Nigel Coe
Morgan Stanley
First-place appearances: 0

Total appearances: 4

Analyst debut: 2010

It’s three in a row in third place for Morgan Stanley’s Nigel Coe. His weekly webcasts and conference calls, provide “great benefit on actionable trends,” one supporter reports, citing a recent installment about the home-security-monitoring subsector that attracted 100 participants. Clients also praise Coe for his upgrade of Downers Grove, Illinois–based Dover Corp. The analyst boosted Dover’s shares from equal weight to overweight in January, at $65.95, on the industrial components manufacturer’s exposure to domestic energy and global smartphone markets. By the end of August, the stock had jumped 29 percent, to $85.05, beating the sector by 17.8 percentage points. Going forward, Coe is cautious on the group, largely because of valuations. “Nigel’s knowledge is strong and broadly based — and always worth heeding,” asserts another money manager. — Ben Mattlin