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Matt Summerville (D.A. Davidson): analyst track record on stock perps

Matt Summerville of D.A. Davidson 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★

Success54%

Excess return+14.7%

rank#626

Ratings405

ratings on stock perps46

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	157	436
Stock	28	33
Buy / hold / sell	112 / 45 / 0	327 / 109 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	1 / 1 / 1	4 / 7 / 4
Price targets hit / missed	17 / 109 (13%)	140 / 217 (39%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-18.3%	-5.4%
Best / worst call	+62.3% / -66.8%	+198.8% / -89.2%

After buy calls: median 21-day move 0.0% · vs S&P 500 -1.1% · targets hit within a year 100% (n = 42)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$MP MP Materials Corp.	Buy · Maintained	$82.00	+59.8%	Aug 21, 2026
$CGNX Cognex Corporation	Hold · Maintained	$65.00	+5.4%	Aug 10, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 21, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Aug 10, 2026 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $65.00 · article
Aug 7, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · article
Aug 6, 2026 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $62.00 · article
Jun 5, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
May 20, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · article
May 13, 2026 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $62.00 · article
Mar 11, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Feb 27, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · article
Feb 18, 2026 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Feb 17, 2026 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $55.00 · article
Feb 12, 2026 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $38.00 · article
Nov 20, 2025 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Nov 17, 2025 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Nov 7, 2025 $MP: Reiterated · Buy · $82.00 · article
Nov 3, 2025 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $38.00 · article
Sep 2, 2025 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $82.00 · article
Aug 4, 2025 $CGNX: Maintained · Hold · $35.00 · article
Jul 11, 2025 $MP: Maintained · Buy · $32.00 · article
Jul 16, 2025 $MP: Reiterated · Buy · $32.00 · article

Matt Summerville4.7★ · 54% success · +14.7% 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.