Check a stock or fund fast

This guide shows how to size up a stock or a mutual fund in a few minutes: a quote, a one-page overview, accounting-quality scores, a timeline of events and what a fund’s past SIP returned.

You need nothing but StockWise. No account or API key is required. Data comes from Yahoo Finance, NSE and AMFI, so quotes can be delayed.

None of these commands tells you what to buy or sell. They show facts and simple scores. The decision stays with you.

1. Find the ticker

stockwise search "tata motors"

Bare tickers use the Indian market, so TCS means TCS.NS. For other markets, add -m us, -m crypto, -m fx, -m commodity or an exchange such as -m uk. See Markets.

2. Get the price

stockwise quote RELIANCE TCS     # one block per stock
stockwise quote AAPL NVDA -m us
stockwise TCS                    # no command: a one-screen overview

  RELIANCE.NS — Reliance Industries Limited
  ₹1320.00  ▲ 6.60 (0.50%)

  Open                         ₹1295.00
  Day Range                    ₹1295.00 — ₹1320.00
  52-Week Range                ₹1152.20 — ₹1611.80
  Volume                       22.77M
  Avg Volume (3M)              14.49M
  Market Cap                   ₹17.86L Cr

Short forms exist for the common commands: q for quote, a for analyze, t for technical and c for compare.

3. Read the full picture for one stock

stockwise deep HDFCBANK

deep puts company details, valuation, profitability, financial health, dividends, analyst ratings, a one-year chart, technical indicators, support and resistance, risk and the six-pillar score on one screen. It is long. Scroll to the part you need.

For smaller pieces, use these:

Question	Command
Are the fundamentals sound?	`stockwise analyze INFY`
How volatile is it, and how deep were its falls?	`stockwise risk HDFCBANK`
Where is it against its moving averages and RSI?	`stockwise technical TCS -p 6mo --explain`
How does it compare with its peers?	`stockwise compare TCS INFY WIPRO`
What did it return over 1, 3 and 5 years?	`stockwise returns TCS`

--explain adds plain-English notes to technical, score, verdict and options oi.

4. Check accounting quality

stockwise score INFY --explain

  Piotroski F-Score:   6/9  ███████░░░  Moderate / Stable
  Altman Z-Score:      8.31  Safe Zone (Low Default Risk)

The Piotroski F-score counts nine yes-or-no tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency. The Altman Z-score estimates distress risk. --explain shows each test, its formula and the value used. When data is missing, StockWise says how many tests it could run instead of guessing.

5. See what happened and what the data says

stockwise events TCS      # filings, results, news and analyst moves, with the price reaction
stockwise insights TCS    # positive and negative findings on ownership, growth, margins, valuation

events lists the last 90 days on a timeline. Each event shows how the stock moved against the index afterwards. insights groups findings such as promoter pledge, institutional buying and selling, and margin trends. Both are summaries of public data, not forecasts.

Upcoming results and dividend dates for your holdings:

stockwise calendar --holdings

6. Check a mutual fund

stockwise mf search parag flexi direct   # find the AMFI code
stockwise mf nav 122639                  # latest NAV and expense ratio
stockwise mf sip 122639 5000 -p 5y       # what ₹5,000 a month became

     Code  Scheme                                                                 NAV        Date
   122639  Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth                 93.9483 06 Nov 2026

mf sip replays a monthly SIP over the past five years and prints the amount invested, the final value and the XIRR. It describes the past. Compare funds in one category with stockwise mf screen flexi cap.

7. Options and IPOs (optional)

stockwise options chain NIFTY     # strikes with open interest, IV and greeks
stockwise options oi NIFTY        # open-interest walls, put/call ratio, max pain
stockwise ipo                     # open and upcoming IPOs from NSE

Add --explain to options oi for plain-English notes.

Next steps

Want a message when a price or RSI level is hit? See Set up alerts and the daemon.
Want to test a rule on past prices? See Backtest and practise on past markets.
Want an assistant to run these lookups for you? See Use StockWise from Claude or Cursor.
Every option for these commands is in the commands reference: Analysis, Market and Funds and F&O.
Quote or data errors: Troubleshooting.

Keyboard shortcuts

StockWise