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Laura Martin (Needham): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars4.7★
Success53%
Excess return+10.5%
rank#862
Ratings508
ratings on stock perps282

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings197543
Stock3235
Buy / hold / sell153 / 44 / 0442 / 90 / 11
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations0 / 1 / 03 / 4 / 2
Price targets hit / missed24 / 130 (16%)174 / 270 (39%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-24.6%-1.8%
Best / worst call+40.1% / -83.4%+470.5% / -94.7%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +2.5% · vs S&P 500 +0.3% · targets hit within a year 70% (n = 264)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$AAPL Apple Inc.Hold · MaintainedSep 10, 2026
$TTD The Trade Desk, Inc.Buy · Maintained$19.00+36.0%Sep 3, 2026
$META Meta Platforms, Inc.Hold · MaintainedAug 27, 2026
$DIS The Walt Disney CompanyBuy · Maintained$125+18.1%Aug 6, 2026
$WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.Hold · MaintainedAug 6, 2026
$PSKY Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common StockHold · MaintainedAug 5, 2026
$AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.Buy · Maintained$300+19.1%Jul 31, 2026
$RDDT Reddit, Inc.Buy · Maintained$300+93.1%Jul 31, 2026
$GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class ABuy · Maintained$450+35.3%Jul 23, 2026
$NFLX Netflix, Inc.Buy · Reiterated$120+57.9%Jul 17, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Sep 10, 2026 $AAPL: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Sep 3, 2026 $TTD: Maintained · Buy · $19.00 · article
  • Aug 27, 2026 $META: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Aug 7, 2026 $TTD: Maintained · Buy · $19.00 · article
  • Aug 6, 2026 $WBD: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Aug 6, 2026 $DIS: Maintained · Buy · $125 · article
  • Aug 5, 2026 $PSKY: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jul 31, 2026 $AAPL: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jul 31, 2026 $RDDT: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article
  • Jul 31, 2026 $AMZN: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article
  • Jul 30, 2026 $META: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jul 24, 2026 $META: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jul 23, 2026 $RDDT: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article
  • Jul 23, 2026 $GOOGL: Maintained · Buy · $450 · article
  • Jul 20, 2026 $TTD: Maintained · Buy · $25.00 · article
  • Jul 17, 2026 $NFLX: Reiterated · Buy · $120 · article
  • Jul 16, 2026 $RDDT: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article
  • Jul 14, 2026 $PSKY: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jul 10, 2026 $RDDT: Reiterated · Buy · $300 · article
  • Jul 8, 2026 $AMZN: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article

Laura Martin4.7★ · 53% success · +10.5% 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.