Below, II shows how analysts ranked by sector, based on feedback from the individuals who would know best - the investors who are listening to their advice.

This page shows you which analysts are surpassing their peers in specific niches of industry research. Pick an investment sector from the list below to see the first team, second team, third team and runners-up in each category.

We arrived at the team designations by simply taking the number of votes awarded to each firm and analyst and weighting them, based on the size of the institution responding and the place it awarded the firm. Firms fell into the runners-up category when their scores fell within 35 percent of the third-teamers' scores.