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Kelly Bania (BMO Capital): analyst track record on stock perps

Kelly Bania of BMO Capital 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+8.0%

rank#1,020

Ratings339

ratings on stock perps53

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	91	237
Stock	27	28
Buy / hold / sell	54 / 30 / 7	129 / 98 / 10
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	2 / 2 / 1	5 / 8 / 2
Price targets hit / missed	23 / 67 (26%)	99 / 135 (42%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-9.2%	+10.6%
Best / worst call	+73.0% / -53.2%	+267.6% / -59.9%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +2.0% · vs S&P 500 +0.7% · targets hit within a year 77% (n = 48)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$WMT Walmart Inc.	Buy · Reiterated	$126	+19.2%	Aug 31, 2026
$TGT Target Corporation	Hold · Maintained	$160	+2.7%	Aug 20, 2026
$COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	Buy · Reiterated	$1,315	+45.7%	May 29, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 31, 2026 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $126 · article
Aug 20, 2026 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $126 · article
Aug 20, 2026 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $160 · article
Jun 12, 2026 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $130 · article
May 29, 2026 $COST: Reiterated · Buy · $1,315 · article
May 22, 2026 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $145 · article
May 21, 2026 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $130 · article
Mar 6, 2026 $COST: Maintained · Buy · $1,315 · article
Mar 4, 2026 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $130 · article
Dec 12, 2025 $COST: Reiterated · Buy · $1,175 · article
Dec 11, 2025 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $125 · article
Nov 21, 2025 $WMT: Maintained · Buy · $125 · article
Nov 19, 2025 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $90.00 · article
Sep 25, 2025 $COST: Reiterated · Buy · $1,175 · article
Aug 21, 2025 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $110 · article
Aug 20, 2025 $TGT: Maintained · Hold · $95.00 · article
Aug 6, 2025 $COST: Maintained · Buy · $1,175 · article
Jun 23, 2025 $COST: Reiterated · Buy · $1,175 · article
Jun 6, 2025 $WMT: Reiterated · Buy · $110 · article
May 29, 2025 $COST: Reiterated · Buy · $1,175 · article

Kelly Bania4.6★ · 66% success · +8.0% 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.