Corpay Stock: 6 Straight Green Days, Up 14%
Corpay (CPAY) stock has risen for 6 consecutive trading days, gaining 13.6% over that stretch. That added about $3.6 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $30.3 billion. The stock closed at $461.95 on Wednesday, November 11, its highest close of the past year.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Returns for CPAY and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Wednesday, November 11 and including dividends:
| Return Period | CPAY | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| 6 Days (Current Streak) | 13.6% | 0.7% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 15.7% | -2.3% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 8.6% | -2.0% |
| Year To Date | 53.5% | 12.4% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 64.3% | 12.8% |
Is This Move About Corpay Or The Market?
Over the same 6 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +0.7% including dividends, so the run is mostly Corpay’s own story rather than the market’s. 3 other S&P 500 stocks are currently on winning streaks of 6 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 8.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 57 sessions of that window it was down 4.4%.
Do The Fundamentals Support The Run?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 21.2% over the last twelve months, against a median of 9.7% for S&P 500 Financials stocks; its operating margin is 40.4%, versus a median of 26.8%; and the stock trades at 24.4 times trailing earnings against a median of 14.1. The numbers make the run harder to justify: a multiple well above the median. At this price, the stock is asking a lot of the business.
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