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Salim Syed (Mizuho Securities): analyst track record on stock perps

Salim Syed of Mizuho Securities on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars2.7★
Success42%
Excess return+1.1%
rank#5,747
Ratings493
ratings on stock perps101

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings80314
Stock2934
Buy / hold / sell73 / 7 / 0286 / 28 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations2 / 0 / 13 / 1 / 13
Price targets hit / missed14 / 65 (18%)71 / 187 (28%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-31.4%-22.9%
Best / worst call+54.5% / -88.4%+93.9% / -94.2%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +0.4% · vs S&P 500 -2.6% (n = 74) · targets hit within a year 59% (n = 46)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$PCVX Vaxcyte, Inc.Buy · Maintained$163+169.7%Oct 5, 2026
$GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.Buy · Maintained$170+8.9%Aug 31, 2026
$AMGN Amgen Inc.Hold · Maintained$352-19.9%Aug 17, 2026
$IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.Buy · Maintained$11.00-21.9%Aug 17, 2026
$BIIB Biogen Inc.Buy · Maintained$241-3.9%Aug 3, 2026

Recent ratings

  • Oct 5, 2026 $PCVX: Maintained · Buy · $163 · article
  • Aug 31, 2026 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $170 · article
  • Aug 17, 2026 $AMGN: Maintained · Hold · $352 · article
  • Aug 17, 2026 $IOVA: Maintained · Buy · $11.00 · article
  • Aug 3, 2026 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $241 · article
  • Jun 22, 2026 $IOVA: Maintained · Buy · $10.00 · article
  • Jun 21, 2026 $AMGN: Maintained · Hold · $303 · article
  • Jun 18, 2026 $PCVX: Maintained · Buy · $163 · article
  • Jun 12, 2026 $BIIB: Reiterated · Buy · $221 · article
  • Jun 12, 2026 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $170 · article
  • Feb 19, 2026 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $170 · article
  • Feb 11, 2026 $AMGN: Maintained · Hold · $295 · article
  • Feb 11, 2026 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $236 · article
  • Jan 7, 2026 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $207 · article
  • Nov 20, 2025 $PCVX: Maintained · Buy · $163 · article
  • Nov 20, 2025 $AMGN: Maintained · Hold · $280 · article
  • Nov 20, 2025 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $140 · article
  • Nov 3, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $177 · article
  • Aug 18, 2025 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $131 · article
  • Aug 18, 2025 $PCVX: Maintained · Buy · $163 · article

Salim Syed2.7★ · 42% success · +1.1% 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.