Equity Research
Our equity research team has consistently led the industry, providing insightful, timely and comprehensive information for advisors across the nation and around the world. With more than 100 industry analysts and associates, Raymond James fields one of the larger research organizations in the brokerage industry (among the top 5 of all U.S. brokerage firms, according to Thomson Financial).
We cover nearly 1,100 companies in eight industry groups, seeking attractive niches within broader industries. The overall performance of our Analysts’ Best Picks (an annual release detailing our analysts’ best stock picks for the coming year) has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 by an average of 17.6% per year over the last 10 years.*
*Annual average Best Picks total return performance minus the comparable S&P 500 performance, for 1997 through the close of December 8, 2006. Since 1997 a total of 108 stocks have been recommended through this list. Of this total 76 advanced and 32 declined within the recommended holding period. The holding period for each year’s list is approximately 55 weeks from the inception date to 12/31 of the following year. An investor would incur commissions (and interest charges if transacted in a margin account) to transact these recommendations. The results presented should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. Individual results will vary and transaction costs related to investing in these stocks will affect overall performance. There is no assurance that the list will achieve the results expected and investors may incur profits or losses. The S&P is an unmanaged index of 500 widely held stocks that is generally considered representative of the U.S. Stock Market. A complete record of all Analysts’ Best Picks since 1997 is available upon request.