Thursday, February 18, 2010

TopGun Rising Stars

Over 2000 institutional investors are debriefed annually on their confidence in the largest companies globally. Key categories of shareholder confidence include:
Confidence in the CEO
Confidence in the CFO
Confidence in Senior Management
Confidence in Disclosure
Positioning of the company in the sector
Short and long term growth potential

Portfolio managers and analysts are then asked to nominate the top 5 small-mid cap companies they see as “Rising Stars” in their sector, i.e. companies that are rapidly gaining their confidence in the aforementioned categories over the past 12 months.

Six companies were nominated as TopGun Rising Star Companies. A Rising Star Company is a small/mid-cap company that is considered by investors to have superb management, strong positioning and an excellent growth profile. The TopGun Rising Star Companies in Canada are:

Red Back Mining Inc.
Eldorado Gold Corporation Bonavista Energy Trust Ltd.
Silver Wheaton Corporation
Dollarama Inc.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust

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