ROTH Capital Partners Analyst Wins Top Ranking in Wall Street Journal Survey

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.ROTH.com, a full service investment bank recognized for providing financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies in the U.S. and China, today announced that Tony Brenner has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street Analyst Survey” as the top-ranked Master Stock Picker for Restaurants. Mr. Brenner is one of four analysts covering 39 companies within the Consumer vertical at ROTH, including restaurant, food & beverage, consumer products, retail and e-commerce.

“We are proud of Tony for this accomplishment; in fact, this is his seventh year on the list as a top-ranked Master Stock Picker. He’s had some tremendous picks over the past year, adhering to ROTH’s research approach of finding quality, undiscovered small cap stocks.”

Jeff Martin, CFA, Co-Director of Research at ROTH stated, “We are proud of Tony for this accomplishment; in fact, this is his seventh year on the list as a top-ranked Master Stock Picker. He’s had some tremendous picks over the past year, adhering to ROTH’s research approach of finding quality, undiscovered small cap stocks.”

Tony Brenner, Senior Research Analyst, was ranked #1 for his coverage of the Restaurants sector in the Wall Street Journal Survey. Top performing stocks* under Mr. Brenner’s coverage in 2010 include: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD, +105% from the June 10 initiation), BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (BJRI, +88%), Denny’s Corp. (DENN, +64%), and California Pizza Kitchen Inc. (CPKI, +19%). Mr. Brenner joined ROTH in 1998 and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Kent State University.

The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on The Street Survey” is based solely on an analyst’s stock picking acumen, and which stock recommendations generated the highest returns.

About ROTH Capital Partners, LLC:

ROTH Capital Partners, LLC ("ROTH") is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on identifying growth opportunities for our corporate and institutional clients. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading and market-making services. ROTH, headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, is privately held and owned by its employees, and maintains offices throughout the U.S, Hong Kong and a Shanghai Representative Office. For more information on ROTH, please visit www.ROTH.com

*Past performance is not a guaranteed of future results. ROTH Capital Partners, LLC ("ROTH") expects to receive or intends to seek compensation for investment banking or other business relationships with the covered companies mentioned in this press release in the next three months. For important disclosure information regarding the covered companies in this press release, please contact: The Director of Research at [phone] or write to: ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, Attention: Director of Research, 24 Corporate Plaza, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

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