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Michael Cherny (Leerink Partners): analyst track record on stock perps

Michael Cherny of Leerink Partners on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.1★
Success57%
Excess return+5.4%
rank#2,132
Ratings350
ratings on stock perps85

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings76392
Stock3540
Buy / hold / sell52 / 24 / 0224 / 161 / 7
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations3 / 1 / 29 / 4 / 17
Price targets hit / missed21 / 37 (36%)174 / 178 (49%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-7.7%-4.9%
Best / worst call+57.8% / -82.0%+174.4% / -95.5%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +2.5% · vs S&P 500 -0.6% · targets hit within a year 84% (n = 80)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$HIMS Hims & Hers Health, Inc.Hold · MaintainedApr 16, 2026
$CVS CVS HealthBuy · Reiterated$98.00+2.8%Mar 24, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Apr 16, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · article
  • Mar 24, 2026 $CVS: Reiterated · Buy · $98.00 · article
  • Mar 16, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $25.00 · article
  • Feb 24, 2026 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $17.50 · article
  • Oct 30, 2025 $CVS: Maintained · Buy · $98.00 · article
  • Oct 17, 2025 $CVS: Maintained · Buy · $95.00 · article
  • Oct 16, 2025 $HIMS: Reiterated · Hold · article
  • Oct 6, 2025 $MCK: Maintained · Buy · article
  • Sep 19, 2025 $MCK: Reiterated · Buy · article
  • Sep 25, 2025 $MCK: Maintained · Buy · $850 · article
  • Sep 11, 2025 $CVS: Reiterated · Buy · article
  • Sep 9, 2025 $MCK: Reiterated · Buy · $785 · article
  • Sep 3, 2025 $CVS: Reiterated · Buy · $86.00 · article
  • Aug 7, 2025 $MCK: Reiterated · Buy · $785 · article
  • Aug 6, 2025 $HIMS: Maintained · Hold · $43.00 · article
  • Aug 1, 2025 $CVS: Reiterated · Buy · $86.00 · article
  • Jul 15, 2025 $CVS: Maintained · Buy · $86.00 · article
  • Jul 11, 2025 $CVS: Maintained · Buy · $86.00 · article
  • Jul 9, 2025 $HIMS: Reiterated · Hold · $42.00 · article
  • Jul 1, 2025 $MCK: Maintained · Buy · article

Michael Cherny4.1★ · 57% success · +5.4% 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.