Here are the 19 companies Wall Street's stock pickers love most

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Investors like to think their analysis is smarter, better researched, and more insightful than their peers'. The perfect company for an investor is one that no one has heard about and is set to explode.

The companies on the following list do not fall into any of those categories.

The companies on this list are no secret. A lot of them are household names, like Apple or PepsiCo. They require no special talents to pick, and no special insight to understand why they are so popular. But popular they are.

The list was compiled by Credit Suisse, and it represents the top 19 large-cap 'darlings' of the investment world. They are ranked by the number of investment firms that own shares in the company.

Read on to find out which companies made the list.

#19 General Electric

Ticker symbol: GE

Number of large cap funds that own the stock: 216

Industry: Capital goods

Market Cap: $275.318 billion

Current Price: $29.94

Credit Suisse Price Target: $34.00

Source: Credit Suisse

#18 Pfizer Inc

Ticker symbol: PFE

Number of large cap funds that own the stock: 227

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, biotech and life sciences

Market Cap: $208.873 billion

Current Price: $34.44

Credit Suisse Price Target: $39.00

Source: Credit Suisse

#17 PepsiCo Inc

Ticker symbol: PEP

Number of large cap funds that own the stock: 232

Industry: Food, beverage and tobacco

Market Cap: $147.533 billion

Current Price: $102.14

Credit Suisse Price Target: N/A

Source: Credit Suisse