Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY (PRWEB) September 03, 2013
Wedbush Securities, one of the nation’s leading financial services providers and award-winning equity research firms, congratulates its equity research team as it secured six top placements throughout StarMine’s 2013 Analyst Awards for Excellence. Wedbush ranked highly in categories for both “Top Stock Pickers” and “Top Earnings Estimators.” The firm was recognized for its expertise in Biotechnology, Leisure Equipment & Products, Life Sciences Tools & Services, Machinery and Multiline Retail.
StarMine “objectively measures the performance of analysts based on the returns of their buy/sell recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates” to determine rankings. The following Wedbush analysts were selected for their outstanding achievements --
Top Stock Pickers
- Rommel Dionisio, #2 Leisure Equipment & Products
- David Nierengarten, #2 Biotechnology
- David Rose, #3 Machinery (for coverage of Water and Renewable Energy Solutions)
Top Earnings Estimators
- Rommel Dionisio, #1 Leisure Equipment & Products
- Zarak Khurshid, #1 Life Sciences Tools & Services
- Joan Storms, #2 Multiline Retail
“Wedbush is proud to be consistently selected for the insightful analyses and differentiated recommendations we provide to our clients,” said Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Equities, Wedbush Securities. “The StarMine Analyst Awards recognize the very best performances. We congratulate our equity research team for their excellence in stock picking and earnings estimates accuracy over the past year.”
Wedbush Equity Research offers in-depth and differentiated research coverage across the consumer, life sciences, technology and industrial growth sectors. The team, comprised of more than 30 publishing analysts, generates timely, insightful analyses and the firm’s award-winning Wedbush Best Ideas List, an actively monitored compilation of stock ideas identifying outperformance trends over the forward 6 to 12 month period. Wedbush Equity Research consistently ranks among the industry’s leading performance surveys including Barron’s and Zacks Investment Research’s “Top Stock Picking Firm,” Financial Times’ “Top Analysts,” Institutional Investor’s “Rising Stars of Wall Street Research,” Wall Street Journal’s “Best of the Street,” and StarMine’s “Analyst Awards for Excellence.”
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About Wedbush Securities
Founded in 1955, Wedbush Securities is a leading investment firm that provides brokerage, clearing, investment banking, equity research, public finance, fixed income sales and trading, and asset management to individual, institutional and issuing clients. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with over 100 registered offices, the firm focuses on relentless service, client financial safety, continuity, and advanced technology. Wedbush Securities is the largest subsidiary of holding company WEDBUSH, Inc., which also includes affiliated firms Wedbush Bank, Wedbush Capital Partners, Wedbush Opportunity Partners, Wedbush Asset Management and Lime Brokerage LLC. Follow us on Twitter @Wedbush.