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Richard Safran (Seaport Global): analyst track record on stock perps

Richard Safran of Seaport Global on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars3.7★
Success63%
Excess return+8.2%
rank#3,187
Ratings70
ratings on stock perps36

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings2364
Stock1820
Buy / hold / sell23 / 0 / 058 / 6 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations1 / 0 / 11 / 1 / 1
Price targets hit / missed1 / 19 (5%)10 / 42 (19%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-25.3%+2.3%
Best / worst call+4.2% / -79.2%+226.2% / -79.2%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +2.0% · vs S&P 500 -1.4% · targets hit within a year 61% (n = 36)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$GE GE AerospaceBuy · Initiated$375+15.7%May 26, 2026
$LMT Lockheed Martin CorporationBuy · Maintained$756+42.6%Mar 22, 2026

Recent ratings

  • May 26, 2026 $GE: Initiated · Buy · $375 · article
  • Mar 22, 2026 $LMT: Maintained · Buy · $756 · article
  • Jan 22, 2026 $NOC: Maintained · Buy · $772 · article
  • Jan 22, 2026 $GD: Maintained · Buy · $444 · article
  • Jan 22, 2026 $LMT: Maintained · Buy · $664 · article
  • Nov 23, 2025 $LMT: Reiterated · Buy · $544 · article
  • Nov 23, 2025 $BA: Reiterated · Buy · $285 · article
  • Nov 9, 2025 $BA: Reiterated · Buy · $285 · article
  • Sep 29, 2025 $GD: Upgraded · Buy · $376 · article
  • Sep 3, 2025 $LMT: Maintained · Buy · $544 · article
  • Oct 25, 2024 $NOC: Maintained · Buy · $599 · article
  • Oct 24, 2024 $GD: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Oct 24, 2024 $BA: Maintained · Buy · $207 · article
  • Oct 23, 2024 $LMT: Reiterated · Buy · $670 · article
  • Oct 16, 2024 $BA: Reiterated · Buy · $207 · article
  • Oct 11, 2024 $GD: Downgraded · Hold · article
  • Oct 9, 2024 $LMT: Reiterated · Buy · $670 · article
  • Sep 9, 2024 $BA: Reiterated · Buy · $207 · article
  • Sep 3, 2024 $NOC: Reiterated · Buy · $599 · article
  • Aug 23, 2024 $LMT: Maintained · Buy · $577 · article

Richard Safran3.7★ · 63% success · +8.2% 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.