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John Aiken (Jefferies): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars2.5★
Success51%
Excess return+0.6%
rank#6,324
Ratings486
ratings on stock perps22

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings122319
Stock4043
Buy / hold / sell42 / 80 / 0137 / 182 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations6 / 3 / 08 / 8 / 19
Price targets hit / missed76 / 39 (66%)239 / 63 (79%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)+4.2%+34.0%
Best / worst call+61.9% / -81.4%+129.3% / -81.4%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.0% · vs S&P 500 +0.4% · targets hit within a year 100% (n = 22)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$RY Royal Bank of CanadaHold · Maintained$168-18.3%May 20, 2026

Recent ratings

  • May 20, 2026 $RY: Maintained · Hold · $168 · article
  • Feb 11, 2026 $RY: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Nov 25, 2025 $RY: Downgraded · Hold · article
  • Aug 28, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $153 · article
  • Aug 13, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $149 · article
  • May 30, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $142 · article
  • Apr 21, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $129 · article
  • Mar 28, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $140 · article
  • Mar 3, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $140 · article
  • Feb 23, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $138 · article
  • Feb 18, 2025 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $138 · article
  • Dec 10, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $141 · article
  • Dec 6, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $141 · article
  • Nov 20, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $137 · article
  • Sep 2, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $132 · article
  • Aug 13, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $118 · article
  • Jun 4, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $114 · article
  • May 30, 2024 $RY: Reiterated · Buy · $114 · article
  • May 13, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Buy · $113 · article
  • Mar 1, 2024 $RY: Maintained · Hold · $97.60 · article

John Aiken2.5★ · 51% success · +0.6% 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.