ARLINGTON, Va., June 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FBR Capital Markets Corporation (Nasdaq:FBCM) (FBR Capital Markets), a leading investment bank serving the middle market, announced today that its research analysts have been recognized by the Financial Times / StarMine, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.com for their industry-leading earnings estimation and stock-picking performance in 2009.
Forbes.com named Paul Miller the #1 overall sell-side analyst, among more than 2700 peers, for 2010. Other FBR Capital Markets analysts receiving 2010 Forbes.com Blue Chip Analyst Awards include:
- Craig Berger – #1 Semiconductors
- Paul Miller – #1 Banks & Thrifts
- David Rochester – #2 Banks & Thrifts
- Scott Valentin – #2 Finance
- Robert MacKenzie – #4 Oilfield Machinery & Services
- Patrick McCarthy – #4 Aerospace & Defense
- Matt Snowling – #5 Investment Brokers & Managers
2010 is the third consecutive year that Paul Miller has been ranked the #1 Forbes.com Blue Chip Analyst for Banks & Thrifts. This is the third consecutive year that Robert MacKenzie and Scott Valentin, and the second consecutive year that Craig Berger and Matt Snowling, have been ranked by Forbes.com as among the top-five analysts in their respective industries.
FBR Capital Markets analysts recognized among the 2010 Financial Times / StarMine World's Top Analysts include:
- Craig Berger – #1 Earnings Estimator, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
- Bijan Moazami – #2 Stock Picker, Insurance
- Eric Tracy – #3 Earnings Estimator, Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods
- Scott Valentin – #3 Earnings Estimator, Consumer Finance
This is the second consecutive year that Craig Berger has been ranked by FT/StarMine as among the top three earnings estimators for Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment.
The Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street 2010 recognized Bijan Moazami as the #4 stock picker for Insurance: Non-Life.
"We place great value in the distinctiveness and counter-consensus approach of our deep, fundamental research," said David M. Khani, CFA, Senior Managing Director and Director of Research at FBR Capital Markets. "Our ability to generate a unique, value-added product for clients is paramount, and the recognition underscores our analysts' capacity to identify and develop insightful investment theses on a consistent, ongoing basis."
FBR Capital Markets Corporation (Nasdaq:FBCM) provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage, prime brokerage and research services through its subsidiary FBR Capital Markets & Co. FBR Capital Markets focuses capital and financial expertise on the following industry sectors: consumer; diversified industrials; energy & natural resources; financial institutions; insurance; real estate; and technology, media & telecom. FBR Fund Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of FBR Capital Markets Corporation, provides clients with a range of investment choices through The FBR Funds, a family of mutual funds. FBR Capital Markets is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with offices throughout the United States and in London. For more information, please visit www.fbr.com.
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