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Craig Hettenbach (Morgan Stanley): analyst track record on stock perps

Craig Hettenbach of Morgan Stanley on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.6★

Success60%

Excess return+10.2%

rank#1,046

Ratings308

ratings on stock perps87

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	120	260
Stock	21	21
Buy / hold / sell	50 / 61 / 9	92 / 125 / 43
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	2 / 2 / 3	3 / 4 / 10
Price targets hit / missed	45 / 74 (38%)	102 / 157 (39%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-6.0%	-7.7%
Best / worst call	+113.2% / -70.6%	+113.2% / -91.0%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.4% · vs S&P 500 -0.2% · targets hit within a year 52% (n = 84)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$VEEV Veeva Systems Inc.	Hold · Reiterated	$275	+5.4%	Aug 27, 2026
$HIMS Hims & Hers Health, Inc.	Hold · Reiterated	$28.00	+2.0%	Aug 11, 2026
$HCA HCA Healthcare	Sell · Maintained	$380	-9.8%	Jul 27, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 27, 2026 $VEEV: Reiterated · Hold · $275 · article
Aug 11, 2026 $HIMS: Reiterated · Hold · $28.00 · article
Jul 30, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $21.00 · article
Jul 27, 2026 $HCA: Maintained · Sell · $380 · article
Jul 22, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $21.00 · article
Jul 14, 2026 $HCA: Maintained · Sell · $425 · article
Jun 4, 2026 $VEEV: Maintained · Hold · $215 · article
May 12, 2026 $HIMS: Reiterated · Hold · $21.00 · article
Apr 22, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $21.00 · article
Mar 9, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $21.00 · article
Mar 5, 2026 $VEEV: Reiterated · Hold · $215 · article
Mar 5, 2026 $HIMS: Reiterated · Hold · $21.00 · article
Feb 24, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $21.00 · article
Feb 19, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $40.00 · article
Feb 17, 2026 $VEEV: Upgraded · Hold · $205 · article
Feb 6, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $40.00 · article
Jan 28, 2026 $HCA: Maintained · Sell · $425 · article
Jan 20, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $40.00 · article
Jan 6, 2026 $VEEV: Maintained · Sell · $222 · article
Jan 5, 2026 $HCA: Downgraded · Sell · $425 · article

Craig Hettenbach4.6★ · 60% success · +10.2% 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.