IR Magazine Awards 2021 - US | IR Media Group Ltd | 11 December 2020 | TBC

The IR Magazine Awards – US honors excellence in the investor relations profession. Since the annual event first launched in 1996, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys behind the awards. The result: vital bench-marking information on which companies do the best IR.

Over the last two decades the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of investor relations, particularly the contributions of senior management, as well as to identify the best IR by sector. In addition, the research now covers the perspective of winning companies in addition to the views of analysts and investors.

We present two types of award categories – researched and nominated – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in IR across the US. For our researched categories, companies do not submit nominations. Instead, hundreds of analysts and investors cast their votes and give their opinions on which companies do the best IR in the US.

In our nominated categories, companies have the opportunity to nominate themselves or other publicly listed companies, free of charge, for aspects of IR that complement our researched categories. More information on the categories and how winners are chosen can be found below.

2020 Winners

AWARDS BY RESEARCH

Best overall investor relations (large cap):
• General Electric

Best overall investor relations (mid-cap):
• Kansas City Southern

Best overall investor relations (small cap):
• Stoneridge

Best investor relations officer (large cap):
• Steve Winoker, General Electric

Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap):
• Trent Ziegler, LendingTree

Best IR by a senior management team (large cap):
• Jamie Dimon, CEO & Jennifer Piepszak, CFO
• JPMorgan Chase & Co

Best IR by a senior management team (small to mid-cap):
• John W. Casella, chairman and CEO & Ned
• Coletta, CFO
• Casella Waste System

Best financial reporting:
• Microsoft

Best use of technology for IR:
• Microsoft

Best investor relations by a non-US company in the US market:
• The Adecco Group

SECTOR AWARDS

Best in sector: communications:
• T-Mobile US

Best in sector: consumer discretionary:
• Best Buy

Best in sector: consumer staples:
• Procter & Gamble

Best in sector: energy:
• ConocoPhillips

Best in sector: financials:
• JPMorgan Chase & Co

Best in sector: healthcare:
• Danaher

Best in sector: industrials:
• General Electric

Best in sector: materials:
• Newmont Mining Corporation

Best in sector: real estate:
• Essex Property Trust

Best in sector: technology:
• Microsoft

Best in sector: utilities:
• CMS Energy

AWARDS BY NOMINATION

Best ESG reporting:
• Etsy

Best investor event:
• Medtronic

Best IR during a corporate transaction:
• Prudential Financia
• US Steel

Best IR website:
• MSA Safety

Rising star:
• Gabriel Ratcliff, Etsy

Lifetime achievement:
• Carol DiRaimo