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The IR Magazine Awards – US 2025 will take place on Wednesday, March 26 in New York. This very special event honors excellence in the investor relations profession across the US.
Since the annual event first launched in 1996, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys that fuel the awards. The result: vital benchmarking information on which companies do the best IR. The awards program has now expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list and give IR teams the opportunity to nominate themselves.
By popular demand, 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 provide the best IR service. In our nominated categories, companies submit written entries to articulate their success and achievements from the past year, giving any publicly listed company the opportunity to be considered for an award.
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Past winners of our coveted IR Magazine Awards are invited to be inducted into the IR Magazine Hall of Fame. This is an exclusive alum organization reserved only for individual winners of our awards including the categories – Best IR Professional across all cap sizes and Lifetime Achievement award winners.
We wanted to provide a platform that offers ongoing recognition for this monumental achievement and an opportunity for our award winners to help shape the future of excellence in the IR community.
For our awards-by-nomination categories, individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial team members.
The 2025 nomination form will launch in September. To be informed when the form is live please register your interest here.
View the full list of 2024 nominees and winners by clicking here.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 8004 5339.
The awards-by-nomination categories differ from our traditional researched awards, as individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial team members.
The judging process consists of three simple phases:
Phase one: Once the entry deadline has passed, the IR Magazine editorial team reviews all submissions and produces the short list
Phase two: The short-listed entries are shared with an independent judging panel made up of industry experts. The judges review each short-listed entry and select their top two picks per category
Phase three: The judges come together to discuss, debate and select the final list of winners who will go on to win an award
The judges’ votes are not made public, but their comments may be published in articles or reports after the event. Judges are not required to make comments against every submission.
Our awards-by-research nominees are determined by the input of hundreds of analysts and portfolio managers, who give their opinions on which companies provide them with the best IR service in the US. Every year we invite any publicly listed company to submit their list of buy and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, so that they have the opportunity to vote via our survey.
View the full list of 2024 nominees and winners by clicking here.
If you have any questions on this process or wish to access our data sharing agreement, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. For any further queries about the research process, please contact [email protected].
Cheniere Energy
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Diamondback Energy
DMC Global
ExxonMobil
Permian Resources
Apollo Global Management
Blackstone
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Regions Financial Corporation
SoFi Technologies
Boston Scientific
Dexcom
Medtronic
Stryker
Thermo Fisher Scientific
UnitedHealth Group
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Deere & Co
Eaton
General Electric
Ingersoll Rand
JB Hunt Transport Services
Union Pacific Railroad
Corteva
Ecolab
Newmont Corporation
Owens Corning
The Sherwin-Williams Company
American Tower Corporation
Boston Properties
Camden Property Trust
COPT Defense Properties
Equinix
Prologis
Arista Networks
CrowdStrike Holdings
Microsoft
Moody's
NVIDIA Corporation
Zscaler
CenterPoint Energy
CMS Energy Corporation
Exelon Corporation
ONE Gas
Xcel Energy
The first thing to explain is that our awards are different from most others: for our awards by research, companies do not submit nominations. The winners are identified by in-depth research and any publicly traded company is eligible to be considered. This survey is the only one of its kind to go directly to the investment community, via a combination of an electronic survey and one-to-one telephone interviews, canvassing the opinions of the people who matter to you most.
July 2023: Sample selection
IR Magazine has been building investment community databases for more than 30 years. As part of the updating process, listed companies are contacted every year for details of the professionals who currently cover their stock. These details are combined with IHS Markit’s list of US investment community contacts to produce a total of around 50,000 investors and analysts.
September – November 2023: Telephone survey
The telephone survey then gets under way. The researchers conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 250 portfolio managers and analysts across the US and Canada. Many of them participate in the study year after year, but there is always a healthy proportion of new respondents each year as well. As the research progresses, the sample is adjusted to ensure appropriate weightings are maintained.
