7/26/2007

Best Analysts - Stock Pickers
#2 Shawn Harrison

05.01.07, 12:00 PM ET
www.forbes.com

# 2* among Stock Pickers
in Electronic Equipment & Instruments

Firm: Longbow Research

Companies Covered:
Technitrol *****, Plexus *****, Amphenol *****, Kemet ****, AVX ****, Molex ****, Flextronics International, Merix, Solectron, Sanmina-SCI, TTM Technologies, Vishay Intertechnology, Jabil Circuit

Excess Return**: 4.9%
Industry Benchmark: 7.6%

StarMine Top Analysts
Forbes.com/StarMine Best Analysts
John J. Ray, 05.01.07, 12:00 PM ET

Wall Street has 3,400 sell-side analysts covering U.S. stocks. Consensus earnings projections aggregate this mountain of research and provide useful insight when making investment decisions. Unfortunately, earnings forecasts that are simply an average of estimates from all the analysts tracking a given stock often reflect a "herd" mentality. According to StarMine, consensus earnings forecasts are accurate to the penny only a small fraction of the time.

The Forbes.com/StarMine rankings of the Best Security Analysts in America offer a different perspective on earnings forecasts. We identify the men and women who have proved their mettle for accurately forecasting earnings or for advising investors on when to buy, sell or hold.