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Richard Hightower (Barclays): analyst track record on stock perps

Richard Hightower of Barclays on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars1.1★
Success47%
Excess return-0.8%
rank#9,855
Ratings238
ratings on stock perps15

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings282457
Stock5656
Buy / hold / sell111 / 141 / 30180 / 230 / 47
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations4 / 7 / 167 / 12 / 39
Price targets hit / missed63 / 219 (22%)97 / 359 (21%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-7.4%-10.5%
Best / worst call+100.9% / -70.2%+100.9% / -72.0%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.9% · vs S&P 500 -0.8% · targets hit within a year – (n = 13)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$WELL WelltowerHold · Maintained$259+9.9%Aug 31, 2026
$SPG Simon Property GroupHold · Maintained$215+5.0%Aug 17, 2026
$PLD PrologisBuy · Maintained$156+16.1%Jul 27, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Aug 31, 2026 $WELL: Maintained · Hold · $259 · article
  • Aug 17, 2026 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $215 · article
  • Jul 27, 2026 $PLD: Maintained · Buy · $156 · article
  • Jul 20, 2026 $PLD: Reiterated · Buy · $156 · article
  • Jul 7, 2026 $WELL: Initiated · Hold · $254 · article
  • Jun 25, 2026 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $213 · article
  • May 18, 2026 $SPG: Reiterated · Hold · $212 · article
  • Apr 13, 2026 $SPG: Reiterated · Hold · $201 · article
  • Mar 24, 2026 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $193 · article
  • Mar 2, 2026 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $193 · article
  • Jan 13, 2026 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $188 · article
  • Nov 18, 2025 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $186 · article
  • Oct 6, 2025 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $180 · article
  • Aug 27, 2025 $SPG: Maintained · Hold · $170 · article
  • Jul 2, 2025 $SPG: Initiated · Hold · $170 · article

Richard Hightower1.1★ · 47% success · -0.8% 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.