October 2023: Electronic survey
IR Magazine then conducts an electronic survey of buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers. The electronic survey typically receives 200 individual responses from the investment community. These responses then go to Mary Maude Research for initial analysis. The research firm determines what will constitute a representative sample, weighted for industry sector.
Results analysis
Once the survey stage of the research is completed, the final analysis is undertaken. The companies with the highest scores make the short lists for the awards categories, and the points are further analyzed to identify the best exponents of IR by sector. The independence of our research is crucial to the integrity of the whole awards program, so IR Magazine sees the results only once the research is complete. This ensures a transparent, independent set of results that IROs can trust as a valuable bench-marking tool.
January 2024: Short list compiled
IR Magazine receives the results in January and contacts the short-listed companies to give them the good news. The short list is then published to the entire IR community the month before the event.
March 27, 2024: Winners announced
And finally… the winners are announced live at the black tie awards gala on Wednesday, March 27, 2024!
March 2024: Report published
Shortly after the awards, the Investor Perception Study – US 2024 report is published and made available to IR Magazine subscribers. This report will profile the top ranked companies and reveal information on how they conduct their IR activities and why investors voted for them.
Attendees at this event are leading IR practitioners from across the US. Each participant is someone with an established track record and a strategic IR role within their company.
Below is a sample of the 2024 attendees:
Job title | Company | Job title | Company | |
AVP, IR | Macerich | Senipr MD, healthcare research | EverCore ISI | |
CEO | Fiserv | SVP | The Estée Lauder Companies | |
CFO | Apollo | SVP, corporate finance and sustainability | Equinix | |
CFO | Zscaler | SVP, finance | J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. | |
Head of IR | Cara Therapeutics | SVP, IR | Walmart | |
Director | FedEx | SVP, IR | Zeta Global | |
Director, IR | Sempra | SVP, IR | Moody’s Corporation | |
Director, IR | Uber | SVP, sustainability | Diversified Energy Company | |
EVP, Head of IR | Regions | VP, finance and IR | Core & Main | |
Executive director, ESG IR | JP Morgan Chase | VP, global ESG | Hilton Worldwide | |
Executive director, IR | Estee Lauder | VP, head of IR | Medtronic | |
Head of IR | Performant Corp. | VP, IR | AvePoint | |
Head, corporate access | Barclays | VP, IR | Blue Owl | |
Head, ESG IR | JP Morgan Chase | VP, IR | Central Garden & Pet | |
Managing Director | Morgan Stanley | VP, IR | Cheniere Energy | |
MD, healthcare research | Citi | VP, IR | Ciena Corporation | |
MD, IR | State Street | VP, IR | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings | |
Senior director | Affirm | VP, IR | DMC Global | |
Senior director, IR | American Eagle Outfitters | VP, IR | Emcor | |
Senior director, IR | EnLink Midstream | VP, IR | First Advantage | |
Senior director, IR | Johnson & Johnson | VP, IR | General Electric | |
Senior director, IR | SpringWorks Therapeautics | VP, IR | Kyndryl | |
Senior director, ESG | Dick’s Sporting Goods | VP, IR | Udemy | |
Senior manager, IR | Chesapeake Energy | VP, IR | Deutsche Bank | |
Senior, IR manager | DexCom | VP, IR and ESG engagement | Starbucks |
Why partner with us?
Our awards provide a unique opportunity to get in front of some of the most influential people in the US IR community. As a partner, you will gain an extensive amount of exposure through a wide range of print and digital marketing materials, both pre and post event, as well as on the day itself. Additionally, you can use the event to align yourself with IR excellence and network with key decision makers from across the region – the ones pushing the profession forward through innovation.
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All our partnerships are created using a mix of branding, thought leadership, lead generation and meetings with your target audience. You tell us your objectives and we will work with you to create you a package that’s makes sense for your company and will help you achieve those objectives. To find out more get in touch with Ian Richman or call on +1 212 430 6865.
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