Newcomer Amy Wong shepherds the two-member UBS team up one rung to third place. Based in London, with 19 stocks under coverage and no plans for change, the analysts earn praise for “quick, detailed summaries of relevant events [and] active participation in conference calls and meetings,” one portfolio manager in Germany asserts. Confident that rising demand will outpace supply in the marine subsector this year, they upgraded France’s Cie. Générale de Géophysique–Veritas from neutral to buy in May, at €17.58, noting its dominant position in a market with high barriers to entry, among other considerations. The seismic-imaging services provider’s stock jumped 28.5 percent, to €22.59, through December, and the team continues to recommend it. — Ben Mattlin |
Energy – Oil Services: Third