EquityNet Research was formed in January 1999 to provide the investing public with professional, independent, objective research on under-followed public companies.
Our Principals
Founder and Senior Equity Analyst of EquityNet, Randall Lewis has more than 10 years experience in security and portfolio analysis, as well as financial consulting and strategic planning.Prior to forming EquityNet, Mr. Lewis was an account executive at Coffin Communications Group, a Los Angeles-based financial communications firm. Prior to this, Mr. Lewis served as an equity analyst at SSI Investment Management, Inc., a $500-million, money management firm, specializing in sophisticated, hedged investment strategies, and serving institutional and high net worth clients. Previous to SSI, Mr. Lewis was a financial analyst for Griffin Financial Services, the securities brokerage arm of Home Savings of America, the largest savings and loan in the U.S. As part of his experience, Mr. Lewis has advised on strategic planning issues, facilitated comprehensive financial analyses, and developed and published financial reports, including business plans. Mr. Lewis has had several articles published, most recently in HFR Journal of Hedge Fund Research on the subject of merger arbitrage. Mr. Lewis received his Bachelors Degree with honors in Finance from California State University, Fullerton, and his MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. He is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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Randall D. Lewis, CFA
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Ms. Wynn specializes in providing market research and valuation services for both publicly traded and privately held companies. In her capacity at EquityNet, and as a former Wall Street equity research analyst and investment banker, Ms. Wynn has performed numerous business valuations for purposes of buy/sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, estate and gift tax, succession planning, and purchase price allocation. Prior to EquityNet, Ms. Wynn was the managing partner of the financial advisory services business unit of Xnergy LLC, a leading provider of business, tax and financial advisory services for companies ranging from start-ups to large conglomerates. At Xnergy, Ms. Wynn was responsible for overseeing the firm's entire business valuation practice. She also established an equity research division within Xnergy, which she also supervised. At Xnergy, Ms. Wynn chose to focus her research coverage universe on the tech and life sciences sectors.
Prior to this, Ms. Wynn was an equity research analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, where she focused on the specialty retail sector. At Wedbush Morgan, Ms. Wynn's coverage universe, at 26 companies, was among the broadest on Wall Street. Ms. Wynn also spent time in the investment banking division of Wedbush Morgan as a banker in the firm's retail group.
Additionally, Ms. Wynn has also provided financial consulting and business advisory services for a number of Wall Street leaders.
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Flora Wynn
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Carl Ports, CFA, joined EquityNet as a Senior Equity Analyst in the summer of 2000. Prior to accepting his position with EquityNet, Mr. Ports served as Equity Analyst at SSI Investment Management, Inc., in Beverly Hills, California. At SSI, his primary responsibilities were equity analysis and portfolio management within the technology and media sectors of the firm’s long/short equity, or market-neutral, portfolio. Additional responsibilities included analysis of risk arbitrage and convertible bond portfolios. During his four-year tenure at SSI, the firm was ranked as one of the top market-neutral investment managers in the country. Mr. Ports has earned the CFA designation and earned his BS in Finance from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining SSI, he served as an analyst for Guild Investment Management. Before that, Mr. Ports was a Research Analyst for Fairfield Financial Group, a commodity trading firm.
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Carl Ports, CFA
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