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Thu, 1 Oct 2026
1422 companies · 1443 sector slots · 21 sectors · 27 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

PB Fintech and Turtlemint extended their IRDAI-driven selloff — PolicyBazaar down ~48% in six sessions — as the regulator's distribution commission-cap proposal shows no sign of being watered down.

IRDAI's Sept 23 consultation ('Recalibrating Economics of Insurance Distribution') is now described in more granular, channel/product-specific detail than first reported — first-year commission caps of 20-25% stepping to 12.5% within five years, plus specific motor and health sub-caps — with the comment window open to Oct 25 and nothing suggesting dilution. Today's further declines (PolicyBazaar -7.89%, Turtlemint -8.70%) are the market continuing to price the proposal as real and material, not a new shock. It remains a consultation, not a notified rule, so the structural re-rating of commission-dependent distribution economics this implies for a long-term holder is still provisional on the final text.

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 (13)

new
unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.49/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.38/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.41/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
new
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 4.3/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
new
unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.2/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
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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 4.21/5 including quality and value — the rare combination.
new
unconfirmed: sector
Unconfirmed: sector not checked — Weighted average rating 4.21/5 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 4.04/5 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 25% of sector peers (P/E 42.28); 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 (49)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
ADANIPORTS ₹1,737.80 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
AXISCADES ₹2,307.30 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
BDL ₹1,087.90 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
BEL ₹383.10 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
BHARATFORG ₹1,875.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
BHARTIARTL ₹1,741.10 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
BLUEJET ₹541.80 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
CHOLAFIN ₹1,580.00 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
COFORGE ₹1,826.00 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
CONCOR ₹442.00 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
CREST ₹362.35 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
EIEL ₹184.00 AVOID → HOLD if next session holds
EIHOTEL ₹297.85 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
ENDURANCE ₹2,601.40 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
FORTIS ₹785.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
GESHIP ₹1,530.60 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
GILLETTE ₹6,899.00 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
HAL ₹4,601.00 BUY → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
HYUNDAI ₹2,024.00 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
INDOTECH ₹3,347.60 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
IOC ₹131.34 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
JLHL ₹259.85 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
JSL ₹732.70 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
KALYANKJIL ₹528.50 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
KOVAI ₹5,993.50 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
KRISHNADEF ₹1,000.90 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
MANYAVAR ₹519.20 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
MARUTI ₹11,386.00 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
MRPL ₹164.76 HOLD → BUY if next session holds
ORIENTHOT ₹140.00 QUALITY-WAIT → 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
RAINBOW ₹1,279.80 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
RAMCOSYS ₹546.25 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
RPGLIFE ₹2,930.70 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
SHRIPISTON ₹4,490.50 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
SPAL ₹935.60 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
STYLAMIND ₹3,219.90 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
SUNDARMFIN ₹4,395.90 AVOID → HOLD 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
SYNCOMF ₹23.96 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
TATASTEEL ₹178.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
TCI ₹877.10 BUY → HOLD if next session holds
TITAGARH ₹805.10 HOLD → QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
VIJAYA ₹1,428.00 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
VSSL ₹383.30 QUALITY-WAIT → HOLD if next session holds
WABAG ₹2,004.90 QUALITY-WAIT → BUY if next session holds
ZENSARTECH ₹434.35 BUY → HOLD if next session holds

Reporting today

NSE's event calendar could not be read, so no results schedule is shown for this session.

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 817 ▼ -1.8% ▲ +0.3% 52%
AVOID 785 346 ▼ -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: 1384 standing, 1434 closed when the desk changed the call, 584 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. 1372 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 33 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

A second source now corroborates Cisco cutting back Zensar business, with a quantified revenue hit Information Technology

Cisco (~$40M/year, ~6% of Zensar's revenue) is consolidating its IT vendor base; Zensar's TMT vertical — where Cisco sits — fell 8.7% QoQ in constant currency as overall revenue slipped 1.4% sequentially to $160.5M. This corroborates what was, as of the last session, a single-sourced client-reduction report, satisfying the open claim's own falsifier condition for corroboration.

ZENSARTECH

Bajaj Auto's September sales missed on a 12% domestic two-wheeler decline; management blames a resolvable supply issue Automobiles

Total sales of 538,443 units (+5% YoY) missed the ~570,000-unit consensus, with domestic two-wheelers down 12% YoY even as two-wheeler exports rose 34%. The stock fell as much as 8% on the day. Management (JMD Rakesh Sharma) says supply-chain problems are resolved and October should improve — a near-term negative for the pending HOLD->BUY call flip, but one framed as supply-side, not a structural demand break.

