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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.

Stars3.2★

Success44%

Excess return+2.2%

rank#4,376

Ratings493

ratings on stock perps77

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	71	320
Stock	28	33
Buy / hold / sell	65 / 6 / 0	293 / 27 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	2 / 0 / 1	3 / 1 / 14
Price targets hit / missed	14 / 56 (20%)	84 / 180 (32%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-31.8%	-17.6%
Best / worst call	+37.2% / -83.7%	+76.1% / -90.9%

After buy calls: median 21-day move -0.2% · vs S&P 500 -3.6% · targets hit within a year 48% (n = 65)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$170	+17.4%	Aug 31, 2026
$AMGN Amgen Inc.	Hold · Maintained	$352	-8.0%	Aug 17, 2026
$IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$11.00	+35.1%	Aug 17, 2026
$BIIB Biogen Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$241	+11.9%	Aug 3, 2026

Recent ratings

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 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 $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 $AMGN: Maintained · Hold · $280 · article
Aug 4, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $169 · article
Jun 18, 2025 $GILD: Maintained · Buy · $117 · article
May 23, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Buy · $169 · article

Salim Syed3.2★ · 44% success · +2.2% 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.