Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 7, 2009

Automotive Aftermarket – Anthony Cristello – Bb&t Capital Markets

ANTHONY CRISTELLO is a Senior Vice President with BB&T Capital Markets and leads the firm's equity research efforts targeting the automotive aftermarket. BB&T Capital Markets' approach to the sector is unique in that the firm views the automotive aftermarket as does its participants - as its own fully integrated industry. In its "World's Top Analysts" survey recognizing the top analysts in 2007, Financial Times/StarMine ranked Mr. Cristello the number two earnings estimator in the specialty retail industry. Mr. Cristello is also a featured contributor to Aftermarket Business magazine and regular speaker at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium. Previously, Mr. Cristello was a Senior Analyst in the transportation services sector at the firm, where he followed specialty airlines. Before rejoining BB&T in 2000, he was an Analyst on the retail/consumer team at ABN AMRO in Chicago. Mr. Cristello is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. Profile
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