 48 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 54.0 45.9 62.0 62.0 — — — 4/3/27/14
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 58.6 51.6 68.4 61.0 — — — 2/13/34/18
Packaging & Plastics 33 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 56.5 45.8 65.3 70.4 — — — 2/3/20/8
Logistics & Transport 26 scanned · 6 researched AVOID 44.4 26.6 69.3 50.3 — — — 5/3/11/7
Telecom & Media 33 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 53.1 50.0 59.8 50.0 — — — 3/2/14/14
Commercial Services 37 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 53.4 50.0 52.5 64.0 — — — 1/1/20/15

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 12th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 44.8% (up 9.8pt over 5y)
Composite 80.5 Mkt Cap 55,452 cr · Large P/E 34.32 ROCE 44.8% Piotroski 5/8
new call this session
P/E in the 33th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 29.9% (up 20.9pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 76.8 Mkt Cap 92,062 cr · Large P/E 15.48 ROCE 29.9% Piotroski 7/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 40th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 17.0% (up 20.0pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 78.2 Mkt Cap 18,567 cr · Mid P/E 34.66 ROCE 17.0% Piotroski 7/9
new call this session
P/E in the 78th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 12.7% (up 2.7pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/8
Composite 61.4 Mkt Cap 15,279 cr · Mid P/E 37.88 ROCE 12.7% Piotroski 7/8
new call this session
P/E in the 0th percentile of its own 3-year range · -25.9% off its 52-week high
Composite 85.0 Mkt Cap 8,589 cr · Small P/E 32.3 ROCE 89.9% Piotroski 6/8
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 14th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 30.2% (up 9.2pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 79.4 Mkt Cap 6,696 cr · Small P/E 10.68 ROCE 30.2% Piotroski 7/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 8th percentile of its own 3-year range · -32.0% off its 52-week high
Composite 77.5 Mkt Cap 1,918 cr · Micro P/E 22.89 ROCE 13.8% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 16th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 23.7% (up 18.7pt over 5y) · -35.2% off its 52-week high
Composite 75.7 Mkt Cap 2,858 cr · Micro P/E 20.9 ROCE 23.7% Piotroski 5/8

Lens Weights Recalibrated

Every Sunday, each lens's weight is re-tilted from its prior on all evidence to date of whether its ratings predicted subsequent returns, measured separately within each cap tier (data/lens_ic.json). Thin evidence moves a weight a little, a consistent edge more -- see METHODOLOGY.md. Every past change stays on the record in data/lens_weight_changes.json.

TierLensWeightt-stat Hit rateWeeks measured
Large Quality 1.5 → 1.4091 -0.243656%7.2
Large Financial Health 1.5 → 1.979 1.511969%7.2
Large Value 1.2 → 1.1404 -0.199250%7.2
Large Earnings Quality 1.0 → 1.2998 1.38572%7.2
Large Growth Outlook 0.8 → 0.861 0.307553%3.4
Large Momentum 0.5 → 0.6138 0.982372%7.2
Mid Quality 1.5 → 1.3032 -0.537458%7.2
Mid Financial Health 1.5 → 1.8378 0.970361%7.2
Mid Value 1.2 → 1.113 -0.29264%7.2
Mid Earnings Quality 1.0 → 0.9049 -0.385156%7.2
Mid Growth Outlook 0.8 → 0.7399 -0.302750%0.4
Mid Momentum 0.5 → 0.6691 1.645572%7.2
Small Quality 1.5 → 1.8524 1.019763%5.4
Small Financial Health 1.5 → 1.7831 0.794256%5.4
Small Value 1.2 → 1.1041 -0.322456%5.4
Small Earnings Quality 1.0 → 0.8708 -0.528652%5.4
Small Growth Outlook 0.8 → 1.0057 1.13789%1.8
Small Momentum 0.5 → 0.6938 2.066974%5.4
Micro Quality 1.5 → 1.9052 1.209274%5.4
Micro Financial Health 1.5 → 1.7684 0.748959%5.4
Micro Value 1.2 → 1.0792 -0.408456%5.4
Micro Earnings Quality 1.0 → 1.0287 0.11556%5.4
Micro Growth Outlook 0.8 → 0.7073 -0.472369%2.6
Micro Momentum 0.5 → 0.7238 2.89493%5.4

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.