< The 2015 All-America Research Team
Brian Modoff
Deutsche Bank Securities
First-place appearances: 0
Total appearances: 14
Analyst debut: 2002
Capturing the No. 3 spot on this lineup is Deutsche Bank Securities’ Brian Modoff, who slips from second place. “Our sector is maturing, and the growth rate is slowing. Our larger companies are slowly adjusting to this reality, with Cisco [Systems] the furthest along in this transition,” the 56-year-old researcher reports. “As our markets mature, market share, profitability, operating cash flow and shareholder returns will play an increasingly important role in stock performance for most of our companies. There are still pockets of strong growth in security, the shift to cloud computing and cloud services.” From his base in Austin, Texas, Modoff monitors 16 telecommunications and networking equipment names. “Brian has been helpful in spending time with us to explain the thought processes behind his stock recommendations,” one enthusiast affirms. “I also appreciate his ‘Signals to Noise’ newsletters, which step back from individual counters to provide a thematic view on industry developments.”