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Melissa Weathers (Deutsche Bank): analyst track record on stock perps

Melissa Weathers of Deutsche Bank 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★

Success62%

Excess return+67.0%

rank#361

Ratings50

ratings on stock perps47

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	57	95
Stock	17	17
Buy / hold / sell	44 / 13 / 0	65 / 30 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	3 / 1 / 2	4 / 1 / 7
Price targets hit / missed	21 / 33 (39%)	50 / 42 (54%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	+19.0%	+55.7%
Best / worst call	+458.5% / -89.9%	+551.6% / -89.9%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +6.4% · vs S&P 500 +3.2% · targets hit within a year 22% (n = 46)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$605	+33.3%	Aug 14, 2026
$LRCX Lam Research Corporation	Buy · Maintained	$320	+7.4%	Jul 30, 2026
$KLAC KLA Corporation	Hold · Maintained	$195	+10.1%	Jul 29, 2026
$MU Micron Technology, Inc.	Buy · Reiterated	$1,550	+58.6%	Jun 25, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 14, 2026 $AMAT: Maintained · Buy · $605 · article
Jul 30, 2026 $LRCX: Maintained · Buy · $320 · article
Jul 29, 2026 $KLAC: Maintained · Hold · $195 · article
Jul 9, 2026 $KLAC: Maintained · Hold · article
Jun 25, 2026 $MU: Reiterated · Buy · $1,550 · article
May 15, 2026 $AMAT: Reiterated · Buy · $550 · article
May 12, 2026 $MU: Maintained · Buy · $1,000 · article
Apr 30, 2026 $KLAC: Maintained · Hold · $1,750 · article
Apr 15, 2026 $LRCX: Maintained · Buy · $300 · article
Mar 19, 2026 $MU: Maintained · Buy · $550 · article
Feb 13, 2026 $AMAT: Reiterated · Buy · $450 · article
Feb 10, 2026 $MU: Maintained · Buy · $500 · article
Jan 30, 2026 $KLAC: Maintained · Hold · $1,630 · article
Jan 29, 2026 $LRCX: Maintained · Buy · $290 · article
Jan 23, 2026 $AMAT: Upgraded · Buy · $390 · article
Jan 21, 2026 $KLAC: Maintained · Hold · $1,560 · article
Jan 21, 2026 $LRCX: Reiterated · Buy · $260 · article
Dec 19, 2025 $LRCX: Maintained · Buy · article
Dec 19, 2025 $AMAT: Maintained · Hold · article
Dec 18, 2025 $MU: Reiterated · Buy · $300 · article

Melissa Weathers4.9★ · 62% success · +67.0% 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.