BAJAJ-AUTO

REC-PFC merger commentary points to ~10% loan growth, below the 11-12% pace the open growth-deceleration claim is testing against Financial Services

Merger-announcement materials for the REC-PFC combination (aggregate loan book above ₹11 lakh crore, ~80% share of power-sector lending) cite roughly 10% FY27 loan growth and 12-15% admin-cost savings — supportive of, though not a clean test of, Morgan Stanley's growth-deceleration downgrade, since it predates the Q2/Q3 FY27 results the claim's falsifier actually targets.

RECLTD

Adani Ports beat FY26 guidance and announced a ~₹90,000-100,000cr five-year capex plan alongside a Colombo terminal capacity doubling Logistics & Transport

September cargo volume grew 11% YoY (container +15%); FY26 revenue, EBITDA and PAT all exceeded guidance (+25%/+20%/+16%) at 1.9x net debt/EBITDA and 16% ROCE. The Colombo West International Terminal's $750M Phase II, doubling capacity to 3.2M TEUs, was inaugurated Sept 30. This is a genuine multi-year capacity commitment, not just a good quarter, and argues against the pending BUY->HOLD call flip.

ADANIPORTS

A single-sourced claim that CONCOR raised FY27 guidance to 18% looks like a repeat of a previously-flagged FY26/FY27 conflation Logistics & Transport

One source (TradingView/Quartr) states CONCOR revised FY27 volume guidance up to 18% overall (15% EXIM, 25% domestic) — figures that exactly match CONCOR's already-reported FY26 actual pace, not a new FY27 number. The company's own separately-stated FY27 guidance remains 8% EXIM / 15% domestic / 9.5% overall, a real deceleration from FY26. Treating this single, unconfirmed source as a guidance raise would repeat an error already identified in a prior session; it is not being used to change Growth Outlook.

CONCOR

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 18 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 68 scanned · 16 researched ACCUMULATE 63.1 67.2 78.2 27.3 — ▲ +2.17% 17.8 3/8/49/8
Banks 38 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 52.6 53.5 50.1 54.5 — ▼ -0.33% 12.9 1/0/27/10
Pharmaceuticals 69 scanned · 16 researched WATCH 48.8 26.0 72.8 69.6 — ▼ -0.48% 40.7 4/16/40/9
Automobiles 95 scanned · 32 researched WATCH 54.5 37.4 77.8 61.0 — ▼ -3.46% 29.5 11/19/55/10
FMCG 94 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 57.9 55.8 69.1 45.0 — ▼ -1.61% 30.4 4/17/56/17
Metals & Mining 70 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 55.9 48.0 67.6 57.7 — ▼ -2.35% 16.3 6/10/38/16
Realty 36 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 53.5 63.2 52.0 30.2 — ▼ -1.46% 35.4 1/2/14/19
Energy & Power 76 scanned · 17 researched WATCH 57.5 55.0 64.8 52.0 — ▼ -0.68% 14.4 4/7/38/27
Financial Services 127 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 12 researched WATCH 55.4 68.0 44.9 46.6 +0 ▼ -0.38% 15.1 0/4/75/48
Healthcare & Hospitals 50 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 6 researched WATCH 52.1 33.0 73.8 66.8 — ▼ -0.26% 41.9 1/14/31/4
Hospitality & Tourism 33 scanned · 7 researched ACCUMULATE 63.7 68.2 66.3 47.6 — ▼ -1.60% 86.3 0/5/19/9
Chemicals 82 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 60.6 59.4 67.8 51.7 — — — 1/10/52/19
Construction & Materials 107 scanned · 10 researched ACCUMULATE 63.5 82.5 60.8 35.0 +0 — — 3/9/60/35
Capital Goods 88 scanned · 14 researched WATCH 52.5 33.5 77.6 61.0 — — — 7/12/58/11
Textiles & Apparel 40 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 58.3 52.7 63.3 65.0 — — — 2/4/25/9
Retail & Consumer 59 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 59.6 63.0 68.4 48.8 +0 — — 2/10/30/17
Packaging & Plastics 30 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 55.1 42.1 65.3 72.6 — — — 2/4/17/7
Logistics & Transport 22 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 49.1 39.5 66.3 46.3 — — — 4/3/9/6
Telecom & Media 26 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 53.4 50.0 61.8 48.3 — — — 3/1/14/8
Commercial Services 28 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 61.3 68.8 52.6 55.9 — — — 2/1/13/12
Diversified & Other 205 scanned · 28 researched WATCH 56.5 50.0 63.7 61.8 — — — 7/17/123/58

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 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
unconfirmed: sector
P/E in the 53th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 39.6% (up 26.6pt over 5y)
Composite 71.1 Mkt Cap 61,584 cr · Large P/E 9.1 ROCE 39.6% Piotroski 6/9
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 4,724 cr · Micro P/E 17.93 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 2,340 cr · Micro P/E 20.96 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.