AppLovin Stock Extends A 7-Day Losing Streak To A 12% Loss
Shares of AppLovin (APP) have closed lower in each of the last 7 sessions, a cumulative decline of 12.0%. That erased about $13.3 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $97.5 billion. The stock closed at $290.43 on Wednesday, September 30, 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 Wednesday, September 30 and including dividends:
| Return Period | APP | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -5.0% | -0.2% |
| 7 Days (Current Streak) | -12.0% | -1.4% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | -6.9% | -0.3% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | -48.6% | 2.5% |
| Year To Date | -56.9% | 12.7% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | -59.2% | 16.2% |
A Stock-Specific Slide, Or A Market Move?
Over the same 7 trading days, the S&P 500 returned -1.4% including dividends, so the slide is mostly AppLovin’s own story rather than the market’s. 6 other S&P 500 stocks are currently on losing streaks of 7 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is down 48.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was down 41.5%.
Do The Fundamentals Justify The Selling?
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 22.1 times trailing earnings against a median of 21.3. The read is mixed.
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