Raymond James analysts receive nine awards in the 2020 StarMine Analyst Awards from Refinitiv

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Raymond James Equity Research department received nine awards in the 2020 StarMine Analyst Awards from Refinitiv. The firm has been ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. over the past 10-year period for total awards won.

The recognized analysts and their categories for the 2020 awards are:

Top Earnings Estimators

Rank	Analyst	Industry	Country
1	Aaron Kessler	Interactive Media & Services	U.S.
2	Stephen Laws	Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)	U.S.
3	David Quezada	Chemicals & Utilities	Canada

Top Stock Pickers

Rank	Analyst	Industry	Country
1	Sam Darkatsh	Trading Companies & Distributors	U.S.
2	Dane Leone	Biotechnology	U.S.
2	Tyler Brown	Road & Rail	U.S.
3	Tyler Brown	Air Freight & Logistics	U.S.
2	Steve Hansen	Diversified Industrials	Canada

Overall Analyst

Rank	Analyst	Industry	Country
2	Tara Hassan	Metals & Mining	Canada

“Raymond James has historically scored well in this survey, reflecting our focus on bottom-up fundamental research and sound stock selection,” said Brian Alexander, director of Equity Research. “I congratulate the eight individual Raymond James Equity Research analysts recognized this year, particularly Tyler Brown for placing in the top three in two different sectors for the second consecutive year.”

Based on StarMine methodology, the StarMine Analyst Awards from Refinitiv objectively measure the performance of analysts based on the returns of their buy/sell recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. The 2020 stock picking awards for the United States and Canada are based on the 2019 calendar-year performance of recommendations. The 2020 awards for estimating performance are scored on the fiscal period that reported between 01 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. Only analyst performance on companies that are based in the United States and Canada, respectively, is included in the awards calculations.

About Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. The company has approximately 8,200 financial advisors throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $908 billion. Public since 1983, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RJF. Additional information is available at raymondjames.com.

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These awards may not be representative of any one client's experience, are not an endorsement and are not indicative of any advisor's future performance. Raymond James did not pay a fee in exchange for these awards and is not affiliated with Refinitiv.

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.