Raymond James Equity Research team continues to distinguish itself for top quality research and analysis
The 2011 StarMine Top Analyst Awards bestowed eight awards on the Raymond James Equity Research team for their stock-picking acumen. Raymond James took three of the top four spots for overall stock picking.
These awards celebrate analysts in several categories. In addition to the top overall stock pickers, awards were given to analysts for stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy in individual industry sectors.
Hats off to the following Raymond James analysts honoured at the 2011 Canadian awards:
- Steven Hansen, CMA, CFA, who covers Industrials (Transportation, Agribusiness & Food Products) from our Vancouver office ranked #2 in the Top Overall Stock Picker category and #1 in the Industrials sector.
- Andrew Bradford, CFA, Head of Energy Services, who covers Energy Equipment and Services from our Calgary office, ranked #3 in the Top Overall Stock Picker category and #1 in his sector.
- Daryl Swetlishoff, CFA, Head of Research as well as a Forest Products analyst out of our Vancouver office, ranked #4 in the Top Overall Stock Picker category and #1 in his sector.
- Brad Humphrey, who covers Precious Metals from our Toronto office was celebrated as the #2 Stock Picker in the Metals and Mining sector.
- Bart Jaworski, P. Geo, who covers Uranium and Junior Exploration from our Vancouver office, was honoured as the #1 Earnings Estimator in his sector.
The accomplishments of our team are an impressive reflection of their hard work and commitment to excellence. Each of our analysts and associates throughout our Equity Research team shares the same dedication in providing our clients with the very best investment ideas and recommendations.
“Accurate fundamental analysis supporting money-making stock calls is a cornerstone of our research effort at Raymond James,” says Paul Allison, CEO and President, Raymond James Ltd. “It’s very gratifying to see the long hours our research teams put in be rewarded with third-party recognition,” he adds.
Daryl Swetlishoff points out that "an important performance criteria for our research analysts is obviously their ability to accurately predict future stock price returns and earnings of the companies in their coverage universe. Given the exceptional caliber of the competition, this accomplishment is a very significant achievement for the recognized analysts and they deserve to be congratulated."
StarMine, the leading provider of objective ratings of securities analysts, measures analysts' performance based on the return of their stock recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. The 2011 StarMine Analyst Awards program utilizes the I/B/E/S system as its data source.