| Goodbody sweeps the boards in the ‘Best equity analyst’ categories |
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| Goodbody has won eight out of the twelve ‘Best Analyst’ awards, including Neil Clifford’s four awards, while Davy’s John O’Reilly and Merrion’s Seamus Murphy hold onto their titles from last year of ‘Best food & agribusiness’ analyst and ‘Best financials analyst’ respectively. |
It has been another remarkable year for Goodbody in the ‘Best Analyst’ categories, with the firm winning eight out of the twelve awards on offer. Last year the firm won six out of the ten categories, but has managed to increase its titles in this year’s survey.
Two new categories have been added this year - telecoms, due to the return of eircom to the stock markets, and resources.
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Equity strategist
Robbie Kelleher of Davy has once more scooped the ‘Best equity strategist’ award, having last being accorded this honour back in 2001. Since the survey began in 1987, Kelleher has won this category seven times.
Last year’s winner, Bernard McAlinden of NCB, has fallen back to fifth place, with Colin Hunt of Goodbody, in his last appearance in the survey, moving into second place from his placing of third last year. Hunt has since left Goodbody to work as an adviser to the Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen.
Financials
Seamus Murphy of Merrion, who has performed terrifically in the survey, has held onto his ‘Best financials analyst’ award, pushing Scott Rankin of Davy into second place.
Eamonn Hughes of Goodbody, who won this award three times in 1999, 2000 and 2001 when he was with ABN AMRO, moves up from sixth to third.
Mid-caps
Quadruple winner Neil Clifford has rocketed into this category, ousting three times winner John Sheehan of NCB, who falls back to second place, with last year’s runner-up John Mattimoe of Merrion, moving back to third position.
Airlines
Following his success last year in reporting on developments at Ryanair, Joe Gill of Goodbody has again won this category. A regular in the FINANCE Stockbroking survey, Gill has, on previous occasions, also won the Food & Agribusiness category (1990, 1991, 1998). With all the recent talk surrounding the possibility of Aer Lingus floating on the stock exchange, the remit of coverage of this sector may be expanded by the time next year’s survey comes along.
Building materials
Last year’s ‘Analyst of the Year’ Robert Eason holds onto this title, which third place analyst, John Sheehan, has previously won twice. Merrion’s John Mattimoe moves up to second place.
Food & agribusiness
Davy’s John O’Reilly’s predominance in this category continues, with an eleventh win for the analyst. His rival Liam Igoe of Goodbody, who won the award from 1999 to 2001, comes in second place, with NCB’s Paul Meade moving up one place from last year into third.
Hotel & Leisure
In his fourth win in this year’s survey, Goodbody’s Neil Clifford also takes this title, pipping Davy’s Barry Dixon to the post. Last year’s winner, Peter Horgan of Goodbody, does not feature in this year’s survey.
Media
Another win for Neil Clifford in this category with Davy stalwart, Joe Burnell, in runner-up position.
Pharma & biotech
Goodbody posts another win in this category, with regular winner Ian Hunter taking the award. However, he is followed closely by NCB’s David Marshall who moves up one place from last year to second.
Resources
This category was last included in the survey back in 1996. It used to be dominated by Joan Garaghy of NCB who won it four times, and Job Langbroek of Davy, who won it from 1988 to 1992. Langbroek has returned to his former dominance, winning this category once more, followed by Gerry Hennigan of Goodbody.
Technology
Another regular winner for Goodbody is Gerry Hennigan who again wins the technology category. There is no change from last year in the second and third placings, but there is a new face in this sector, Brid White of Merrion. She comes in fourth place, replacing Merrion’s Niamh Brodie who has moved to Pioneer Investments.
Telecoms
Neil Clifford’s second win is in this category, which was added due to the re-flotation of eircom earlier this year on the Dublin and London markets. |
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