Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> April 14, 2003

Marine Transport / Tanker Stocks: Jill Evans – J.p. Morgan Chase

JILL K. EVANS is the senior equity research analyst at J.P. Morgan with primary responsibility for coverage of the small to mid-cap basic industries and transportation stocks. For the past seven years, she was the senior analyst for the marine and railroad transportation sectors with additional co-coverage of the trucking, airfreight, and logistics industries. From 1992 to 1995, she provided research coverage of the US airline industry at J.P. Morgan. Her research has been recognized in several national polls, including the number two ranking in stock picking and earnings forecasting for the railroad industry in 2001 according to Thomson Financial/First Call. She has also been recognized as a top analyst in the ground transportation sector in the latest polls compiled by Institutional Investor magazine and Greenwich Associates. In 2000, Ms. Evans was acknowledged in The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street analyst survey for her accuracy in forecasting earnings for the railroad sector and she was also voted 'Best Up and Coming Analyst' in the railroad sector by Institutional Investor magazine in 1999. She joined J.P. Morgan in July 1988 as an analyst and then project manager in the internal consulting group, Management Services. She spent her last year in Management Services working with McKinsey & Co., consulting on a firm-wide cost reduction project. Ms. Evans received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Profile
TWST: Jill, can we start with a quick overview of your coverage?

Ms. Evans: Yes, I currently cover four publicly traded tanker

stocks. Those are Teekay Shipping (TK), Tsakos Energy