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Mon, 5 Oct 2026
1421 companies · 1442 sector slots · 20 sectors · 28 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

RBI's three-day MPC meeting begins today, with markets pricing the first repo hike since February 2023.

The six-member MPC meets October 5-7, with the decision due Oct 7 at 10:00am IST. Consensus expects a 25bp hike to 5.50%, driven by August CPI at 4.82% (above RBI's comfort zone, up from 4.44% in July), crude near $100-107/bbl, a rupee that has slipped past 96/USD, and an already-hawkish Fed after its September hike. A minority view sees a hawkish hold instead, since inflation remains within the target band and price pressure isn't yet broad-based -- so the hike is consensus, not unanimous.

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 (25)

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unconfirmed: sector, news
Unconfirmed: sector, news not checked — Weighted average rating 3.8/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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Weighted average rating 3.84/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector, news
Unconfirmed: sector, news not checked — Weighted average rating 3.8/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector, news
Unconfirmed: sector, news not checked — Weighted average rating 3.84/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.11/5 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 3.76/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector, news
Unconfirmed: sector, news not checked — Weighted average rating 3.86/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 28.26; P/E cheaper than 81% of sector peers (P/E 28.26); EV/EBITDA 17.0, B/M 0.226. Watch for a better entry.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 0.49; P/E cheaper than 57% of sector peers (P/E 35.02); EV/EBITDA 27.0, B/M 0.107. Watch for a better entry.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG 0.66; P/E cheaper than 20% of sector peers (P/E 57.59); EV/EBITDA 39.8, B/M 0.079. Watch for a better entry.
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Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 9% of sector peers (P/E 40.07); EV/EBITDA 16.3, B/M 0.283. Watch for a better entry.

and 13 more — full list on the site.

Awaiting a second session (14)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
ABSLAMC ₹1,028.55 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ARVIND ₹530.40 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
CENTURYPLY ₹680.05 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
DLF ₹673.00 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ELLEN ₹332.55 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
ENDURANCE ₹2,526.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
GALLANTT ₹522.90 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
GLENMARK ₹2,295.00 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
ICICIAMC ₹3,061.20 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
MUFIN ₹132.89 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
PARACABLES ₹56.08 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
RACLGEAR ₹1,550.40 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
SAMBHV ₹164.66 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
SJS ₹2,039.60 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds

Reporting today

No tracked name reports today.

Coming up

Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1421 tracked names.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 22,555.75 ▲ +133.80 ▲ +0.60% 19.30 2.77
Nifty Next 50 69,213.75 ▲ +232.40 ▲ +0.34% 18.14 3.33
Nifty 500 21,971.60 ▲ +113.85 ▲ +0.52% 21.67 3.08
Nifty Bank 54,714.10 ▲ +263.35 ▲ +0.48% 12.97 1.65
NIFTY Midcap 100 59,123.65 ▲ +391.65 ▲ +0.67% 27.88 3.76
▲ 1245 advancing ■ 28 unchanged ▼ 1375 declining of 2648 equities, vs the 2026-10-01 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -4,699.14
bought 15,675 · sold 20,374
DII net
▲ +5,181.62
bought 20,493 · sold 15,311
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20261005 (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 580 63 ▼ -0.3% ▲ +0.2% 52%
QUALITY-WAIT 445 149 ▼ -2.1% ▼ -0.8% 43%
HOLD 1616 779 ▼ -1.7% ▲ +0.0% 50%
AVOID 818 349 ▼ -1.1% ▼ -0.3% 47%
CompanyCalled sinceCall Previous callAt callNow Movevs Nifty 500
Raymond LtdRAYMOND Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹625.00 ₹1,300.70 ▲ +108.1% ▲ +114.5%
STL Networks LtdSTLNETWORK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹25.68 ₹44.84 ▲ +74.6% ▲ +81.0%
Shukra Pharmaceuticals LtdSHUKRAPHAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹41.55 ₹70.49 ▲ +69.7% ▲ +76.0%
SBC Exports LtdSBC Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹38.66 ₹62.04 ▲ +60.5% ▲ +66.9%
MV Electrosystems LtdMVELECTRO Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹574.10 ₹897.55 ▲ +56.3% ▲ +62.7%
Quadrant Future Tek LtdQUADFUTURE Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.00 ₹529.25 ▲ +55.2% ▲ +61.6%
Morepen Laboratories LtdMOREPENLAB Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹88.44 ₹135.29 ▲ +53.0% ▲ +59.4%
Delta Corp LtdDELTACORP Tue, 8 Sep 2026 HOLD BUY ₹55.44 ₹85.43 ▲ +54.1% ▲ +59.0%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹388.95 ₹591.75 ▲ +52.1% ▲ +58.5%
Oriental Aromatics LtdOAL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.95 ₹515.10 ▲ +50.6% ▲ +57.0%
D.P. Abhushan LtdDPABHUSHAN Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹1,457.20 ₹2,130.50 ▲ +46.2% ▲ +52.6%
Rossell Techsys LtdROSSTECH Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹1,103.55 ₹1,607.20 ▲ +45.6% ▲ +52.0%

