Of the top 10 stocks that saw the highest increase in retail shareholders in the last one quarter, seven of them are part of the midcap and smallcap segments, and four of them belong to the public sector space, data by Prime Database showed.
The benchmark Nifty has only corrected 2.5% in October so far, but granular data suggests bigger woes for investors. One such number, the advance-to-decline ratio for Nifty 500 stocks this month stands at 0.39, marking its lowest level in sixteen months, thereby underscoring the severity of the ongoing correction.
Many stocks from cyclical and emerging sectors have run way ahead of their revenue and earnings visibility and are witnessing a reversion to mean, said analysts.