Edison International Stock: 5 Straight Red Days, Down 15%
A sharp, multi-day slide in the utility’s stock has it trading against its own profitable growth.
A cumulative loss of 15% over five trading sessions has hit shares of Edison International (EIX). The stock has now moved lower for 5 consecutive trading days, a move that has erased about $4.4 billion from the company’s market value.
For anyone holding the stock, that slide brings its market value to about $26 billion. The question is whether the selling pressure reflects the market or the business itself.
EIX Versus The S&P 500, Streak And Beyond
Here is how EIX stock stacks up against the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it:
| Return Period | EIX | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | -1.6% | -0.2% |
| 5D (Current Streak) | -14.6% | 3.7% |
| 1M (21D) | -10.1% | 3.0% |
| 3M (63D) | -1.1% | 4.7% |
| YTD 2026 | 16.4% | 12.6% |
| 2025 | -20.4% | 16.4% |
| 2024 | 15.2% | 23.3% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | 24.2% |
Has the selling gotten ahead of the numbers?
The data suggests this streak is the stock’s own story. Over the same 5 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +3.7%. While multi-day moves are not uncommon, with 35 S&P 500 stocks currently on losing streaks of 3 days or more, the fundamentals for EIX contrast with its recent price action.
The company’s revenue over the last twelve months grew 10.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 median revenue growth of 7.9%. Its operating margin of 23.1% also stands above the S&P 500 median of 18.5%. Yet the stock now trades at a price-to-earnings multiple of 6.6, well below the S&P 500 median of 23.9.
What is the disciplined way to read a streak?
A streak is information, not an instruction. It tells you where market momentum and attention have been focused, but it does not tell you where the price will go next. The disciplined response is to use the new price as a reason to re-evaluate the business.
The core task is always to check the business you are buying against the price you are paying. The numbers here allow an investor to begin that work: a growing, profitable business is trading at a below-median multiple.
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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Weakness In One Name Should Be Noise, Not News
For a diversified holder, a streak like this is a data point. For a concentrated one, it is a hole in the plan. The difference is never the stock; it is the portfolio built around it.
Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb a bad month, selected and rebalanced by rules. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the three major indices – the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. Make the next streak, in either direction, someone else’s drama.