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Wesley Brooks (HSBC): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars3.5★

Success64%

Excess return+13.3%

rank#3,724

Ratings22

ratings on stock perps21

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	9	51
Stock	9	25
Buy / hold / sell	1 / 7 / 1	19 / 28 / 4
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	0 / 3 / 1	8 / 14 / 17
Price targets hit / missed	4 / 5 (44%)	25 / 26 (49%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-11.0%	+6.3%
Best / worst call	+14.8% / -50.7%	+346.5% / -67.0%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +2.4% · vs S&P 500 +1.9% · targets hit within a year 67% (n = 21)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$VRT Vertiv Holdings Co	Buy · Initiated	$325	+31.0%	Mar 24, 2026

Recent ratings

Mar 24, 2026 $VRT: Initiated · Buy · $325 · article
Jan 13, 2026 $F: Maintained · Hold · $12.80 · article
Jan 13, 2026 $GM: Maintained · Hold · $75.00 · article
Nov 19, 2025 $QS: Downgraded · Sell · $10.50 · article
Jul 30, 2025 $TT: Downgraded · Hold · $460 · article
Apr 23, 2025 $TT: Upgraded · Buy · $415 · article
Apr 23, 2025 $WM: Upgraded · Buy · $265 · article
Dec 11, 2024 $GM: Downgraded · Hold · $58.00 · article
Nov 19, 2024 $QS: Upgraded · Hold · $5.30 · article
Oct 31, 2024 $TT: Downgraded · Hold · $405 · article
Aug 19, 2024 $DE: Downgraded · Hold · $400 · article
May 10, 2024 $MMM: Upgraded · Buy · $115 · article
May 1, 2024 $TT: Maintained · Buy · $355 · article
Feb 15, 2024 $WM: Downgraded · Hold · $210 · article
Dec 4, 2023 $QS: Initiated · Sell · $4.70 · article
Dec 4, 2023 $GM: Initiated · Buy · $41.29 · article
Dec 4, 2023 $F: Initiated · Hold · $11.30 · article
Sep 15, 2023 $TT: Initiated · Buy · $256 · article
Sep 15, 2023 $DE: Initiated · Buy · $486 · article
Sep 15, 2023 $WM: Initiated · Buy · $192 · article

Wesley Brooks3.5★ · 64% success · +13.3% 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.