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Bascome Majors (Stephens): analyst track record on stock perps

Bascome Majors of Stephens on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.7★
Success63%
Excess return+11.6%
rank#632
Ratings404
ratings on stock perps74

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings131396
Stock4747
Buy / hold / sell83 / 46 / 2191 / 187 / 18
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations1 / 4 / 2619 / 14 / 27
Price targets hit / missed45 / 83 (35%)212 / 179 (54%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-4.4%+7.6%
Best / worst call+95.1% / -63.5%+117.7% / -79.5%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.9% · vs S&P 500 -1.5% · targets hit within a year 33% (n = 70)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$UPS United Parcel ServiceBuy · Maintained$130+30.0%Jul 29, 2026
$CSX CSX CorporationBuy · Initiated$57.00+16.2%Jul 8, 2026
$FDX FedExBuy · Initiated$380+21.9%Jul 8, 2026
$NSC Norfolk Southern RailwayHold · Initiated$354+9.5%Jul 8, 2026
$UNP Union Pacific CorporationBuy · Initiated$327+14.4%Jul 8, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Jul 29, 2026 $UPS: Maintained · Buy · $130 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $UNP: Initiated · Buy · $327 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $UPS: Initiated · Buy · $135 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $NSC: Initiated · Hold · $354 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $CSX: Initiated · Buy · $57.00 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $FDX: Initiated · Buy · $380 · article
  • Apr 29, 2026 $UPS: Reiterated · Hold · $118 · article
  • Mar 20, 2026 $FDX: Maintained · Buy · $455 · article
  • Jan 22, 2026 $CSX: Maintained · Hold · $39.00 · article
  • Jan 20, 2026 $UPS: Maintained · Hold · $115 · article
  • Jan 16, 2026 $UNP: Reiterated · Buy · article
  • Jan 12, 2026 $UNP: Maintained · Buy · $290 · article
  • Dec 23, 2025 $FDX: Maintained · Buy · $340 · article
  • Dec 4, 2025 $FDX: Maintained · Buy · $345 · article
  • Oct 28, 2025 $UPS: Maintained · Hold · $105 · article
  • Oct 20, 2025 $CSX: Maintained · Hold · $34.00 · article
  • Sep 25, 2025 $NSC: Maintained · Hold · $295 · article
  • Sep 25, 2025 $UNP: Maintained · Buy · $272 · article
  • Sep 25, 2025 $CSX: Maintained · Hold · $34.00 · article
  • Sep 19, 2025 $FDX: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article

Bascome Majors4.7★ · 63% success · +11.6% excess return · TipRanks data via FMP · Source headlines via TheFly/StreetInsider (FMP). Reaction = venue-median perp move after our detection — an observation, not investment advice.