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Brian Drab (William Blair): analyst track record on stock perps

Brian Drab of William Blair on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.8★
Success63%
Excess return+25.4%
rank#459
Ratings137
ratings on stock perps18

Track record

TipRanks data
12 months3 years
Ratings88152
Stock2424
Buy / hold / sell54 / 34 / 093 / 59 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations0 / 0 / 21 / 2 / 4
Price targets hit / missed0 / 2 (0%)0 / 2 (0%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-17.7%-17.7%
Best / worst call-16.5% / -18.9%-16.5% / -18.9%

After buy calls: not enough measured cases yet

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$GNRC Generac Holdings Inc.Buy · Maintained––Sep 17, 2026
$VRT Vertiv Holdings CoBuy · Maintained––Jul 30, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Sep 17, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Sep 17, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Jul 30, 2026 $VRT: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Jul 30, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Jun 3, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Apr 29, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Apr 23, 2026 $VRT: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Mar 25, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Feb 13, 2026 $VRT: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Feb 11, 2026 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Oct 30, 2025 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Oct 23, 2025 $VRT: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Jul 31, 2025 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Jul 28, 2025 $VRT: Initiated · Buy · article
  • Jun 5, 2025 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • May 1, 2025 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Nov 2, 2023 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Aug 21, 2023 $GNRC: Maintained · Buy · article

Brian Drab4.8★ · 63% success · +25.4% excess return · TipRanks data · Source headlines via TheFly/StreetInsider. Reaction = venue-median perp move after our detection — an observation, not investment advice.