Brian Tunick J.P. Morgan
The buy side says: “Brian is very much in the flow of information on all of his stocks.”
J.P. Morgan’s Brian Tunick captures the crown for a fifth consecutive year. The 36-year-old analyst highlighted his buy rating on Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance in September 2009, at $15, telling clients that the Bolingbrook, Illinois–based beauty-products retailer’s recent expansion efforts were leading to strong sales growth and rising market share and that the chain of beauty superstores was attracting a more-affluent clientele. The stock had shot to $22.70 by the end of August, a stunning 51.3 percent gain that left the sector’s 1.2 percent advance desperately in need of a makeover. Tunick “has a long history with the names he covers and has a good sense of their valuation ranges,” declares one client.
