Analysts are bystanders and parasites in the investment world. They are there to write anything to support their own ovely paid positions. Check out what the analysts were writing in Jan and Feb 2009 - Armageddon, sell everything, sit on cash, hold no shares. The March bottom came and they were crawling all over each by April calling a bull run leg up. They figure you forget what they had previously written about.
Like Enrtopylord, I like to listen to Davies and Bizzel and the boys in the real know.
AOE Price at posting:
$4.42 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held