Rather than two firms making his typical "strong buy" list, he now has several (see table).
Banc of America Securities' Yaffe recently downgraded Pharmacia two steps, from strong buy to market performer.
Of 55 sell-side analysts, the number which rate the stock a Buy or Strong Buy: 55.
That not only broke the deadlock, says Nunez, but also got strong buy-in from the executives.
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Indian automaker Tata Motors (TTM) has moved up from a buy to a strong buy.
The worry is "way overdone, " says SG Cowen analyst Edmund Kroll, who rates Humana a strong buy.
The Oils-Energy Sector may be 23.7% overvalued but there are 16 stocks rated STRONG BUY according to ValuEngine.
The analyst also cut his rating on Atmel (ATML) to Outperform from Strong Buy on a valuation basis.
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Strong Buy: projected to rally 12% or more over the next twelve months.
" US Bancorp Piper Jaffray cut JDS Uniphase to "neutral" from "strong buy.
Wright says the stock is a strong buy and that he likes its market share in the handheld game market.
Update : Raymond James analyst Michael Turits this morning cut his rating on CA to Market Perform from Strong Buy.
This is like a stock analyst putting a strong buy on a stock, but qualifying the rating as being speculative.
The tech stocks I favor are rated STRONG BUY or BUY according to ValuEngine and are at least 15% undervalued.
He rates Inamed as a "strong buy" and says the market for breast implants has been growing at 19% a year.
Merrill Lynch, for example, rates Vail a "strong buy, " while Intrawest's supporters include Nattel, O'Rourke and Salomon Smith Barney's Jill Krutick.
The company boasted solid earnings growth and a "strong buy" rating from Deutsche Bank, but was short of capital for more acquisitions.
Briefing.com counts 10 analyst who rate the stock Strong Buy or Buy, compared with 19 Holds, and 10 Underperform or Sell ratings.
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Michael Krensavage, an analyst at Raymond James who has a "Strong Buy" on Merck said that the litigation concern was way overblown.
Sterne Agee upped its outlook on Apple to"strong buy, " saying it expects Apple to outperform the market in the upcoming 12 months.
My selection process begins with the screening tools available at ValuEngine, looking for oil industry stocks that are rated STRONG BUY or BUY.
On Nov. 15, Needham downgraded the stock to Hold from Strong Buy, while Oppenheimer cut its rating on the shares to Perform from Outperform.
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Unisys ( UIS), for instance, carries a Zacks Rank of 1 (Strong Buy), and Infosys ( INFY) has a Zacks Rank of 2 (Buy).
Citigroup, for example, put a strong buy recommendation on China Resources Land, a property company, in mid-September, saying the share price could appreciate by 20%.
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Special Offer: With the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 11, 205 and the Dow Transports also at new highs, Dow Theory is giving a strong buy signal.
Another strong buy from Marketocracy is an Ohio-based, metal and glass container company that specializes in containers for soft drinks, wine, beer, tea, juice and pharmaceuticals.
Stocks that are rated BUY or STRONG BUY by ValuEngine are most likely to outperform the market and these are the potential longs in the model portfolio.
Raymond James, which downgraded the stock to outperform from strong buy, noted that SBAC showed much potential, especially in their fast growing domestic and international tower portfolio.
In justifying his strong buy rating on the company, Carl Byrns at Dain Rauscher Wessels points to an anti-viral drug: Peg-intron plus ribavirin combination therapy for Hepatitis C.
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