Robert DrbulBarclaysRobert Drbul lands in second place for a second straight year. Clients say the Barclays analyst “has the best access to management in his sector” and is “uniquely able to sift through the necessary noise of the public stock markets and truly understand the underlying significant trends and drivers of his covered companies.” Drbul, who is also a runner-up in Retailing/Broadlines & Department Stores, says that despite his generally neutral stance, he is positive on stocks that will benefit from falling input costs. One example: PVH Corp., the New York–based apparel company that until June 2011 was known as Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. In January he highlighted his buy recommendation, at $73.90, and by late August the shares had surged 27.1 percent, to $93.90.