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Certified that the Project Report entitled “Comparison Between Various Broking
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I feel pleasure in taking this opportunity to express my sincere regards to my supervisor, Miss
encouragement throughout the course of the project, the present shape of the work would not
have been possible. During the planning of this work the most difficult stage was the data
collection ,Without her help, data collection was impossible for the study.
Harish Rathee
Enrolment No . - 42419101717
1 Certificate (s) 2
2 Acknowledgements 3
3 Executive summary 4
4 Chapter-1: Introduction 6
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The research consisted of detailed analysis of the Comparison Between Various Broking
Companies &Sharekhan Ltd. . The sample size taken was 50 for the concerned study.
Primary data was used for the study with convenience sampling technique further the
study included the objectives of the study, scope of the study, research design, research
methodology frame work sampling statistics, reliability statistics, data sources and with
Various literature review of work already done was included to study regarding the
various services provided by the different companies & charges taken by them. The
project later included the data presentation and analysis part where the data had been
presented in the form of various demographics that were identified from the respondents.
The demographic presentation drawn by depicting them into the form of bar graphs and
then also drawn the interpretations for the same. The data analysis part included the
hypothesis testing and results of the test also described in this part.
The study further included the methodology part where the data was collected from the
primary sources for valid and reliable result. Regression and correlation were used to
generate the equation to describe the statistical relation between one or more predator
Findings the study then focused on the limitations of the research study undertaken and
then identified the suggestions and scope for the further study. The study further
highlighted that after conducting a proper research in the title being undertaken what are
the relative drawings that were drawn and then despite of conduction a research project
with proper research technology and techniques and tools, what were the limitations in
the study and lastly what was the scope if further studies are to be conducted in the same
research project by others. Project study further focused on the suggestions that were
Stock market has a crucial part of country’s economy.This topic includes practical
preference or interest towards the share market .This is a market , which is uncertain
Objectives:
Scope: This study is conducted to know the profitability & return of the company
position of the concern should be maintained. By analysis past and present performance
and future decision can be taken. Such decision is used by investors to invest money in
the share of company this performance of the concern which result is achieving the gain
of investors.
Methodology:
Analytical research technique was adopted in this project. The researcher used analytical
type of research to analyze the past data based on which certain future decision can be
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Exploratory factors analysis is used the factors affection customer’s perception. The
relationship between the variable is identified by using the correlation and regression
model.
The topic is the study of consumer preference towards investment in stock market.
DEMAT A/C is a pool of various scripts and securities, where as online trading a/c is a
tool of purchasing and selling of share or scripts online. These scripts are then transferred
This topic includes the practical experience of selling company product that is followed
by studying the consumer preference or interest towards the share market. This is a
market, which is uncertain sometime it gives the opportunity of the huge profit and vice
versa. It depends up on the investment customer made. This is better option to have better
return on the investment then investing in banks, mutual funds or bonds etc. but the risk
This product offer the customer tow type of investment option INTRADAY and
DELEVERY both of them has their own benefits and limitation but a better way to have
more return on investment. Intraday means investing in share market for a day i.e.
purchasing and selling of the share in one day. Delivery is purchasing share and selling it
next day. The charges that company charged in terms of Brokerage are different in the
Sharekhan.
∑ To analyze market share of Sharekhan as compared to the giants like ICICI Direct
Special objective:-
∑ To Creating customer
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research design is that activity through which any researcher can choose his structure of
research any he can collect valuable and correct data through the market from various
sources of data
∑ NON-PROBABILITY
The research is primarily both exploratory as well as descriptive in nature. The sources of
collect the customer’s perception and buying behavior, through this questionnaire.
SAMPLING METHODOLOGY
Sampling Technique:
study was done in order to know the accuracy of the Questionnaire. The final
Questionnaire was arrived only after certain important changes were done. Thus my
Sampling Unit:-
The respondents who were asked to fill out questionnaires are the sampling units. These
Sample size: -
Thus sample size of 100 respondents is taken. Because the population is too large so it is
difficult to survey.
