Felicia Hendrix
Barclays
First-place appearances: 0

Total appearances: 11

Analyst debut: 2002

Barclays’s Felicia Hendrix, who repeats in the third spot, has “a great way of balancing openness and skepticism about her stocks, something that is lacking on the Street,” as one devotee puts it. Hendrix tracks nine stocks here and a good many more in gaming and lodging. She upgraded Harley-Davidson from equal weight to overweight in April 2012, at $53.49, predicting earnings growth driven by a “leaner manufacturing base,” she says, as well as the Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker’s commitment to returning cash to shareholders. That may have been premature, because the shares traded down to $40.79 last October. But in July, Harley reported earnings per share of $2.20 for the six months through June, a gain of 21.5 percent from the year-earlier period. And for the 12 months through August 2013, the stock cruised to a 41.4 percent rise, crashing through her price target and ending the month at $59.98. During the same period the sector climbed 19.3 percent. “Felicia has good insights and is a great resource,” attests another money manager. — Ben Mattlin