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Ben Kallo (Robert W. Baird): analyst track record on stock perps

Ben Kallo of Robert W. Baird on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4★

Success41%

Excess return+5.7%

rank#2,536

Ratings494

ratings on stock perps143

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	80	330
Stock	29	39
Buy / hold / sell	56 / 23 / 1	240 / 87 / 3
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	8 / 10 / 4	13 / 21 / 9
Price targets hit / missed	13 / 67 (16%)	134 / 194 (41%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-27.1%	+21.3%
Best / worst call	+64.6% / -81.8%	+1,623.3% / -99.4%

After buy calls: median 21-day move -1.1% · vs S&P 500 -4.4% · targets hit within a year 69% (n = 130)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$FSLR First Solar, Inc.	Buy · Upgraded	$318	+53.5%	Aug 11, 2026
$BE Bloom Energy Corporation	Buy · Maintained	$260	+0.6%	Apr 29, 2026
$GEV GE Vernova Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$1,400	+51.5%	Apr 23, 2026
$TSLA Tesla Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$538	+48.0%	Apr 6, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 11, 2026 $FSLR: Upgraded · Buy · $318 · article
Apr 29, 2026 $BE: Maintained · Buy · $260 · article
Apr 23, 2026 $GEV: Maintained · Buy · $1,400 · article
Apr 22, 2026 $BE: Maintained · Buy · $242 · article
Apr 6, 2026 $TSLA: Maintained · Buy · $538 · article
Feb 25, 2026 $FSLR: Downgraded · Hold · $205 · article
Feb 13, 2026 $RIVN: Maintained · Buy · $23.00 · article
Feb 12, 2026 $QS: Maintained · Hold · $12.00 · article
Feb 4, 2026 $GEV: Upgraded · Buy · $923 · article
Jan 29, 2026 $GEV: Maintained · Hold · $701 · article
Jan 28, 2026 $TSLA: Reiterated · Buy · $548 · article
Jan 27, 2026 $BE: Maintained · Buy · $172 · article
Jan 9, 2026 $GEV: Downgraded · Hold · $649 · article
Dec 30, 2025 $TSLA: Maintained · Buy · $548 · article
Dec 18, 2025 $GEV: Maintained · Buy · $816 · article
Dec 18, 2025 $RIVN: Upgraded · Buy · $25.00 · article
Oct 29, 2025 $BE: Maintained · Buy · $157 · article
Oct 13, 2025 $FSLR: Maintained · Buy · $264 · article
Oct 13, 2025 $QS: Maintained · Hold · $16.00 · article
Oct 13, 2025 $FLNC: Maintained · Hold · $15.00 · article

Ben Kallo4★ · 41% success · +5.7% 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.