3459 calls scored since Wed, 5 Aug 2026: 1340 standing, 1530 closed when the desk changed the call, 589 closed when the name left coverage (at its last published close). 2010 of them are the call a name was given on entering coverage, not one the desk changed to. 1328 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 76 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

Supreme Court pushes Centre toward a 16% trade-margin cap across all medicines, not just DPCO-scheduled ones Healthcare & Hospitals

A bench citing a cancer injection sold at roughly 10x its supply cost directed the government to evaluate extending the existing 16% margin cap to all medicines sold via corporate hospital pharmacies, and the Solicitor General said the Centre will 'find a way out.' This is a real escalation from earlier bench criticism toward a government-engaged regulatory track, though no notified rule exists yet -- the matter is listed for further hearing Oct 12.

YATHARTH · FORTIS

TCS Q2 FY27 print due Oct 8; brokerage consensus pegs large-deal TCV flat near $3bn Information Technology

TCS reports Q2 FY27 results on October 8. Kotak Institutional Equities and peers expect large-deal TCV roughly flat YoY near $3bn against a $10-11bn disclosed-TCV base -- a muted print by historical standards that matches the thesis behind TCS's pending BUY->HOLD call change. The actual print, not yet out, remains the real test.

TCS

PB Fintech's post-IRDAI slide extends with another 7.89% drop; Bernstein and Jefferies cut targets but keep bullish ratings Financial Services

PB Fintech fell 7.89% today, extending the rout since IRDAI's September proposal to cut insurance distribution commissions, which the company itself says could cut non-life NPV by 60-67%. Bernstein slashed its target 53% to Rs 1,085 (still Outperform) and Jefferies cut to Rs 1,540 (still Buy) -- both retaining bullish calls despite the structural hit, suggesting the growth story is intact even as near-term economics worsen materially.

POLICYBZR

Nifty Auto's sharp drawdown reads as risk-off, not a fundamentals break Automobiles

Auto led sectoral declines (Bajaj Auto -7.62%, MUNJALAU -7.79% among today's movers) even as September volumes held up: Bajaj Auto two-wheeler sales +4.8% YoY, Maruti roughly in line with estimates, and Tata Motors posted a record EV month. Tariff uncertainty on auto-ancillary exports to the US and Mexico's tariff hike on auto imports look like the more likely drivers than any demand deterioration.

BAJAJ-AUTO · MUNJALAU

Domino's India LFL weakness looks less like one bad quarter, more like a multi-quarter pattern Hospitality & Tourism

A newly surfaced Q4 FY26 data point shows Domino's India LFL growth at just 0.2%, tied to LPG supply constraints affecting over 95% of outlets -- a sharper and earlier deceleration than the Q1 FY27 print (11.6% to 2.5%) the open claim about a 'temporary' slowdown is built on. This mildly undercuts the temporary-softening framing, though the actual Q2 FY27 print needed to test the recovery claim is still not out.

JUBLFOOD

Sector Scorecard

Entry score is 40% cheap-vs-history + 25% quality trend + 20% news catalyst + 15% technicals, for the 3 sectors with a researched catalyst. The other 17 show —: no catalyst was researched for them, so their score renormalises over the remaining three inputs rather than assuming a neutral headline. ≥62 accumulate · 45–61 watch · <45 avoid.

