These largecaps have ‘strong buy’ and ‘buy’ recos with upside potential of over 20%

When valuations are high but sentiments are bullish, it would be better to add the word “ caution” to your portfolio. Now how does one do it ? By putting some quantitative parameters when making a decision to buy a stock. Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus which lists stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .

It is after a long period of time, that bears have finally made their presence felt on the street. Whether it is, large, mid or small cap market breadth in all segments witnessed a sharp decline. In such times, if one is looking to buy stocks it would be better to look at stocks where some developments have made analysts turn bullish on them. These selected stocks depict a strong upward trajectory in their overall average score which is based on five key pillars i.e. earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum. This implies that there has been a significant improvement in their market outlook in the given time frame.

On Wednesday, thanks to one stock, Reliance industry, nifty was able to make a comeback. But what is more important is that market breadth, which has been under pressure for most of the sessions for the last three weeks, was in the green territory for most of the time. It is important to keep one eye on market breadth as that would be a more reliable indicator for deciding the strength and possible time frame for which the rally may last. Another thing which one should monitor closely is when the numbers of how much money has flown to mutual funds in the month of March which would get released in early April. This would be an indication of how much impact did AMFI advisory to mutual funds had on ground. Also, this would answer the question, whether this is another short term profit booking move or a beginning of a long phase correction and valuation adjustment.During this phase, analysts are bullish on select stocks from different sectors, some of which are either the leaders of their sector or part of the top three companies which are known to be well managed. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy . This predefined screener is only available to ET Prime users.

Many investors, especially the ones sitting on cash, get confused about what they should do in the market when the nifty starts to rally and is not far from its all time high. Should they – buy or wait for a correction, the answer lies in looking at fundamentals. Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus which lists stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .