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

Sector - Aerospace/Defense
Rank/Company/Country
1 BAE Systems PLC - UK
2 United Technologies Corp. - United States
3 Lockheed Martin Corp. - United States

Sector - Agriculture
Rank/Company/Country
1 Wilmar International Ltd. - Singapore
2 Monsanto Co. - United States
3 Potash Corp of Saskatchewan - Canada

Sector - Automotive
Rank/Company/Country
1 Toyota Motor Corp. - Japan
2 Volvo - Sweden
3 Honda Motor Co. Ltd. - Japan

Sector - Banks
Rank/Company/Country
1 Banco Itau - Brazil
2 Banco Bradesco SA - Brazil
3 BSCH - Spain

Sector - Broadcasting/Cable
Rank/Company/Country
1 The DirecTV Group - United States
2 Shaw Communications - Canada
3 British Sky Broadcasting - UK

Sector - Building/Construction
Rank/Company/Country
1 Bouygues SA - France
2 Vinci SA - France
3 Holcim - Switzerland

Sector - Chemicals
Rank/Company/Country
1 Air Liquide SA - France
2 Agrium Inc. - United States
3 BASF SE - Germany

Sector - Consumer Products
Rank/Company/Country/
1 The Procter & Gamble Company - United States
2 Colgate-Palmolive Co. - United States
3 Phillip-Morris International - United States

Sector - Entertainment
Rank/Company/Country
1 Walt Disney Co. - United States

Sector - Financial Services
Rank/Company/Country
1 VISA International - United States
2 Unibail-Rodamco - France
3 Brookfield Asset Management - Canada

Sector - Food & Beverage
Rank/Company/Country
1 PepsiCo Inc. - United States
2 AmBev - Brazil
3 Nestle - Switzerland

Sector - Gold and Silver
Rank/Company/Country
1 Goldcorp Inc. - Canada
2 Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. - Canada
3 Kinross Gold Corp - Canada

Sector - Hardware
Rank/Company/Country
1 Intel - United States
2 Acer - Taiwan
3 Hewlett Packard Company - United States

Sector - Heavy Industry
Rank/Company/Country
1 Novolipetsk Steel - Russia
2 ArcelorMittal - Luxembourg
3 Tenaris - Luxembourg

Sector - High Tech
Rank/Company/Country
1 Apple Computer, Inc. - United States
2 Research in Motion - Canada
3 Cisco Systems Inc. - United States

Sector - Hospitality
Rank/Comapny/Country
1 McDonald's Corp - United States

Sector - Industrial Electronics
Rank/Company/Country
1 Emerson Electric Co. - United States
2 Samsung Electronics Co. - Korea
3 Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. - Taiwan

Sector - Insurance
Rank/Company/Country
1 MetLife Inc. - United States
2 Manulife Financial - Canada
3 AXA - France

Sector - Internet
Rank/Company/Country
1 Google Inc. - United States

Sector - Manufacturing
Rank/Company/Country
1 Danaher Corp. - United States
2 Atlas Copco AB - Sweden
3 POSCO - Korea

Sector - Mining
Rank/Company/Country
1 BHP Billiton Ltd. - Australia
2 Cia Vale do Rio Doce - Brazil
3 Xstrata - Switzerland

Sector - Oil & Gas
Rank/Company/Country
1 Range Resources Corp. - United States
2 Transocean Inc. - United States
3 BG Group PLC - UK

Sector - Oil & Gas (Services)
Rank/Company/Country
1 Schlumbergr Ltd. - United States

Sector - Pharmaceutical/Biotech
Rank/Company/Country
1 Celgene Corp. - United States
2 Gilead Sciences Inc. - United States
3 Teva Pharmaceutical - Israel

Sector - Power
Rank/Company/Country
1 Alstom - France
2 Iberdrola SA - Spain
3 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners - United States

Sector - Real Estate
Rank/Company/Country
1 Riocan Real Estate Investments Canada
2 Brookfield Properties Co Canada
3 Sun Hun Kai Properties Hong Kong

Sector - Retailing
Rank/Company/Country
1 Hennes & Mauritz AB - Sweden
2 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - United States
3 Costco Wholesale Corporation - United States

Sector - Software
Rank/Company/Country
1 Automatic Data Processing Inc. - United States
2 Adobe Systems Inc. - United States

Sector - Telecommunications
Rank/Company/Country
1 Telefonica SA - Spain
2 America Movil SA - Mexico
3 Rogers Communications - Canada

Sector - Telecommunications Equipment
Rank/Company/Country
1 Nokia - Finland
2 Royal KPN NV - Netherlands
3 Corning Inc. - United States

Sector - Transportation
Rank/Company/Country
1 Canadian National Railway - Canada
2 Deutsche Lufthansa - Germany
3 Mitsui & Co. Ltd. - Japan