The 2013 All-America Research Team: Retailing/Specialty Stores, No. 2: Kimberly Greenberger

For seven years in a row, Kimberly Greenberger of Morgan Stanley has earned second-place honors.

Kimberly Greenberger
Morgan Stanley

First-place appearances: 0

Total appearances: 11

Team debut: 2003

For seven years in a row, Kimberly Greenberger of Morgan Stanley has earned second-place honors. Greenberger “has a bias for good business models and management teams,” one money manager contends. This preference has informed the analyst’s coverage of Philadelphia-based apparel retailer Urban Outfitters. With the shares at $30.55 in August 2012, she reiterated her July 2011 overweight stance, predicting that a management shake-up that January and a clearing-out of excess product would be a boon for the stock and its shareholders. So far, so good. Through August 2013, Urban Outfitters leaped 37.3 percent, to $41.93, and beat the S&P 500 by 18.9 percentage points. Greenberger is “the triple threat,” cheers another pleased investor. “She combines deep knowledge of the sector and companies with great financial analytics.” She also garners a runner-up position in each of two other sectors: Apparel, Footwear & Textiles and Retailing/Broadlines & Department Stores. — Katie Gilbert

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