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Matt Dezort (Needham): analyst track record on stock perps

Matt Dezort 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.

Stars1.7★
Success40%
Excess return+0.3%
rank#7,985
Ratings20
ratings on stock perps18

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings140
Stock111
Buy / hold / sell1 / 0 / 017 / 23 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 10
Price targets hit / missed1 / 0 (100%)11 / 6 (65%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)+44.8%+20.6%
Best / worst call+44.8% / +44.8%+96.2% / -38.1%

After buy calls: median 21-day move 0.0% · vs S&P 500 -0.4% · targets hit within a year 30% (n = 18)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
No current calls on stock perps.

Recent ratings

  • Mar 13, 2025 $S: Maintained · Buy · $23.00 · article
  • Feb 14, 2025 $PANW: Maintained · Buy · $230 · article
  • Feb 7, 2025 $FTNT: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Dec 5, 2024 $S: Maintained · Buy · $32.00 · article
  • Nov 22, 2024 $FTNT: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Nov 21, 2024 $PANW: Maintained · Buy · $225 · article
  • Nov 8, 2024 $FTNT: Reiterated · Hold · article
  • Oct 17, 2024 $S: Initiated · Buy · $32.00 · article
  • Aug 20, 2024 $PANW: Reiterated · Buy · $193 · article
  • Aug 7, 2024 $FTNT: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Jun 10, 2024 $FTNT: Maintained · Hold · article
  • May 21, 2024 $PANW: Reiterated · Buy · $173 · article
  • May 3, 2024 $FTNT: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Feb 21, 2024 $PANW: Reiterated · Buy · $173 · article
  • Feb 7, 2024 $FTNT: Reiterated · Hold · article
  • Nov 16, 2023 $PANW: Reiterated · Buy · $305 · article
  • Oct 25, 2023 $FTNT: Initiated · Hold · article
  • Oct 25, 2023 $PANW: Initiated · Buy · $305 · article

Matt Dezort1.7★ · 40% success · +0.3% 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.