São Paulo, Brazil – Thomson Reuters today announced the winners of the 2015 StarMine Analyst Awards for Latin America. This is the very first year that StarMine has presented its awards to the top stock analysts and brokerage firms in the region.

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.

“For the past 14 years, Thomson Reuters StarMine has held this excellence recognition across the globe, covering European- and Asian-based regions, as well as the U.S. and Canada. It´s an honour for us to be able to expand this initiative to include Latin America as the 16th region where we recognize analyst skill set and timing on stock picking and earnings accuracy ability”, said Massimo Di Gregorio, Global Head F&R Market Development GGO, Thomson Reuters.

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”);
• brokerage firms whose analysts win the most awards (“Most Award-Winning Brokers”).

The winners of the Thomson Reuters StarMine Analysts Awards 2015 Latin America are:

Most Award-Winning Brokers

Overall Stock Picker

Overall Earning Estimator

Industry Stock Pickers

Industry Earnings Estimators

Please click here for the complete winners’ list, including industry sector winners, and the awards methodology.

About Thomson Reuters StarMine Analyst Awards

Thomson Reuters StarMine is globally recognized as the gold standard in objective measurement of sell-side analyst performance. The awards recognize the world's top individual sell-side analysts and firms, and they can also be used by buy-side firms to identify the leading analysts at sell-side firms. The Thomson Reuters StarMine Analyst Awards measure the performance of sell-side analysts based on the returns of their buy and sell recommendations relative to industry benchmarks; and the accuracy of their earnings estimates in 16 regions across the globe. For the past 14 years, Thomson Reuters StarMine has partnered with some of the world’s most respected financial news outlets to publish the names of the winning analysts to give them the exposure and recognition they deserve. We also utilise internal press releases that are distributed to external business and financial desks. 

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