THIRD TEAM Douglas Terreson  ISI Group

ISI Group’s Douglas Terreson rises one rung to third place. The Fairhope, Alabama–based analyst “does a great job of tying everything together to help you make very informed stock-picking decisions,” according to one ally on the buy side. Terreson launched coverage on Houston-based ConocoPhillips in August 2009 with a buy rating, at $41.73, and pounded the table in November 2010, when the shares were already up 42.9 percent, to $59.63, based on an anticipated turnaround in the exploration and production business and higher-than-expected free cash flow from operations and divestitures. The stock had risen to $68.07 by the end of August, surging 14.2 percent since the reiteration and vaulting 63.1 percent — shooting past the sector by a remarkable 40.4 percentage points — since Terreson’s initial recommendation.