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Lee Simpson (Morgan Stanley): analyst track record on stock perps

Lee Simpson 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.

Stars3.6★

Success52%

Excess return+6.1%

rank#3,542

Ratings108

ratings on stock perps65

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	44	91
Stock	16	17
Buy / hold / sell	33 / 11 / 0	74 / 17 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	1 / 3 / 1	5 / 4 / 4
Price targets hit / missed	15 / 29 (34%)	40 / 51 (44%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-0.9%	+8.0%
Best / worst call	+88.3% / -44.2%	+362.2% / -44.5%

After buy calls: median 21-day move -2.7% · vs S&P 500 -1.3% · targets hit within a year 83% (n = 63)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$SNPS Synopsys	Buy · Upgraded	$500	+25.9%	Sep 8, 2026
$ARM Arm Holdings plc	Hold · Maintained	$212	-16.6%	Jul 30, 2026
$CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$400	+40.4%	Jul 29, 2026

Recent ratings

Sep 8, 2026 $SNPS: Upgraded · Buy · $500 · article
Aug 19, 2026 $SNPS: Maintained · Hold · $500 · article
Jul 30, 2026 $ARM: Maintained · Hold · $212 · article
Jul 29, 2026 $CDNS: Maintained · Buy · $400 · article
Jul 21, 2026 $CDNS: Maintained · Buy · $370
May 28, 2026 $SNPS: Maintained · Hold · $525 · article
May 20, 2026 $SNPS: Maintained · Hold · $494 · article
May 7, 2026 $ARM: Maintained · Hold · $202 · article
Apr 17, 2026 $CDNS: Maintained · Buy · $307 · article
Apr 7, 2026 $ARM: Downgraded · Hold · $150 · article
Mar 4, 2026 $SNPS: Maintained · Hold · $480 · article
Feb 27, 2026 $SNPS: Downgraded · Hold · $480 · article
Feb 27, 2026 $SNPS: Downgraded · Hold · $480 · article
Feb 18, 2026 $CDNS: Maintained · Buy · $370 · article
Feb 6, 2026 $ARM: Maintained · Buy · $135 · article
Jan 23, 2026 $CDNS: Maintained · Buy · $385 · article
Jan 23, 2026 $ARM: Maintained · Buy · $135 · article
Dec 12, 2025 $SNPS: Maintained · Buy · $550 · article
Dec 1, 2025 $SNPS: Maintained · Buy · $510 · article
Nov 10, 2025 $SNPS: Maintained · Buy · $510 · article

Lee Simpson3.6★ · 52% success · +6.1% 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.