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William Maughan (Clear Street): analyst track record on stock perps

William Maughan of Clear Street on companies with stock perpetual futures: star rating, success rate, price-target accuracy, current calls and the measured perp reaction after each rating.

Stars4.5★
Success51%
Excess return+17.9%
rank#1,199
Ratings140
ratings on stock perps31

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP
12 months3 years
Ratings64127
Stock1825
Buy / hold / sell61 / 3 / 0112 / 15 / 0
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations1 / 1 / 62 / 2 / 16
Price targets hit / missed8 / 56 (13%)19 / 107 (15%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)-48.4%-43.8%
Best / worst call+86.6% / -90.1%+86.6% / -93.6%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.3% · vs S&P 500 0.0% · targets hit within a year 0% (n = 30)

Current calls on stock perps

StockCallTargetvs last closeDate
$SMMT Summit Therapeutics Inc.Buy · Maintained$31.00+82.4%May 1, 2026

Recent ratings

  • May 1, 2026 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $31.00 · article
  • Mar 11, 2026 $BNTX: Reiterated · Buy · $167 · article
  • Dec 10, 2025 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $181 · article
  • Nov 12, 2025 $BNTX: Reiterated · Buy · $181 · article
  • Nov 10, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $32.00 · article
  • Nov 3, 2025 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $181 · article
  • Oct 21, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $32.00 · article
  • Sep 19, 2025 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $185 · article
  • Sep 8, 2025 $BNTX: Reiterated · Buy · $185 · article
  • Aug 13, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $33.00 · article
  • Aug 4, 2025 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $185 · article
  • Jun 30, 2025 $SMMT: Maintained · Buy · $30.00 · article
  • Jun 2, 2025 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $181 · article
  • May 21, 2025 $SMMT: Initiated · Buy · $33.00 · article
  • Mar 4, 2025 $BNTX: Initiated · Buy · $164 · article
  • May 6, 2024 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $171 · article
  • May 3, 2024 $MRNA: Maintained · Hold · $106 · article
  • Apr 21, 2024 $MRNA: Maintained · Hold · $91.00 · article
  • Mar 27, 2024 $MRNA: Maintained · Hold · $91.00 · article
  • Mar 20, 2024 $BNTX: Maintained · Buy · $171 · article

William Maughan4.5★ · 51% success · +17.9% 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.