SectorStanceEntryCheap QualityTechNews IndexIdx P/EB/W/H/A
Information Technology 75 scanned · 18 researched ACCUMULATE 62.6 65.3 78.5 28.8 — ▼ -0.01% 17.8 0/10/57/8
Banks 40 scanned · 9 researched WATCH 50.6 48.0 52.3 54.9 — ▲ +0.48% 13.0 1/0/30/9
Pharmaceuticals 88 scanned · 22 researched WATCH 47.8 25.3 71.5 68.3 — ▼ -0.74% 40.4 5/17/53/13
Automobiles 109 scanned · 36 researched WATCH 54.3 39.7 78.3 59.2 +0 ▲ +0.15% 29.6 14/20/65/10
FMCG 104 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 58.6 58.0 68.4 44.2 — ▲ +1.80% 30.9 4/19/61/20
Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 19 researched WATCH 54.6 44.2 67.5 61.0 — ▲ +0.30% 16.4 7/9/49/18
Realty 38 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 53.2 63.0 52.0 29.3 — ▲ +0.56% 35.6 1/1/15/21
Energy & Power 84 scanned · 18 researched WATCH 56.3 50.0 63.5 61.1 — ▲ +0.57% 14.5 5/8/38/33
Financial Services 149 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 12 researched WATCH 57.9 69.3 44.5 49.8 — ▲ +0.41% 15.1 0/3/96/50
Healthcare & Hospitals 59 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 9 researched WATCH 51.5 34.4 73.0 66.0 -0 ▼ -1.00% 41.5 2/13/38/6
Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 9 researched ACCUMULATE 63.3 66.0 67.3 49.4 — ▲ +0.25% 86.5 3/6/19/10
Chemicals 101 scanned · 9 researched WATCH 60.6 58.7 67.8 53.8 — — — 0/11/64/26
Construction & Materials 126 scanned · 10 researched WATCH 61.3 69.7 61.6 38.4 — — — 4/11/70/41
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 53.7 35.4 78.5 61.0 — — — 11/15/60/17
Textiles & Apparel 48 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 55.9 50.0 62.0 61.2 — — — 2/5/28/13
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 4 researched ACCUMULATE 62.9 61.6 68.4 57.0 — — — 2/13/34/18
Packaging & Plastics 33 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 55.4 42.6 65.3 73.0 — — — 2/3/20/8
Logistics & Transport 26 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 46.8 31.5 69.3 50.2 — — — 5/3/11/7
Telecom & Media 33 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 52.7 50.0 59.8 48.2 — — — 3/2/14/14
Commercial Services 38 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 53.5 51.2 52.6 66.1 +0 — — 3/1/20/14

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 11th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 85.2 Mkt Cap 100,665 cr · Large P/E 34.15 ROCE 42.9% Piotroski 4/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector, news
P/E in the 1th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 18.7% (up 3.7pt over 5y) · Piotroski 8/9
Composite 74.7 Mkt Cap 184,147 cr · Large P/E 5.5 ROCE 18.7% Piotroski 8/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 10th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 20.7% (up 31.7pt over 5y) · -25.3% off its 52-week high
Composite 86.5 Mkt Cap 18,629 cr · Mid P/E 25.66 ROCE 20.7% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 0th percentile of its own 3-year range · Piotroski 7/9 · -38.0% off its 52-week high
Composite 82.9 Mkt Cap 36,235 cr · Mid P/E 26.17 ROCE 46.1% Piotroski 7/9
new call this session
unconfirmed: sector, news
P/E in the 2th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 83.2% (up 77.2pt over 5y) · -39.2% off its 52-week high
Composite 83.3 Mkt Cap 8,443 cr · Small P/E 16.6 ROCE 83.2% Piotroski 4/9
new call this session
P/E in the 56th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 118.0% (up 54.0pt over 5y)
Composite 79.6 Mkt Cap 8,172 cr · Small P/E 38.11 ROCE 118.0% Piotroski 6/8
new call this session
Highly Volatile
ROCE 29.6% (up 38.6pt over 5y) · Piotroski 8/8 · -30.0% off its 52-week high
Composite 82.2 Mkt Cap 1,025 cr · Micro P/E 16.9 ROCE 29.6% Piotroski 8/8
new call this session
Highly Volatile
ROCE 40.4% (up 33.4pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/8
Composite 75.5 Mkt Cap 3,478 cr · Micro P/E 35.02 ROCE 40.4% Piotroski 7/8

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.