A gold producer that picked up some precious assets for a song, a technology business that develops software for designing circuit boards and a firm that helps companies improve their energy efficiency: these are three listed businesses that the analyst community loves but which you’ve probably never heard of.

It’s not just those in the business of selling stocks that love them, they also boast some of Australia and the world’s most high-profile fund managers as significant shareholders, such as BlackRock, Perpetual and Perennial.