Apple Takes Top Spot in Analyst Survey


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Dec 7, 2012) - Computer giant tops Institutional Investor's exclusive ranking of the nation's top CEOs, CFOs and investor relations professionals.

Apple took top honors in the 2013 All-America Executive Team, Institutional Investor's exclusive ranking of the nation's best CEOs, CFOs, and investor relations professionals based on a survey last May of 1,527 buy-side and 1,258 sell-side analysts at 801 firms.

Besides Apple, 13 other companies, including Enterprise Products Partners, Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Intel Corp., International Paper, Cummins, Polaris Industries, Danaher Corp., CBS Corp., Honeywell International, Caterpillar, Broadcom Corp., and American Express each garnered eight first, second, or third place finishes for best executives in their industry segment according to both buy- and sell-side analysts.

The companies received three points for each first place finish, two points for each second place, and one point for each third.

An in-depth feature article profiling the 2013 All-America Executive team will be published in the December/January issue of Institutional Investor Magazine and on-line.

For more information about these winners, go to www.institutionalinvestor.com.

For more information about this ranking, please contact Michele Luthin at michele.luthin@institutionalinvestor.com or +1 (212) 224-3360.

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