Our research analysts are top-ranked professionals in their respective sectors. As such, we rely on them as the fundamental drivers of sales and trading and investment banking efforts

We have chosen to focus our resources on a segment of the market we broadly categorize as Canadian-listed mid-cap and emerging growth companies. What does this mean? Approximately 62% of 270+ company coverage list is made up of companies under $1.0 billion in market capitalization. The remaining 38% are in the $1.0 billion plus category.

 

“We provide research on every major sector of the Canadian market and have 17 publishing analysts providing coverage on 240+ companies.”

– Scott Lamacraft, CFA | Executive Chairman


Our research provides comprehensive coverage of over 250 mid-cap and emerging growth companies focusing on the following industry groups:

Agriculture

Agriculture

 

 

Kyle McPhee

 

Alternative Energy Industrial Technology

Alternative Energy
Industrial Technology

 

 

MacMurray Whale

Nicholas Boychuk

 

Cannabis

Cannabis

 

 

Jesse Pytlak

 

Communications Media

Communications
& Media

 

 

David McFadgen

 

Consumer Products

Consumer Products

 

 

Kyle McPhee

 

Real Estate & REITs

Real Estate & REITs

 

 

Sairam Srinivas

 

Financial Services

Financial Services

 

 

Jeff Fenwick

Lemar Persaud

 

Healthcare

Healthcare

 

 

Kyle McPhee

 

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

 

 

David Ocampo

Jeff Fenwick

Kyle McPhee

 

Mining

Mining

 

Richard Gray

Stefan Ioannou

MacMurray Whale

Nicolas Dion

 

Oil Gas and Energy Services

Oil & Gas and Energy Services

 

 

Brent Watson

 

Quantitative Technical

Quantitative
& Technical

 

 

Mark Deriet

 

Special Situations

Special Situations

 

 

Kyle McPhee

MacMurray Whale

Jesse Pytlak

 

Technology

Technology

 

 

Gavin Fairweather

Jesse Pytlak

 

Transportation

Transportation

 

 

David Ocampo

 

 

Coverage Distribution By Market Capitalization

Research Bar Chart

Why do we focus on this segment of the market?

Put simply, our goal is to be a leader in generating new investment ideas for institutional clients and as a result, adding substantial value to corporate clients. We seek out companies with attractive growth strategies, whereby they have potential to become $1+ billion companies and generate substantial shareholder value along the way.

 

Rating Systems

Our recommendation terminology provides clear and understandable direction to our clients.

Recommendation Terminology # of Companies % of Total
Top Pick

Our best investment ideas, the greatest potential value appreciation

 9 4%
Buy

Expected to outperform its peer group

 196 79%
Market Perform

Expected to perform with its peer group

 40 16%
Reduce

Expected to underperform its peer group

 0 0%
Tender

Clients are advised to tender their shares to a takeover bid

 4 2%
Not Rated

Stocks we are restricted from publishing, or our recommendation is under review

 0 0%
Total
 249 100%

Additionally, our ratings may be followed by "(S)" which denotes that the investment is speculative and has a higher degree of risk associated with it.

Our target prices are based on a 12-month investment horizon.

Disclosure Statements

Our research reports adhere and comply to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.

Dissemination Policy

Morning Notes

Morning Notes are a more thorough analysis of company-specific or macro events and are sent via e-mail on a daily basis.

Special Alerts

Special Alerts are generally short, time-sensitive comments pertaining to recent company or macro developments and are sent via e-mail throughout the day, as they are prepared.

Research/Industry Reports

Research Report and Industry Reports are complete multi page reports containing detailed company-specific (or macro-economic) analyses. They are sent via e-mail to our clients.

Request Research Access

Cormark provides our institutional clients access to our research online. This wealth of information is available in the password-protected section of our website.

Institutional clients of Cormark may have access to our research online. If you are an institutional client of Cormark and do not have a password and access instructions, please contact us so we can provide you with easy access to this wealth of information. If you prefer, you can make your request by e-mail, and we will contact you with your account information.

For more information about Research please contact:
 
 
 
 

Jeff Fenwick

Jeff Fenwick, M.Phil, MBA

Managing Director,
Co-Head of Institutional Equity Research

Gavin Fairweather

Gavin Fairweather, CFA

Managing Director,
Co-Head of Institutional Equity Research