Barry Bannister
Barry Bannister is Managing Director and Chief Equity Strategist for Stifel, one of the nation's leading full-service investment banking and financial services firms. In his roles, Barry leads the firm’s equity macro and sector strategy research, providing investment research to financial institutions globally in the areas of engineering, machinery, and associated strategy related to commodity markets served by companies in those industries. Barry has been an equity research analyst for over 30 years. Previously, he was an analyst at Legg Mason Capital Markets, S G Warburg & Co (now UBS), First Tennessee Investment Management, and AmSouth Investment Management (now Regions Financial). He has been recognized multiple times as a top stock picker and earnings estimator by The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and StarMine.
Barry Bannister Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Director, Chief Equity Strategist
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Senior Analyst
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Senior Analyst
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Senior Equity Analyst, FTIM
Academic History
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Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Business Administration
STIFEL
Barry joined the Stifel Nicolaus Research Team in connection with Stifel's acquisition of Legg Mason's Capital Markets Group in December of 2005
Prior to his current role, he provided research for Stifel Equity Research and predecessor firms 1992-2010 in Machinery and Engineering & Construction.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to joining Legg Mason in 1998, he was a senior analyst providing North American machinery industry coverage and later co-head of U.S. equity research in the New York office of the UK investment bank S.G. Warburg & Company.
Before that, he served as a senior equity analyst for the buy-side firm FTIM/Highland Capital Management.
He was an equity analyst for the mutual funds and trusts of AmSouth Investment Management (now Regions Financial).
RECOGNITION
Barry has been recognized with a number of industry honors for earnings estimates, earnings accuracy, and stock picking.
In 2023, he was named to Business Insider’s first ever “Oracles of Wall Street” list, which recognizes the country’s top market forecasters.
He was a 3-time Institutional Investor magazine All Star Analyst for Engineering, Machinery, and Best Boutique - Capital Goods.
He was a 5-time Winner of Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst award, and a 3-time Winner of Forbes Magazine/Financial Times/StarMine Top Analyst Award.
He was a Top 10 U.S. Stock Pick Analyst for CNBC/Zacks.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Barry has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Barron's, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, Reuters, Fox Business, MarketWatch, and Real Vision, among others.