May 21, 2015
Thomson Reuters Announces Winners of 2015 StarMine Analyst Awards – Canada
Toronto – Thomson Reuters today announced the winners of the 2015 StarMine Analyst Awards for Canada. This is the thirteenth year that StarMine has presented its awards to the top stock analysts and brokerage firms in Canada.
StarMine, a leading provider of objective ratings of sell-side securities analysts, measures the performance of analysts based on the industry excess returns of their buy/sell recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. The 2015 awards recognise the sell-side analysts who have shown outstanding performance either as stock pickers based on the calendar year of 2014, and/or earnings estimators on the fiscal period that reported between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015.
Raj Shah, head of StarMine sell-side research at Thomson Reuters, added, “The sell-side research environment remained as interesting as ever. Market forces played a dominant influence on the direction and volatility of markets, making the analysts’ job as difficult as ever. Analysts had to be more relevant, as the needs of their clients became more complex and changing; as well as offering something more bespoke by getting closer to them, and understanding what they really needed and seamlessly delivering it. Winning analysts were those who were not afraid to make a sell recommendation, and issued estimates that were more timely and accurate than their peers. Congratulations to all of this year’s ranked analysts.”
Analysts are awarded prizes in three main categories: stock recommendation performance relative to specific industry benchmarks (“Stock Pickers”), accuracy in forecasting earnings as compared with peers (“Earnings Estimators”) and brokerage firms whose analysts win the most awards (“Most Award-Winning Brokers”).
The winners of the Thomson Reuters StarMine Analysts Awards 2015 Canada are:
Most Award-Winning Brokers
Rank |
Broker |
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1 |
Scotiabank GBM |
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2 |
RBC Capital Markets |
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3 |
BMO Capital Markets |
|
3 |
CIBC World Markets |
|
3 |
TD Securities |
|
Overall Stock Picker
Rank |
Analyst |
Broker |
1 |
Andrew Breichmanas |
BMO Capital Markets |
Overall Earnings Estimator
Rank |
Analyst |
Broker |
1 |
Michael Jalonen |
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research |
Industry Stock Pickers
Rank |
Industry |
Analyst |
Broker |
1 |
Banks |
Ohad Lederer |
Veritas Investment Research |
1 |
Chemicals & Utilities |
Andrew Kuske |
Credit Suisse |
1 |
Diversified Industrials |
Walter Spracklin |
RBC Capital Markets |
1 |
Energy Equipment & Services |
Jason Sawatzky |
AltaCorp Capital |
1 |
Financial Services |
Adam Seanor |
Mackie Research Capital |
1 |
Insurance |
Tom MacKinnon |
BMO Capital Markets |
1 |
Media |
Phillip Huang |
Barclays |
1 |
Metals & Mining |
Brian Szeto |
PI Financial Corp. |
1 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
Robert Catellier |
GMP Securities |
1 |
Paper & Forest Products |
Benoît Laprade |
Scotiabank GBM |
1 |
Real Estate (including REITs) |
Mario Saric |
Scotiabank GBM |
1 |
Retail |
Michael Van Aelst |
TD Securities |
1 |
Software & IT Services |
Richard Tse |
Cormark Securities |
1 |
Telecommunication Services |
Phillip Huang |
Barclays |
Industry Earnings Estimators:
Rank |
Industry |
Analyst |
Broker |
1 |
Auto Components |
Peter Sklar |
BMO Capital Markets |
1 |
Banks |
Steve Theriault |
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research |
1 |
Chemicals & Utilities |
Matthew Akman |
Scotiabank GBM |
1 |
Diversified Industrials |
Greg McLeish |
GMP Securities |
1 |
Energy Equipment & Services |
Andrew Bradford |
Raymond James |
1 |
Financial Services |
Doug Young |
Desjardins Securities |
1 |
Insurance |
Tom MacKinnon |
BMO Capital Markets |
1 |
IT Equipment |
Todd Coupland |
CIBC World Markets |
1 |
Media |
Adam Shine |
National Bank Financial |
1 |
Metals & Mining |
Michael Jalonen |
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research |
1 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
Carl Kirst |
BMO Capital Markets |
1 |
Paper & Forest Products |
Sean Steuart |
TD Securities |
1 |
Real Estate (including REITs) |
Neil Downey |
RBC Capital Markets |
1 |
Retail |
Michael Van Aelst |
TD Securities |
1 |
Software & IT Services |
Thanos Moschopoulos |
BMO Capital Markets |
Please click here for the complete winners’ list, including industry sector winners, and the awards methodology.
About Thomson Reuters StarMine Analyst Awards
The Thomson Reuters StarMine Analyst Awards recognise the world's top individual analysts and sell-side firms based on the objective measurement of their estimate accuracy and recommendation performance. The Thomson Reuters StarMine Awards are calculated using StarMine equity analyst performance data, which has been rigorously tested and proven in the marketplace since 1998. The Thomson Reuters StarMine Analyst Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrates exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community. For more details, please click here.
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