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Wed, 7 Oct 2026
1425 companies · 1446 sector slots · 20 sectors · 24 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

RBI's rate call, due at 10am IST, pits a possible first hike since Feb 2023 against four straight holds.

The MPC met Oct 5-7 with the repo rate at 5.25%, unchanged across four meetings after 125bp of cuts through 2025. A Reuters poll had 35 of 61 economists expecting a 25bp hike to 5.50%, citing retail inflation back above target (August CPI 4.82%), crude near/above $100/bbl, and rupee weakness, though other coverage pointed to a hold as more likely. No report of the actual decision was found as of this writing -- that is a gap in today's research, not a signal either way, and should not be read as confirmation of a hold.

Day ahead

TCS's Q2 FY27 print is the session's key scheduled test; overnight global cues are largely unconfirmed.

TCS reports Q2 FY27 results with brokerage consensus (Kotak and peers) bracing for a muted print -- large-deal TCV seen flat near $3bn against Q1's ~$9.5bn base, QoQ revenue growth of only ~0.5%, and forward guidance of -2% to 0%. No actual figures were available in time for this report. Separately, no confirmed Wall Street close for the two most recent sessions, no GIFT Nifty level, and no current USD/INR print could be located -- treat the overnight setup as an unconfirmed gap, not as flat or directional, until the open itself tells you.

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)

new
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 (39)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
ABBOTINDIA ₹26,095.00 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
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
BEL ₹378.30 BUY → HOLD 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
EMCURE ₹1,918.00 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
EMMVEE ₹305.80 BUY → 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
GLENMARK ₹2,282.30 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
GPPL ₹172.46 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
GRWRHITECH ₹6,903.50 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
HAL ₹4,746.30 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
HBLENGINE ₹762.45 BUY → HOLD 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
KIRLPNU ₹696.15 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
KUSUMGAR ₹626.85 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
LEMONTREE ₹112.52 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
LUPIN ₹2,012.90 HOLD → BUY 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
PREMIERENE ₹910.00 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
RIIL ₹705.05 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
SANOFICONR ₹3,722.90 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
SHUKRAPHAR ₹68.32 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
SKIPPER ₹541.35 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
STAR ₹1,100.60 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
TCI ₹885.60 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
TCPLPACK ₹4,031.50 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
VIKRAMSOLR ₹148.94 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
VSSL ₹393.75 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
WAAREERTL ₹812.45 BUY → HOLD 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

Reporting today

No tracked name reports today.

Coming up

Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1425 tracked names.

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.

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 592 46 ▼ -0.2% ▲ +0.1% 52%
QUALITY-WAIT 464 157 ▼ -1.7% ▼ -0.8% 44%
HOLD 1694 844 ▼ -1.3% ▲ +0.4% 53%
AVOID 824 346 ▼ -0.7% ▼ -0.0% 50%
CompanyCalled sinceCall Previous callAt callNow Movevs Nifty 500
Raymond LtdRAYMOND Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹625.00 ₹1,206.70 ▲ +93.1% ▲ +99.1%
STL Networks LtdSTLNETWORK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹25.68 ₹49.43 ▲ +92.5% ▲ +98.5%
Morepen Laboratories LtdMOREPENLAB Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹88.44 ₹146.97 ▲ +66.2% ▲ +72.2%
Shukra Pharmaceuticals LtdSHUKRAPHAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹41.55 ₹68.32 ▲ +64.4% ▲ +70.4%
MV Electrosystems LtdMVELECTRO Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹574.10 ₹920.25 ▲ +60.3% ▲ +66.3%
SBC Exports LtdSBC Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹38.66 ₹61.77 ▲ +59.8% ▲ +65.8%
Quadrant Future Tek LtdQUADFUTURE Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.00 ₹534.40 ▲ +56.7% ▲ +62.7%
D.P. Abhushan LtdDPABHUSHAN Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹1,457.20 ₹2,262.70 ▲ +55.3% ▲ +61.3%
HLE Glascoat LtdHLEGLAS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹306.20 ₹469.45 ▲ +53.3% ▲ +59.3%
Oriental Aromatics LtdOAL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID — ₹341.95 ₹515.60 ▲ +50.8% ▲ +56.8%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD — ₹388.95 ₹586.05 ▲ +50.7% ▲ +56.7%
Delta Corp LtdDELTACORP Tue, 8 Sep 2026 HOLD BUY ₹55.44 ₹82.37 ▲ +48.6% ▲ +53.1%

3574 calls scored since Wed, 5 Aug 2026: 1393 standing, 1590 closed when the desk changed the call, 591 closed when the name left coverage (at its last published close). 2015 of them are the call a name was given on entering coverage, not one the desk changed to. 1381 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 27 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. 8 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

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

As of June 30, 2026 Zen Technologies' order book stood at ₹1,239cr, with only ₹44.62cr of new orders added in Q1 against ₹141.64cr executed -- well short of the ~₹2,500cr FY27 target management has reaffirmed. A ₹177.5cr MoD simulator order was confirmed in July, and an analyst raised its price target, but no sign yet of the flagged ₹2,000cr+ anti-drone pipeline materializing. This bears directly on the pending BUY->QUALITY-WAIT call confirmation.

ZENTEC
Sources: multibagg.ai

Vikram Solar swung to a Q4 FY26 loss despite a new order win and a large battery-storage capex approval Capital Goods

Vikram Solar posted a Q4 FY26 net loss of ₹20.3cr (vs a ₹86.8cr profit a year earlier) on module-pricing pressure, higher input costs, and falling international order intake. Full-year FY26 was still strong (revenue +40%, PAT +236%), and the company secured a new 400MW domestic order in September and approved ₹4,371cr of capex for a 30GWh battery storage entry -- a mixed picture, not a clean read either way on the pending BUY.

VIKRAMSOLR
Sources: 5paisa.com

Great Eastern Shipping approves a buyback and adds two secondhand dry-bulk carriers Logistics & Transport

The board approved an open-market buyback in late August and, separately, contracted to buy two secondhand Kamsarmax dry-bulk vessels in September, financed from internal accruals, with fleet utilization near 100% across 40 vessels. These read as confidence signals that argue against, not for, the pending BUY->HOLD downgrade, though neither directly addresses its stated rationale.

GESHIP

Adani Ports posts 11% YoY cargo growth in September; rail volumes still soft for the half Logistics & Transport

Cargo handled hit 46 MMT in September 2026, up 11% YoY on container volumes, with H1 FY27 cargo up 15% YoY. Rail volumes were mixed -- +3% YoY for the month but -13% YoY for the half. The board meets October 28 to approve Q2/H1 FY27 results; nothing here supports the pending BUY->HOLD downgrade.

ADANIPORTS
Sources: psuconnect.in

TCI's Q1 profit was flat despite revenue growth, a soft margin signal against its pending call Logistics & Transport

Transport Corporation of India's Q1 FY27 consolidated PAT was roughly flat YoY (₹105.7cr vs ₹106.5cr) even as revenue grew 9.6% to ₹1,248.5cr. A credit-rating reaffirmation and a board-proposed buyback were both reported but could not be confirmed in detail from a single, incomplete source. The flat profit against growing revenue is a mild negative data point for the pending BUY->HOLD call.

TCI

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 · 26 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 102 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 57.7 51.2 67.8 58.1 — — — 2/11/62/27
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
unconfirmed: sector
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
unconfirmed: sector
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
unconfirmed: sector
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

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.