October 2, 2025
Meet the Best Stock-Pickers Of India
Thomson Reuters has announced the winners of the coveted ‘Starmine Analyst Awards’. Check to see where your favourite stock picker stands
Thomson Reuters has announced the winners of the coveted ‘Starmine Analyst Awards’. Check to see where your favourite stock picker stands




2014 STARMINE ANALYST AWARDS*

METHODOLOGY FOR INDIA

*based on results from calendar year 2013

StarMine objectively measures the performance of analysts based on the returns of their buy/sell recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. The 2014 awards for India are based on the performance during calendar year 2013 of recommendations and estimates on companies that are based in India. Only analyst performance on companies that are based in India is included in the awards calculations.

Top Earnings Estimator: Banks

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Mehta, Tejas

HSBC Global Research

2

Sethia, Arun

Batlivala & Karani Securities

3

Upadhya, Shashin

ICICI Securities

Top Stock Pickers: Banks

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Mehta, Tejas

HSBC Global Research

2

Jayaraman, Ganeshram

Spark Capital

3

Agarwal, Anil

Morgan Stanley

Top Earnings Estimator: Construction & Materials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Maniar, Krupal

ICICI Securities

2

Purswani, Deepak

ICICI Direct

3

Shah, Rupa

Prabhudas Lilladher

Top Stock Pickers: Construction & Materials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Mahawar, Manish

Edelweiss Securities

2

Akella, Abhijit

IIFL

3

Cirumalla, Ranjit

Batlivala & Karani Securities

Top Earnings Estimator: Consumer Goods & Services

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Singh, Rahul

Karvy Stockbroking

2

Shah, Rashesh

ICICI Direct

3

Modi, Mohit

CRISIL

Top Stock Pickers: Consumer Goods & Services

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Memani, Suman

Anand Rathi

2

Nagaraju, A.

First Call India

3

Chhoda, Bharat

ICICI Direct

Top Earnings Estimator: Diversified Financials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Sheth, Vishal

Batlivala & Karani Securities

2

Kunal, Shah

Edelweiss Securities

3

Uberoi, Karan

JM Financial

Top Stock Pickers: Diversified Financials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Kushwaha, Ashish

First Call India

2

Sheth, Vishal

Batlivala & Karani Securities

3

Uberoi, Karan

JM Financial

Top Earnings Estimator: Diversified Industrials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Baid, Renu

Batlivala & Karani Securities

2

Garg, Lokesh

Kotak Securities

3

Ganti, Lakshminarayana *

Standard Chartered Bank

  • * Currently inactive

Top Stock Pickers: Diversified Industrials

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Korde, Rohan

Anand Rathi

2

Nagaraju, A.

First Call India

3

Agarwal, Satyam

Motilal Oswal Securities

Top Earnings Estimator: Energy

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Lakhotia, Tarun

Kotak Securities

2

Ginde, Vidyadhar

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research

3

Banerjee, Nilesh

Goldman Sachs

Top Stock Pickers: Energy

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Patel, Mayur *

Spark Capital

2

Modani, Ballabh

Religare Capital Markets

3

Mookim, Sanjay

Credit Suisse

  • * Currently inactive

Top Earnings Estimator: Food, Household & Personal Products

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Maheshwari, Vivek

CLSA

2

Kakkad, Gaurang

Religare Capital Markets

3

Chheda, Pritesh

Emkay

Top Stock Pickers: Food, Household & Personal Products

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Lohchab, Varun *

Religare Capital Markets

2

Panthaki, Percy

IIFL

3

Patel, Hemant

Axis Capital

  • * Now at CIMB Research

Top Earnings Estimator: Information Technology

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Taneja, Manik

Emkay

2

Dugar, Rumit

Religare Capital Markets

3

Agarwal, Vishal

Jefferies

Top Stock Pickers: Information Technology

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Banerjee, Basudeb

Quant Broking

2

Koul, Kuldeep

ICICI Securities

3

Shah, Hardik

KR Choksey

Top Earnings Estimator: Media

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Nangalia, Swati; Vora, Nikhil *

IDFC Securities

2

Lal, Mohan

Elara Securities

3

Negandhi, Chirag

Axis Capital

  • * No longer with firm

Top Stock Pickers: Media

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Nangalia, Swati; Vora, Nikhil *

IDFC Securities

2

Mittal, Karan

ICICI Direct

3

Negandhi, Chirag

Axis Capital

  • * No longer with firm

Top Earnings Estimator: Metals & Mining

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Mishra, Neelkanth

Credit Suisse

2

Shah, Bijal

IIFL

3

Basu, Bhaskar

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research

Top Stock Pickers: Metals & Mining

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Bansal, Sandip

UBS

2

Parekh, Pinakin

J.P. Morgan

3

Sanghvi, Jimesh

Avendus Securities

Top Earnings Estimator: Pharmaceuticals

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Singhal, Abhishek

Macquarie Research

2

Nair, Prashant

Citi Investment Research & Analysis

3

Talati, Chirag

Espirito Santo Investment Bank

Top Stock Pickers: Pharmaceuticals

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Kohli, Daljeet

IndiaNivesh Securities

2

Kour Nangra, Sarabjit

Angel Broking

3

Baisiwala, Sameer

Morgan Stanley

Top Earnings Estimator: Real Estate

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Singh, Hansraj *

IDBI Capital Market Services

2

Pal, Sandipan

Motilal Oswal Securities

3

Nandurkar, Mahesh

CLSA

  • * Currently inactive

Top Stock Pickers: Real Estate

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Pathak, Gaurav

Standard Chartered Bank

2

Jagnani, Ashish

UBS

3

Maheshwari, Himanshu

JM Financial

Top Earnings Estimator: Transportation

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Gandhi, Jinesh

Motilal Oswal Securities

2

Jayaraj, Annamalai

Batlivala & Karani Securities

3

Chellappa, Govindarajan; Kakulavarapu, Rajasa

Jefferies

Top Stock Pickers: Transportation

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Sharma, Pooja; Lal, Mohan

Elara Securities

2

Gupta, Sonal

UBS

3

Kothari, Yaresh

Angel Broking

Top Earnings Estimator: Utilities

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Sharma, Pankaj

UBS

2

Shah, Amish

Credit Suisse

3

Biraia, Vishal

Batlivala & Karani Securities

Top Stock Pickers: Utilities

Rank

Analyst

Firm

1

Anand, Abhineet

Quant Broking

2

Goel, Prakash Gaurav

ICICI Securities

3

Bhatia, Inderjeetsingh

Macquarie Research

5 thoughts on “Meet the Best Stock-Pickers Of India

  1. Yes, I keep watching this site for some time, This always posts news and / or research reports few trading sessions late. By that time, market technicals would have changed. I see lot of stock picks by Market analysts which were disclosed by this site only when they gain 100% or 150% returns since their investment.

    1. This is what even I had pointed out few days ago. The website should dedicate a column for who recommended what today or yesterday and which big investor bought which stock and price. Like yesterday, RJ bought 2% stake in MCX at 560 per share total amounting to 55 cr approx.

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