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Written on Oct 13 2017 The term multibagger implies that the stock is able to move 5X, 10X, 20X, 50X or 100X over various time periods. Keeping that in mind, most large caps are out of the question, as they are more about providing stable & consistent returns - something like a 12% - 18% CAGR - never can they be multibaggers. Some of them have done well like, Maruti, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv etc. The S&P BSE Sensex rallied 25 percent, while the S&P Smallcap index nearly doubled in the last three years. In the last 6 - 8 months, I had  written answers and blogs , highlighting stocks like Uniply Industries, Meghmani Organics, DHFL, Centrum Capital, Phillips Carbon, Shakti Pumps, Goa Carbon, Graphite India, HEG, Rain Industries, Himadri Chemicals, Prakash Industries, Sunflag Iron & Steel, Bajaj Finance and many more stocks. Most of these stocks have atleast doubled, some have given more than 5X returns in this year itself. U can check my previous answers where I

Written on 3rd Nov, 2017 During childhood, I had a habit of playing with numbers. I add, subtract, divide and multiple the numbers on the number plate of a vehicle, trying to form a pattern, to remember each number plate and associate it with the color of the car. I love numbers, for the fact that, though they are only 10 (0 included, it has value based on the position), they actually indicate the cost of anything, but not the worth or the value. So here’s some numbers for fun !!! Rs. 8826,  The cost of a round trip ticket between Hyderabad - Ahmedabad, Rs. 20,350,  amount gained today in the highlighted stocks in   The List Rs. 144,555 , amount gained in 3 weeks (Oct 12-Nov 3) in the same portfolio, translating to  Rs. 9637 per day or Rs. 1606 per hour  ( only 15 trading days in 3 weeks & only 6 trading hours per day ) - which  I had highlighted for FREE. Just incase, if you don’t believe you can see today’s prices of the 26 stocks. Rs. 100-125 per hour

Written on 24th Nov, 2017 South Indian Bank, based out of Kerala, is one of the few private banks which is available at a price less than Rs. 40. If you consider the other banks in the same price range like Bank of Maharashtra, Dena Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank and United Bank of India, they receive very less coverage from brokerages as well as analysts as most of them are public sector banks. The stock has given a good 64% return in this year itself. Though I have written earlier also that, I find value in investing in this stock and hence, have included in “The List” of 26 stocks, I would like to bring you the views of 2 brokerages - Kotak and Prabhudas Liladher on the same. Hope, this info provides an understanding of why both brokerages have suggested a buy at levels of Rs. 30 or so. There are 2 banks that Kotak Securities had recommended in its Nov 1 Research report and SIB [1]  was one of them. Also, in a detailed report on SIB they had written the following

Written on Nov 18, 2017 Christopher Walken , the Academy award winner & an excellent American actor, once said  “improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing. The reason why I quoted Mr. Walken was that, with so many queries pending from readers, I wanted to improvise & still cover an entire analysis in short. Normally, for any stock analysis, we examine certain financial & qualitative parameters, which I included in the query builder. The query & response can be viewed at  Stock Screener for Indian Stocks: Screener.in With such a tight parameter setting, the query returned only three stocks, one of which is HB Stockholdings Ltd. Upon examining the Q2 FY18 financials, the stock has shown impressive growth. The full financials are at:  http://www.bseindia.com/xml-data... However, there is not much information available on the company website:  HB STOCKHOLDINGS LTD  and there is nothi

Written on Nov 27, 2017 Logistics as a sector has been under serious transition over the last 1–2 years and GST was supposed to be a major reform, bringing the organized players like All Cargo, Gati, VRL Logistics, Chartered Logistics etc to improve their margins. However, not much has happened even after 3 months of GST introduction. A simple look at the logistics stocks on  Stock Screener for Indian Stocks: Screener.in will highlight the issues. All Cargo has the lowest operation margin in the group with just 7.83%. On a sales turnover of Rs. 1800 cr, the net profit is only 65 cr. which is very less. Over the last 12 quarters, the sales are stagnant with the operating profit margin dipping further. Obviously, this financial performance is reflected in the stock performance, which has not even given savings bank returns of 4% in 1 year. Though Sical Logistics and Gateway Distriparks are showing better operating profit margins, the pledged promoter shareholding is a w