A 6-Day Losing Streak Has Credo Technology Stock Down 24%
A sharp six-day slide in this high-speed connectivity stock puts its premium valuation and rapid growth into fresh focus.
Credo Technology (CRDO) Group Holding Ltd provides various high-speed connectivity solutions for optical and electrical Ethernet applications. The stock has now moved lower for 6 consecutive trading days, a slide that has erased about $12 billion from the company’s market value.
The cumulative loss over this period is 23.7%, leaving its market value at about $37 billion.
CRDO Versus The S&P 500, Streak And Beyond
Here is how CRDO stock stacks up against the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it:
| Return Period | CRDO | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | -2.5% | -1.0% |
| 6D (Current Streak) | -23.7% | -1.1% |
| 1M (21D) | -15.3% | -0.7% |
| 3M (63D) | 27.5% | 5.9% |
| YTD 2026 | 40.9% | 8.9% |
| 2025 | 114.1% | 16.4% |
| 2024 | 245.2% | 23.3% |
| 2023 | 46.3% | 24.2% |
Is the business as weak as this stock’s move?
The data presents a mixed picture. The decline is specific to the stock, not the broader market; over the same 6 trading days the S&P 500 returned -1.1%. Such streaks are also not unusual at the moment, with 37 S&P 500 stocks on winning streaks and 38 on losing streaks of three days or more.
Fundamentally, the company’s performance metrics are far above average. Revenue over the last twelve months grew 205.7%, against an S&P 500 median of 7.5%. Its operating margin is 33.3%, compared to a median of 18.4%. The market has priced this performance at a premium, however, with the stock trading at a price-to-earnings multiple of 79.3, well above the S&P 500 median of 24.4.
What does a streak actually tell an investor?
A streak is information, not an instruction. It reveals momentum and tells you where other investors are paying attention. It does not, by itself, tell you whether to buy, sell, or hold.
The disciplined move is to use the new information. A sudden price change is a prompt to check the business against that price. The numbers here offer a clear starting point for that work: weighing elite growth and margins against a premium valuation that has just become less so.
If the drop has you weighing an entry, resist buying a falling price alone. Our Buy the Dip screen ranks the marked-down names where growth and cash generation still support a recovery.
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CRDO Has Fallen 62% From A Peak Before
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