Research

Our roots as a firm are in research – it is at the core of our corporate culture.  We understand the important role that quality research plays in the institutional brokerage process, and we seek to differentiate ourselves through originality of perspective, depth of insight and our ability to uncover industry trends.

Our research group uses a highly disciplined analysis focused on intrinsic value, which we developed to critically examine the capital structure of the companies we cover, as well as their competitive positions and the growth opportunities within their industries. We apply this discipline – which helps us assess how effectively a company’s managers deploy the capital entrusted to them – not only in our published research but also when making investing and underwriting judgments.

The firm focuses its banking, trading and research efforts in seven broad industry sectors including consumer, diversified industrials, energy & natural resources, financial institutions, insurance, real estate and technology, media & telecom.
In addition to company-specific coverage, analysts in each industry sector regularly integrate their research into a single industry overview or “strategist” report. Our analytical coverage includes a large number of small- and mid-cap companies in addition to the large S&P 500 companies.

Our presence in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area enables us to offer clients a unique perspective on legislatively influenced issues through our one-of-a-kind Washington Policy Analysis group – a team of experienced analysts and Capitol Hill veterans specializing in timely analysis of the ways in which regulatory and legislative trends and events affect market sectors and individual companies.