SOURCES OF DATA
Primary data: -
For the survey a sample of 100 people were considered. All 100 are personally visited.
Secondary data: -
Secondary data consist of information that already exists somewhere, having been
collected for another purpose. For this report secondary data is collected from website of
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∑ The sample size of 100 might not represent the perception of whole population,
as the sample size is too small for total population of Delhi city.
Another limitation is that there is lack of time. If more time is given then studies will be
more effective.
COMPANY PROFILE
Sharekhan is India’s leading online retail broking house. Launched on February 8, 2000
as an online trading portal, Sharekhan has today a pan-India presence with over 1,529
outlets serving 1400,000 customers across 450 cities. It also has international presence
distribution of mutual funds, insurance and structured products. These services are
backed by quality investment advice from an experienced research team which offers
investment and trading ideas based on fundamental and technical research respectively,
market related news, statistical information on equities, commodities, mutual funds, IPOs
and much more. Sharekhan is a member of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National
Stock Exchange and the country’s two leading commodity exchanges, the NCDEX and
Depository and Central Depository Services. Sharekhan has set category leadership
that emulates a broker terminal besides providing information and tools relevant to day
traders. Its second initiative, First Step, is targeted at empowering the first-time investors.
Sharekhan has also set its global footprint through the “India First” initiative, a series of
seminars conducted by Sharekhan to help the non-resident Indians participate and benefit
Sharekhan is actually a brand name from ‘SSKI Securities’. ‘SSKI Group’ was running
successfully since 1922 in the country. ‘SSKI Group’ has over 88 years experience in
stock broking business. The firm’s online trading and investment site-
www.sharekhan.comwas
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trading currently account for just over 8% of the daily trading in stocks in India. While
online trading currently account for just over 8% of the daily trading in stocks in India.
Sharekhan alone account for 32% of the volumes traded online. On April 17, 2002
2007 Sharekhan again launched his another integrated software based product Trade
Tiger. Sharekhan’s ground network includes over 1005 centers in 450 cities in India. 110
are fully-owned branches. Previously the Morakiya family holed a majority stake in the
company but now CITI VENTURE GROUP has taken a majority stake in the company.
Comparisons:
Sharekhanvs ICICI Direct – Compare Brokerage Charges, Demat Account & more
largest full service non-banking broker while ICICI Direct is the largest Full Service
Banking Broker with more than 3 million client base. This comparison between both the
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NSE. It has 154 branches across India. Incorporated in 2000, Sharekhan is a Full Service
Broker. It offers trading at BSE, NSE, MCX. It has 2800 branches across India.
Plan)
ICICI Direct trading account opening charges is ₹975 while Sharekhan account opening
changes is ₹0 (Free). ICICI Direct Demat Account AMC Charges is ₹700 and
Charges
Charges
Charges
Charges
ICICI Direct brokerage charges for equity is 0.55% and intraday is 0.275% whereas
Plan)
Fixed Charges
Brokerage
Brokerage
Trading Brokerage
Trading Brokerage
Special Offers Special Offer: Get ICICI Special Offer: Get Free
Different competitors
Sharekhan
5paisa.com
KotakStreet.com
IndiaBulls.com
HDFCsec.com
5paisa.com
Indianfoline was founded in 1995 and was positioned as a research firm in 2000 e-
broking was started under the brand name of 5paisa.com. Apart from offering online
It also acts as a distributor of various financial services i.e GOI securities , Company
Investor Terminal
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Brokerage :
Trade Terminal
Brokerage :
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Kotakstreet
Kotakstreet is the retail aim of Kotaksecurities .Kotak Securities limited is a joint venture
Free Way : Flat Rs 999 Cover Charges p.m, 0.03% per transaction
High Trader : 6 Times Exposure Cash & Derivatives , Auto sq off 2:55
For Kotak Fast Lane / KeatLite / Keat Desktop are trading interfaces.
