Lo ngbow is pleased to recognize the following analysts who placed among the top three in the StarMine Analyst Awards for the U.S. region. The StarMine Analyst Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptio nal performance throughout the professio nal investment community.

Longbow Research ranked number ONE for the Most Productive Broker. The Productive Broker award goes to the firm that has earned the highest number of individual analyst awards relative to the total number of qualifying analysts in their firm. To be considered for this award, a firm must have a minimum of ten analysts who qualified for a 2014 StarMine Analyst Award.

Garik Shmois, Josh Zaret, Mark Douglass, James Hardiman and Neil Frohnapple were recognized in the 2014 Starmine Analyst Awards. Garik Shmois scored #1 in both stock-picking and earnings estimate accuracy within the Construction Materials category. Neil Frohnapple earned the #1 earnings estimator rank on Trading Companies & Distributors. Josh Zaret earned the #2 earnings estimator rank on Containers & Packaging. Mark Douglass earned the #2 earnings estimator rank on Electrical Equipment. James Hardiman earned the #3 earnings estimator rank on Leisure Products.

Now in its 11th year, Longbow Research is a leading independent research firm serving the institutional community. For investors seeking alpha and primary market insight, our survey work together with our deep cyclical focus are designed to deliver a meaningful performance edge and real time transparency on less efficient areas of the marketplace.