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David Dai (UBS): analyst track record on stock perps

David Dai of UBS on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.5★

Success65%

Excess return+18.2%

rank#1,343

Ratings80

ratings on stock perps20

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	61	96
Stock	23	25
Buy / hold / sell	48 / 13 / 0	79 / 17 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	1 / 2 / 1	2 / 5 / 11
Price targets hit / missed	12 / 48 (20%)	21 / 74 (22%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	+7.7%	+19.5%
Best / worst call	+974.3% / -82.3%	+974.3% / -84.6%

After buy calls: median 21-day move -1.9% · vs S&P 500 +0.9% · targets hit within a year 0% (n = 17)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$SMMT Summit Therapeutics Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$33.00	+94.1%	Sep 8, 2026
$IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.	Hold · Reiterated	$7.00	-14.0%	Aug 20, 2026
$BNTX BioNTech SE	Buy · Maintained	$135	+40.0%	Aug 4, 2026

Recent ratings

Sep 8, 2026 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $33.00 · article
Aug 20, 2026 $IOVA: Reiterated · Hold · $7.00 · article
Aug 17, 2026 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $33.00 · article
Aug 4, 2026 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $135 · article
May 27, 2026 $BNTX: Upgraded · Buy · $135 · article
Mar 5, 2026 $IOVA: Reiterated · Hold · $4.00 · article
Jan 7, 2026 $MRNA: Downgraded · Hold · $34.00 · article
Nov 21, 2025 $MRNA: Maintained · Buy · $40.00 · article
Nov 10, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $33.00 · article
Nov 7, 2025 $VRTX: Maintained · Buy · $546 · article
Oct 31, 2025 $GILD: Reiterated · Hold · $112 · article
Oct 24, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
Oct 23, 2025 $MRNA: Maintained · Buy · $40.00 · article
Oct 20, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
Oct 10, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
Sep 8, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
Aug 22, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
Jun 30, 2025 $SMMT: Initiated · Buy · $30.00 · article
May 16, 2025 $IOVA: Downgraded · Hold · $2.00 · article
Oct 24, 2024 $IOVA: Initiated · Buy · $17.00 · article

David Dai4.5★ · 65% success · +18.2% 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.