Awards & Recognition

For the last decade, Baird’s global equities platform has been consistently recognized in Coalition Greenwich’s annual survey. We’re proud to share Baird achieved strong rankings in 2023, including:¹

• 1 for Small-/Mid-Cap Equities Trading
• 1 for Industrials Trading
• 1 for Algo Customization
• 1 for Dark Liquidity Algos

¹Coalition Greenwich’s 2023 surveys of North American Equity Investors. Surveys conducted with 95 small-cap and mid-cap fund managers and 235 traders. Rankings for qualitative metrics based on leading research firms in surveys.

Our award-winning equity research is complemented by the macro and policy insights of Strategas, an independent Baird affiliate ranked by Extel (formally Institutional Investor Research) as the:

• #1 Best Independent Research Provider of sell-side firms (2022)
• Top Macro-Only Research Firm for 7 consecutive years (2023)

Top Wall Street Analysts 

We’re pleased to share that 16 of Baird’s Senior Research Analysts recently ranked among the top 5% of all analysts on Wall Street, according to TipRanks.* An additional 6 Baird analysts ranked among the top 10%.

	Peter Benedict, Senior Research Analyst covering Retail/Consumer Products & Services, ranked among the top 1% of all analysts. His team includes Justin Kleber, CFA, Senior Research Analyst; Zak Beeck, Research Associate; and Debbie Mahan, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Shrenik Kothari, Senior Research Analyst covering Security and Infrastructure Software, ranked in the top 1% of all analysts. His team includes Zach Schneider, Research Analyst; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst covering Aerospace & Defense, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Jan-Frans Engelbrecht, Senior Research Associate; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Koning, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Financial Technology, Payments & Services, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Robby Bamberger, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Jacob Haggarty, Research Analyst; and Laice Perry, Research Coordinator.
	Andrew Wittmann, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Facility and Industrial Services (Engineering & Construction), ranked among the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Justin Hauke, Senior Research Analyst; Rohan Vasudeva, Research Analyst; and Brenda Frazier, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Manthey, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Industrial Distribution & Environmental Services, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Quinn Fredrickson, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Inara Khan, Research Analyst; and Bridget Cavanagh, Senior Research Coordinator.
	William Power, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Cloud Software, ranked among the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Yanni Samoilis, Research Analyst; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Jonathan Komp, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Active Lifestyles: Apparel, Footwear & Fitness, ranked among the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Alex Conway, CFA, Research Associate; and Trina Deltuva, Senior Research Specialist.
	Colin Sebastian, Senior Research Analyst covering Internet, ranked in the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Colin Loyet, Research Analyst; Zak Witazek, Research Analyst; and Debbie Mahan, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Tarantino, CFA, Director of Equity Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Restaurants, ranked among the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Mary Hodes, Senior Research Associate; Drew North, CFA, Senior Research Associate; and Hayley Richter, Senior Research Specialist.
	Joe Vruwink, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Vertical Software, ranked in the top 4% of all analysts. His team includes Peter Karos, Senior Research Associate; and Martha LoCoco, Research Coordinator.
	Joel Beatty, MD, CFA,  Senior Research Analyst covering BioTechnology, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Christopher Chen, Research Analyst, and Cynthia Plucinski, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Michael Halloran, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Flow & Motion Solutions, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Michael Pesendorfer II, Senior Research Associate; Trent Meyer, Research Analyst; and Arianna Soto, Research Specialist.
	Catherine Ramsey Schulte, Senior Research Analyst covering Life Sciences & Diagnostics, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. Her team includes Thomas Peterson, Senior Research Associate; Josh Montpas, Research Analyst; and Andrea Mehre, Research Specialist.
	Mircea (Mig) Dobre, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Machinery & Diversified Industrial, ranked among the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Joe Grabowski, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Peter Kalemkerian, Research Analyst; and Julie Valentine, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Mark Marcon, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Human Capital Technology & Solutions, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Alexander Sinatra, Research Analyst; and Martha LoCoco, Research Coordinator.

The six additional Senior Research Analysts that ranked among the top 10% of all Wall Street analysts included Timothy Wojs (Building Products - Residential/Commercial); Jeff Johnson, OD, CFA, (Medical Technology); David George, CFA (U.S. Banks); Robert Mason (Advanced Industrial Equipment); Rob Oliver, (Software & SaaS); and Tristan Gerra (Semiconductor Components).

*According to TipRanks, as of 1/7/25 sixteen of Baird’s Senior Research Analysts ranked among the top 5% of all analysts on Wall Street and an additional six ranked among the top 10%.