Veteran Analyst Brings Decades of Freight and Logistics Insight

Stephens today announced that Bascome Majors has joined the firm’s institutional equity research practice as a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering the Transportation sector. He brings nearly two decades of experience across the freight transportation industry, including railroads, parcel, asset-light logistics, trucking, and rail equipment. Based in Atlanta, Majors will lead the firm’s transportation coverage, supported by its integrated capital markets platform.

For more than 30 years, Stephens has maintained a meaningful presence in transportation research and capital markets, advising corporate and institutional clients through multiple market cycles. The addition of Majors underscores the firm’s ongoing commitment to high-quality research and disciplined investment ideas with top-tier analysts.

“Bascome brings valuable depth and perspective to our Transportation Group, a sector that has long been core to Stephens,” said Kyle Evans, Director of Research at Stephens. “He will build on that legacy with expertise that strengthens our bench and enhances the differentiated insights we deliver to clients. With the strong foundation our team has established, Bascome and the group are well positioned to further expand Stephens impact in the sector.”

Majors will also play a key role across the firm’s transportation initiatives and flagship industry events, including quarterly Transportation Preview Dinners in NYC, the upcoming Freight Forum in Little Rock in May, the annual Multi-Modal Field Trip in August and, the Stephens Annual Investment Conference in Nashville in November.

“I joined Stephens because of the quality of their people and their broader Transportation franchise, and I look forward to leading the Transportation Equity Research team for many years to come,” said Bascome Majors.

Majors earned a B.S. in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and an M.S. in Accounting from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has passed the CPA exam.

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