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William Pickering (Bernstein): analyst track record on stock perps

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

Stars3.4★

Success62%

Excess return+4.6%

rank#3,958

Ratings98

ratings on stock perps64

Track record

TipRanks data via FMP

	12 months	3 years
Ratings	74	208
Stock	31	31
Buy / hold / sell	42 / 32 / 0	112 / 92 / 4
Upgrades / downgrades / initiations	1 / 2 / 3	5 / 3 / 8
Price targets hit / missed	19 / 54 (26%)	76 / 114 (40%)
Avg. return after a rating (TipRanks)	-11.3%	-6.5%
Best / worst call	+136.5% / -62.4%	+386.8% / -80.6%

After buy calls: median 21-day move +1.2% · vs S&P 500 -0.1% · targets hit within a year 62% (n = 62)

Current calls on stock perps

Stock	Call	Target	vs last close	Date
$VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Buy · Maintained	$608	+18.2%	Aug 11, 2026
$REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Buy · Maintained	$921	+16.1%	Apr 8, 2026

Recent ratings

Aug 11, 2026 $VRTX: Maintained · Buy · $608 · article
May 5, 2026 $VRTX: Maintained · Buy · $572 · article
Apr 22, 2026 $VRTX: Maintained · Buy · $577 · article
Apr 8, 2026 $REGN: Maintained · Buy · $921 · article
Feb 13, 2026 $VRTX: Reiterated · Buy · $577 · article
Feb 6, 2026 $BIIB: Maintained · Hold · $201 · article
Jan 30, 2026 $REGN: Reiterated · Buy · $916 · article
Jan 23, 2026 $REGN: Reiterated · Buy · $916 · article
Jan 12, 2026 $VRTX: Upgraded · Buy · article
Dec 1, 2025 $REGN: Maintained · Buy · $818 · article
Nov 19, 2025 $REGN: Reiterated · Buy · $818 · article
Nov 3, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Hold · $157 · article
Oct 27, 2025 $VRTX: Maintained · Hold · $471 · article
Oct 29, 2025 $REGN: Reiterated · Buy · $818 · article
Oct 27, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Hold · $155 · article
Sep 26, 2025 $REGN: Maintained · Buy · $781 · article
Aug 22, 2025 $REGN: Maintained · Buy · $753 · article
Aug 26, 2025 $REGN: Reiterated · Buy · $781 · article
Aug 22, 2025 $VRTX: Maintained · Hold · article
Aug 22, 2025 $BIIB: Maintained · Hold · article

William Pickering3.4★ · 62% success · +4.6% 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.