It’s hard to imagine that anyone could be successful while remaining agnostic toward the stock market — especially now.

But 9-year-old Sabrient Systems has built a reputation for itself by doing just that.

The Santa Barbara-based equity research firm specializes in quantitative modeling and analysis of stocks, with a successful 2008 that saw its best strategies post investment gains ranging from 11 percent to 30 percent against the stock market’s approximately 40 percent plunge in the same period.

The company is doing so well that it had to move to a larger office building to make room for the additional personnel the company plans to hire.

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