THIRD TEAM

Haiyan Guo  China International Capital Corp.

Haiyan Guo of China International Capital Corp. debuts in third place. One fan touts Guo’s “very complete picture of the field” drawn from a “thorough investigation that includes company visits, channel checks, consumer surveys, interviews with professionals and comparisons with overseas players.” In May 2010 the analyst, who works out of Beijing, urged clients to buy Intime Department Store (Group) Co. at HK$7.11, citing the retailer’s aggressive expansion at a time when consumer spending was surging. In March the Beijing-based company reported that year-over-year sales had shot up 36.4 percent, to 8.74 billion yuan ($1.34 billion), and total revenues soared 45.6 percent, to 2.29 billion yuan. By the end of April, the stock had zoomed to HK$12.06, a whopping 69.6 percent advance that bested the sector by 73.3 percentage points.