Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 7, 2009
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
Mr. Cristello: BB&T Capital Markets is a subsidiary of BB&T Corporation,
headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., and among the nation's top financial
