S&P Equity Research Tops Competition in The Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Analysts Survey for 2010

NEW YORK, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services is proud to note that ten of its equity analysts have been ranked as "Best on the Street" in The Wall Street Journal's annual survey of equity analysts for 2010, more than any firm in the survey.  Airlines equity analyst Jim Corridore received the award for the sixth time.  Analysts Joseph Agnese, Michael Jaffe, and Efraim Levy are three-time recipients of this prestigious recognition.  In addition, S&P's Esther Kwon, Robert McMillan, and Angelo Zino are all second-time winners. The Wall Street Journal's complete Best on the Street report was published on May 10, 2011*.  

Standard & Poor's equity analytical team has been ranked in the top ten of The Wall Street Journal's annual Best on the Street survey in six of the nine years that the firm has been participating in the survey since 2002.  

"It is a great accomplishment for our equity research team to be ranked number one for stock selection, particularly during a period of high equity market volatility," said Stephen Biggar, Global Director of Equity Research for Standard & Poor's.  "We strive every day to provide best-in-class equity research for our clients, using fundamental and valuation approaches that have been applied through many economic and market cycles.  Having many equity analysts win this award multiple times is a further testament to their stock-picking abilities."

"Our cross asset class research, including our equity research recognized by The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street survey, is delivered to financial advisors through MarketScope Advisor and to institutional investors through Capital IQ," said Keith Ackerman, Managing Director of Standard & Poor's Research & Analytics.  

Following is a list of the S&P Equity Research Wall Street Journal Best on the Street 2010 survey winners.  Videos of the winning analysts discussing their 2011 industry outlook and stocks picks can be found at spbestonthestreet.com.  

Standard & Poor's award-winning equity research can be found on MarketScope Advisor. More information on MarketScope Advisor is available at http://advisor.marketscope.com/ or by calling 1-877-219-1247.  MarketScope Advisor is part of the Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services family of products.  MarketScope Advisor provides financial advisors with actionable investment intelligence on multiple asset classes including stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, variable annuities, and fixed income as well as workflow tools that enable advisors to stay connected to the market and their investments.

Standard & Poor's equity research draws from the award-winning STARS® coverage on over 1,200 U.S.-listed equities and Stock Reports, including detailed financial information, such as valuation models, sector, and peer group analysis, and proprietary Standard & Poor's ranking methodologies such as Fair Value and Quality Rankings, used by market professionals.

About Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services

As one of the world's largest producers of independent equity research, Standard & Poor's licenses its research to global institutions for their investors and advisors.  Standard & Poor's team of experienced U.S., European and Asian equity analysts use a fundamental, bottom-up approach to assess a global universe of equities across industries worldwide.  Follow Standard & Poor's equity analysts' U.S. market commentary each day at http://www.equityresearch.standardandpoors.com/. S&P Equity Research has approximately 80 equity analysts operating around the globe in major money centers spanning from Singapore to London to New York.  

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* Survey rankings are based on the U.S. equity analysts' stock picking skills for stocks ranked in S&P's STock Appreciation Ranking System (STARS). "Winners" are those analysts identified as among the five analysts with the best performance for the prior calendar year in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey.  The Wall Street Journal survey identifies these analysts in each of 44 industries, based only on stock-picking skill.  The data were assembled by FactSet Research Systems Inc., a company that tracks analysts' recommendations and their earnings estimates.  FactSet surveyed more than 6,800 analysts at more than 575 firms, to come up with 2,335 analysts at 196 firms who qualified for inclusion in the survey.

"Independent research" is research produced by a person or organization that has no affiliation, business or contractual relationship with a broker or dealer that would be reasonably likely to inform its research conclusions or determine the content of its research reports.

Past performance is not indicative of future results and will vary from year to year.  Standard & Poor's equity research analysts have been included in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" equity research surveys since 2002.  In that time, the number of categories in which Standard & Poor's analysts have placed among the top five is: 2009—5, 2008—22, 2007—9, 2006—4, 2005—8, 2004—7, 2003—1, and 2002—14. For more information about past rankings please contact S&P.

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