Technology: IT Hardware

Barclays Capital

Barclays Capital’s Benjamin Reitzes captures second-place honors for a fifth straight year. “He is not afraid to make controversial stock calls, like upgrading Lexmark International when he saw a cyclical investment opportunity in it,” says one satisfied client. Reitzes raised the Lexington, Kentucky–based manufacturer of printers and ink products from neutral to overweight in January, at $25.50, believing that margins and sales were set to expand with a rebound in laser-printer sales. The stock had zipped to $34.99 by late August, a gain of 37.2 percent that bested the sector by 39.9 percentage points.