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As stock investors, it is almost an everyday affair to come across stock analysis reports. It is not uncommon to across analyst reports comprising 5-6 pages of graphs and write-ups. Perhaps, it is meant to instill in readers that painstaking analysis is real hard work, and that not many people are capable or willing to do them. Actually, the way I see it (and perhaps many readers out there would agree) is the final conclusion of whether it is the ‘Buy’ or ‘Sell’ call that matters to everybody. The target price is probably all that matters. To make it especially appealing to readers, most brokerage houses design this most important conclusion to be at the most significant part of an