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Jon Tower (Citi): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars4.5★

Success58%

Excess return+10.2%

rank#1,248

Ratings261

ratings on stock perps104

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	152	364
Stock	32	32
Buy / hold / sell	56 / 88 / 8	119 / 223 / 22
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	2 / 0 / 1	6 / 2 / 2
Price targets hit / missed	41 / 94 (30%)	103 / 243 (30%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-8.1%	-10.5%
Best / worst call	+147.2% / -61.9%	+450.5% / -86.2%

After buy calls: median 21-day move 0.0% · vs S&P 500 -1.6% · targets hit within a year 25% (n = 95)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$WEN The Wendy's Company	Hold · Maintained	$8.25	+10.9%	Sep 1, 2026
$MCD McDonald's Corporation	Buy · Reiterated	$345	+36.3%	Aug 4, 2026
$SBUX Starbucks	Hold · Maintained	$112	+12.9%	Jul 30, 2026
$CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.	Buy · Reiterated	$45.00	+24.6%	Jul 10, 2026

Recent ratings

Sep 1, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · $8.25 · article
Aug 10, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · $8.00 · article
Aug 4, 2026 $MCD: Reiterated · Buy · $345 · article
Jul 30, 2026 $SBUX: Maintained · Hold · $112 · article
Jul 28, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · $7.25 · article
Jul 15, 2026 $MCD: Reiterated · Buy · $335 · article
Jul 13, 2026 $SBUX: Reiterated · Hold · $108 · article
Jul 10, 2026 $CMG: Reiterated · Buy · $45.00 · article
May 15, 2026 $SBUX: Maintained · Hold · article
May 15, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · article
Apr 30, 2026 $CMG: Maintained · Buy · $46.00 · article
Apr 29, 2026 $SBUX: Maintained · Hold · $101 · article
Apr 24, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · $7.25 · article
Apr 14, 2026 $CMG: Maintained · Buy · $44.00 · article
Apr 13, 2026 $SBUX: Reiterated · Hold · $99.00 · article
Feb 12, 2026 $MCD: Maintained · Buy · $375 · article
Feb 4, 2026 $CMG: Maintained · Buy · $49.00 · article
Feb 3, 2026 $WEN: Maintained · Hold · $8.00 · article
Feb 2, 2026 $SBUX: Maintained · Hold · $92.00 · article
Jan 16, 2026 $CMG: Reiterated · Buy · $48.00 · article

Jon Tower4.5★ · 58% success · +10.2% 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.