doomonyou,
Hilarious, thanks for the chuckle. There is considerable truth to what you say. Like you, I prefer conservative analysts who are in a manner of speaking 'catching up to the play'. I also appreciate analysts who emit a complex message, i.e., a conservative price target but enough additional information so that experienced, knowledgeable folk can see the full potential.
There is one well known capital house here in Canada that is less conservative: Canaccord. Ironically, Canaccord has solved the Coastal Energy problem by not currently covering it. (The analyst moved on, and has not been been replaced.) Leaving specific price targets and coverage decisions aside, there is plenty of quality analysis in Canaccord's current coverage for those who know how to read it.
But Canadians are not immune to bandwagons, herd-like behaviour and high school-like popularity contests. If zero-sum trading is your thing, even the common shares of solid wealth-creating, fast-growing companies like Coastal Energy almost inevitably offer all kinds of opportunities to make money from other shareholders.
On the consumer side of things, I'm convinced that there are just as many expensive iPads and other popular Apple products sitting on people's shelves and gathering dust in Canada as there are in the USA. Kudos to Apple for spectacular marketing acumen.