#1 - Adam Twa, Peters & Co.
Sector: Oil, gas and consumable fuels Performance: Beat benchmark by 20.9 per cent Best call: Kept a "sector outperform" rating on Duvernay Oil as it soared from $29.04 to $82.80, a gain of 187 per cent, as its shares rallied on a takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell.
#2 - Cameron Doerksen, Versant Partners
Sector: Diversified industrials Performance: Beat benchmark by 19.4 per cent Best call: Stayed bearish on Ace Aviation Holdings , which would go on to lose 87 per cent on weakness in the airline sector.
#3 - David Tyerman, Scotia Capital (now at Genuity Capital Markets)
Sector: Diversified industrials, auto components Performance: Beat benchmark by 16.4 per cent Best call: Maintained a "sector underperform" on Wescast Industries for more than 11 months as it fell 89 per cent.
#4 - Patrick Kenny, National Bank Financial
Sector: Chemicals and utilities Performance: Beat benchmark by 16 per cent Best call: Held an "underperform" on Algonquin Power Income Fund through the end of the year as it fell 67 per cent and under-performed the benchmark by 12 per cent.
#5 - Menal Patel, National Bank Financial
Sector: Oil and gas, royalty trusts Performance: Beat benchmark by 16 per cent Best call: Remained bullish on Trilogy Energy Trust for almost four months as it shot up 71 per cent to outperform the benchmark by 74 per cent.
#6 - David Martin, Dundee Securities
Sector: Health care Performance: Beat benchmark by 11.1 per cent Best call: Was bullish on Labopharm for 44 days as it shot up 359 per cent and outperformed the benchmark by 351 per cent.
#7 - Sumit Malhotra, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (now at Macquarie Research Equities)
Sector: Commercial bank, financial service Performance: Beat benchmark by 10.9 per cent Best call: Held an "underperform" on GMP Capital Trust as it dropped 68 per cent and under-performed the benchmark by 20 per cent.
#8 - Steven Li, Raymond James
Sector: IT equipment, software and IT services Performance: Beat benchmark by 10.5 per cent Best call: Remained bullish on Q9 Networks from the outset of the year through August as it gained 25 per cent and outperformed the benchmark by 64 per cent.
#9 - Adam Shine, National Bank Financial
Sector: Media, diversified industrials Performance: Beat benchmark by 9.3 per cent Best call: Had an "underperform" on Cinram International Income Fund for 11 months as it fell 75 per cent and under-performed the benchmark by 32 per cent.
#10 - Peter Doig, Scotia Capital
Sector: Oil, gas and consumable fuels; energy equipment and services Performance: Beat benchmark by 8.7 per cent Best call: Bearish on Compton Petroleum for more than seven months as it slid by 87 per cent and under-performed the benchmark by 52 per cent
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Rank |
Analyst |
Broker |
Primary Coverage Industries |
1 |
Lampard, Gary |
Canaccord Adams |
Metals & Mining; Diversified Industrials |
2 |
Barnes, Greg |
TD Securities |
Metals & Mining; Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
3 |
MacArthur, Brian |
UBS |
Metals & Mining; Chemicals & Utilities; Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
4 |
Tse, Richard |
National Bank Financial |
Software & IT Services; Health Care; IT Equipment |
5 |
Mazar, Michael |
BMO Capital Markets |
Energy Equipment & Services |
6 |
Fairbanks, Andrew |
BAS-ML |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
7 |
Kwan, Robert |
RBC Capital Markets |
Chemicals & Utilities; Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
8 |
Courtright, Tony |
Scotia Capital |
Chemicals & Utilities; Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels; Consumer Services |
9 |
Granger, Jason |
BMO Capital Markets |
Diversified Industrials |
10 |
Bastien, Frederic |
Raymond James |
Diversified Industrials; Energy Equipment & Services |
Top ranked brokers
Rank |
Broker |
Total number of awards |
1 |
BMO Capital Markets |
17 |
2 |
RBC Capital Markets |
14 |
3 |
Scotia Capital |
14 |
4 |
TD Securities |
13 |
5 |
National Bank Financial |
11 |
6 |
CIBC World Markets |
8 |
7 |
Dundee Securities |
7 |
8 |
BAS-ML |
6 |
9 |
Cormark Securities |
6 |
10 |
Raymond James |
5 |
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