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Karen Short (Melius Research): analyst track record on stock perps

Karen Short of Melius Research on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.6★
Success66%
Excess return+11.2%
rank#911
Ratings226
ratings on stock perps18

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings028
Stock017
Buy / hold / sell–12 / 14 / 2
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations0 / 0 / 02 / 2 / 17
Price targets hit / missed–13 / 14 (48%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)–+8.8%
Best / worst call– / –+142.1% / -48.4%

After buy calls: not enough measured cases yet

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
No current calls on stock perps.

Recent ratings

  • May 22, 2025 $TGT: Downgraded · Hold · article
  • Apr 1, 2025 $KR: Downgraded · Sell · $58.00 · article
  • Jan 30, 2025 $TSCO: Maintained · Buy · $62.00 · article
  • Dec 13, 2024 $COST: Maintained · Hold · $1,050 · article
  • Dec 2, 2024 $KR: Maintained · Hold · $65.00 · article
  • Nov 20, 2024 $TGT: Maintained · Buy · $150 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $TSCO: Initiated · Buy · $63.00 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $COST: Initiated · Hold · $950 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $LOW: Initiated · Buy · $290 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $WMT: Initiated · Buy · $95.00 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $HD: Initiated · Buy · $420 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $KR: Initiated · Hold · $55.00 · article
  • Sep 23, 2024 $TGT: Initiated · Buy · $180 · article
  • Aug 18, 2023 $WMT: Maintained · Buy · $59.99 · article
  • Aug 11, 2023 $WMT: Maintained · Buy · $59.99 · article
  • Aug 9, 2023 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $135 · article
  • Jul 21, 2023 $TSCO: Maintained · Buy · $260 · article
  • Jun 5, 2023 $WMT: Maintained · Buy · $56.66 · article

Karen Short4.6★ · 66% success · +11.2% 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.