Kelly Ann Bania

Research Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Kelly Ann Bania serves as Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at BMO Capital Markets, specializing in food retail, distribution, and consumer staples, with deep sector expertise in traditional supermarkets, specialty food retailers, convenience stores, and food distributors. She actively covers a portfolio of up to 26 publicly traded companies including SpartanNash, Sprouts Farmers Market, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Core-Mark Holding Company, Alimentation Couche-Tard, and Costco, frequently issuing both Buy and Hold recommendations. Widely recognized for her strong performance, Bania ranks in the top 8% of analysts on TipRanks, with a documented 68% success rate and an average return of 7.9% per rating, along with over 73% of her price targets being achieved and an average potential upside of 15.5%. She began her analyst career in the early 2000s with roles at Bank of America and Morgan Stanley before joining BMO in 2013, and holds FINRA registration with 51 state licenses after more than two decades in financial services.