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Mathew Blackman (TD Cowen): analyst track record on stock perps

Mathew Blackman of TD Cowen on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.3★

Success51%

Excess return+10.8%

rank#1,848

Ratings174

ratings on stock perps10

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	58	163
Stock	16	23
Buy / hold / sell	39 / 19 / 0	119 / 44 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	1 / 2 / 6	4 / 3 / 9
Price targets hit / missed	4 / 53 (7%)	24 / 137 (15%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-24.0%	-22.3%
Best / worst call	+5.6% / -55.8%	+251.6% / -82.4%

After buy calls: median 21-day move -0.5% · vs S&P 500 -0.9% · targets hit within a year – (n = 10)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$485	+34.6%	Aug 3, 2026
$SYK Stryker Corporation	Hold · Reiterated	$355	+31.5%	Jul 31, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 3, 2026 $ISRG: Maintained · Buy · $485 · article
Jul 31, 2026 $SYK: Reiterated · Hold · $355 · article
Jul 17, 2026 $ISRG: Maintained · Buy · $485 · article
Jul 13, 2026 $ISRG: Reiterated · Buy · $520 · article
May 1, 2026 $SYK: Maintained · Hold · $355 · article
Apr 22, 2026 $ISRG: Maintained · Buy · $585 · article
Feb 9, 2026 $ISRG: Maintained · Buy · $660 · article
Jan 30, 2026 $SYK: Maintained · Hold · $387 · article
Jan 26, 2026 $SYK: Downgraded · Hold · $387 · article
Jan 30, 2026 $ISRG: Initiated · Buy · $660 · article

Mathew Blackman4.3★ · 51% success · +10.8% 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.