Non refundable
Pricing Of Kotak
Brokerage Slab wise : Higher the volume , lower the brokerage . Even older customer (
on 0.25% & 0.40% ) have been moved to the slab wise structure wef 1/4/2004
Indiabulls
. It offers a full range of financial services and Products ranging from Equities to
Power Indiabulls : Account with sophisticated trading tools , low commissions and
Pricing of IB Accounts
Signature Account
Brokerage : Negotiable
Power Indiabulls
Brokerage : Negotiable
Paid Research
Scheme
WebBased-1-Year-6000
Facility
Scheme
Facility
HDFC Securities
HDFC Securities Ltd. is promoted by the HDFC Bank, HDFC and Chase Capital Partners
and their associates .Pioneers in setting up Dial-a-share services with the largest team of
Tele-brokers.
Advantage
Initial Margin :Rs 5000/- for non HDFC Bank customers ( AQB )
Brokerage :
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Literature review
which were classified into two groups, namely social and economic factors, in general.
But recent literature put emphasis on social factors in general and behavioral factors
(psychological biases and personality traits) in particular that affect investors‟ decisions,
as the fluctuations in financial markets could not be explained with the principal
investment behavior are over significance, risk tolerance, self-monitoring and social
influence.
Mehta and Aggarwal (2011) observed that there is association of demographic profiles
and personality type of investor with investment choice. The differences among genders
were found to be significant for provident funds, fixed deposits, and real estate. Females
were found more conservative than males. The investors in the higher age groups
preferred post office as an investment option compared to the investors in the lower age
groups. Most of the investors preferred to consult their family members for making
investment.
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individual investors‟ behavior in context of the theory of reasoned action and the theory
regression analysis, they found that social factors, namely social interactions and media,
Vyas and Moonat (2012) suggested that the mutual fund companies should come
forward with full support for the investors in terms of advisory services, participation of
and ensure that proper consultancy is offered to the investors in understanding the terms
and conditions of different mutual fund schemes. They also proposed that more laws
should be implemented.
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for this trade-off between risk and return is that investors do not like risk, and therefore
analysis of variance and post-hoc tests, past performance of the company‟s stock,
earnings and get-rich quick were found to be the most influential factors on 43
among investors.
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education, risk and return perception on the choice of investment between various
financial avenues. The data were collected from 250 respondents using a structured
questionnaire. Chi square statistic was used to establish the factors that were significantly
Bernard (2013) criticized the empirical research regarding the role of accounting data in
valuation stock, among his suggestions for future research calling for more of the
methodology modeling and the studies that use samples of firms within particular
industry or economic sector, thus allows researchers to exploit their knowledge of the
book ratios, and implications for financial statements analysis. Working paper
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accounting basic signals between stock prices, using the earnings, stock prices, monthly
returns, and some of the financial data that reflected on fundamental analysis, based on
the view via Penman (2014) and Lev and Thiagarahan (2014). (Abarbanell, S. J.
&Bushee, J. B., 2014 Fundamental analysis, future earnings and stock prices, Journal of
Nissim and Penman (2014) attempt at studying the impact of the relationship between
financial ratios analysis on equity valuations, and in this study indicated that for the
analysis of the financial position of its uses in the equity valuation, in this context is
integrating the analysis of earnings and expansion, the application on the US market
indices in the period between 1963 - 1996, and using the Pooled Cross Sectional and
Time Series Analysis. (Nissim, D. & Penman, H. S., 2014. Ratio analysis and equity
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funds. The study examined investor's perception towards risk involved in mutual funds,
return from mutual funds in comparison to other financial avenues, transparency and
disclosure practices. The study investigated problems of investors encountered with due
to unprofessional services of mutual funds. The study found that majority of individual
investors doesn’t consider mutual funds as highly risky investment. In fact on a ranking
scale it is considered to be on higher side when compared with other financial avenues.
The study also reported that significant relationship of interdependence exists between
income level of investors and their perception for investment returns from mutual funds
investment.
