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David Manthey (Robert W. Baird): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars4.9★
Success66%
Excess return+14.8%
rank#302
Ratings460
ratings on stock perps17

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings52245
Stock2223
Buy / hold / sell40 / 12 / 0149 / 96 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations2 / 0 / 06 / 5 / 1
Price targets hit / missed6 / 46 (12%)98 / 147 (40%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-17.5%-5.8%
Best / worst call+27.3% / -59.0%+102.4% / -73.4%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +4.3% · vs S&P 500 -0.9% · targets hit within a year – (n = 16)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$WM Waste ManagementBuy · Maintained$265+23.4%Apr 30, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Apr 30, 2026 $WM: Maintained · Buy · $265 · article
  • Apr 16, 2026 $WM: Maintained · Buy · $260 · article
  • Jan 30, 2026 $WM: Maintained · Buy · $248 · article
  • Nov 4, 2025 $WM: Upgraded · Buy · $242 · article
  • Oct 29, 2025 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $238 · article
  • Aug 21, 2025 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $265 · article
  • Jul 28, 2025 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $248 · article
  • Apr 30, 2025 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $245 · article
  • Jan 31, 2025 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $230 · article
  • Oct 29, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $230 · article
  • Jul 25, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $216 · article
  • Apr 29, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $222 · article
  • Apr 23, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $214 · article
  • Feb 19, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $207 · article
  • Feb 7, 2024 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $191 · article
  • Oct 25, 2023 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $175 · article
  • Jul 26, 2023 $WM: Maintained · Hold · $170 · article

David Manthey4.9★ · 66% success · +14.8% 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.