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UBS’s Kaumil Gajrawala is No. 3 for a third year running. “His best call was on Monster, where he has been the most bullish — and absolutely right,” proclaims one buy-side supporter. Gajrawala pounded the table on Monster Beverage Corp. in October 2011, at a split-adjusted $44.54, telling clients that the Corona, California–based energy-drink maker presented an “unrecognized growth opportunity.” He’d been recommending the stock since launching coverage in December 2007, at $24.56. At that time the company was known as Hansen Natural Corp.; it changed its name earlier this year. The stock had bubbled up to $58.94 by the end of August — for a 32.3 percent gain since the reiteration and a stunning 140 percent advance since the analyst’s initial recommendation. RUNNER(S)-UP Ali Dibadj Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Judy Hong Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dara Mohsenian Morgan Stanley |
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