Louis K. C. Chan, Jason Karceski and Josef Lakonishok ( 2015 ); The ability to
identify which factors best capture systematic return co variation is central to applications
of multifactor pricing models. This paper uses a common data set to evaluate the
managerial assessments of risk and expected return using non-experimental data from
on the measures used. However, with a return measure that accounted for the expected
Hema and V Ariram (2016) in their research paper titled, “Fundamental analysis with
should analyze the market fundamentally and technically before investing in shares. They
also noticed growth in the pharmaceutical industry in India. (J Hema and V Ariram,
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analysis of public sector banks in India” detailed the growth of the Indian banking
industry and current performance of the bank with the help of various ratios.
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Data presentation
Data presentation and analysis forms an integral part of all academic studies,
which must be processed to put for any application. Data analysis helps in the
interpretation of data and take a decision or answer theresearch question. Data analysis
starts with the collection of data followed byvarious data presenting method and sorting
it. Processed data helps in obtaininginformation from it as the raw data is non-
data by using graphs, charts,maps and other methods. These methods help in adding the
visual aspect to datawhich makes it much more comfortable and quicker to understand.
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different shares broking companies like Sharekhan Ltd. and others & also about their
various services.
Here is the first output of the collected data and it shows the preferences of the different
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This data shows the reason for preferring the online trading :
This data shows the factors motivates the different individuals to invest in securities :
This data shows brokerage firm preference of different individuals for online trading :
This data shows the factor which differentiate the respondent’s sharing trading company
from others :
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based platform :
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Rs ) :
This data shows the percentage of their earnings do they invest in share trading :
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This data shows that do they follow daily/ weekly/monthly research study or papers
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The present chapter aims to recollect the various phases of the study. A summary of the
research with the main findings has also been presented. In this chapter we provide some
Out of 110 respondents 56% invests in the shares and rest are invests in the mutual funds,
bonds & others which means more than the half of them invests in the shares.
83.6% of the respondents prefer the trading online and a very less part of them prefers the
offline trading just 16.4% which shows that the most of the customers or investors have
48.6% of the respondents prefers Sharekhan Ltd. for the online trading which is the most
preferred company by respondents than 36.7% of the respondents prefers the ICICI
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they trade monthly and it is the majority of the respondents to trade than 31.1% of them
Conclusion
opening procedure.
Company should use the tool of advertising for marketing the brand and the
product.
Reduction in brokerage would attract the customer of India bulls, 5 paisa and
other competition’s heaving less brokerage then us. It would increase the
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https://top10stockbroker.com/broker-comparison/sharekhan-vs-icici-direct/
https://www.chittorgarh.com/comparebroker/icicidirect-vs-sharekhan/1/2/
https://www.scribd.com/doc/36334111/Comparative-Analysis-of-Sharekhan-and-
Other-Stock-Broker-Companies-project-final
https://www.slideshare.net/PawanRaj1/sharekhan-project
https://www.chittorgarh.com/stockbroker/zerodha/18/
https://www.chittorgarh.com/stockbroker/icicidirect/1/
https://www.chittorgarh.com/stockbroker/5paisa/4/
https://www.chittorgarh.com/stockbroker/angel-broking/14/
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https://www.chittorgarh.com/stockbroker/hdfc-securities/6/
Company has an advantage of reach tips for which Share khan known for the
customers who are new they need relationship manager who will tell them about
investment so it should be provide to all the customer on demand this will lead to
customer on demand this will lead to customer satisfaction and will hip to have
The company also have the advantage of broke rage charge it need some
revision so that the customer who are locking for the less brokerage can open there
account in are company taking into consideration the different proposal it can be
The company has shown the growth trend and it has reached at no.2 it can
already tie-up with 8 banks for online fund transfer that reduce the paper work for
The company can increase the customer base if the account opening charges
The company should revise the advertising strategy to increase its brand
be targeted.
Glossary
available as another
possibility or choice
published on a particular
activity
elements or structure of
something
analysis
a promise
purpose of a survey or
statistical study
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through a comparison study between various share broking companies and Sharekhan
Ltd. . This is the survey to understand to analyze the comparison between various broking
firms. As this survey is going to help me in pursuing my research study, I thank you in
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