AppLovin Stock Slides 19% Over 9 Straight Down Days
AppLovin (APP) stock is on a 9-day losing streak, down 18.8% since the run began. That erased about $20.8 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $90.1 billion. The stock closed at $268.22 on Friday, October 2, its lowest close of the past year.
APP Versus The S&P 500
Returns for APP and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Friday, October 2 and including dividends:
| Return Period | APP | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -4.7% | 0.7% |
| 9 Days (Current Streak) | -18.8% | -0.5% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | -15.9% | 0.8% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | -50.7% | 2.7% |
| Year To Date | -60.2% | 13.8% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | -61.9% | 16.4% |
How The Streak Compares With The Market
The market explains little of this: the S&P 500 lost 0.5% over the same 9 sessions, including dividends, against AppLovin’s -18.8%. No other S&P 500 stock is currently on a losing streak of 9 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is down 50.7%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 54 sessions of that window it was down 39.3%.
What The Numbers Say About The Slide
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 60.6% over the last twelve months, against a median of 6.8% for S&P 500 Communication Services stocks; its operating margin is 77.4%, versus a median of 20.1%; and the stock trades at 20.4 times trailing earnings against a median of 20.5. The selling is hard to square with the fundamentals: revenue growth above the median, margins above the median and a multiple below the median.
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