Flex Stock: 8 Straight Red Days, Down 28%
Flex stock has fallen for 8 consecutive trading days, losing 28.0% over that stretch. That erased about $12.3 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $31.6 billion. The stock closed at $86.25 on Wednesday, October 21, 46.8% below its 52-week high of $162.07 and 58.2% above its low of $54.51.
The Streak Next To The S&P 500
Returns for FLEX and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Wednesday, October 21 and including dividends:
| Return Period | FLEX | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -1.4% | 0.6% |
| 8 Days (Current Streak) | -28.0% | -0.7% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | -24.6% | 0.0% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | -32.6% | 5.0% |
| Year To Date | 42.8% | 14.4% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 37.5% | 16.5% |
How The Streak Compares With The Market
Over the same 8 trading days, the S&P 500 returned -0.7% including dividends, so the slide is mostly Flex’s own story rather than the market’s. 1 other S&P 500 stock is currently on losing streaks of 8 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is down 32.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 55 sessions of that window it was down 6.3%.
Do The Fundamentals Justify The Selling?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 12.2% over the last twelve months, against a median of 17.9% for S&P 500 Information Technology stocks; its operating margin is 5.2%, versus a median of 21.6%; and the stock trades at 32.4 times trailing earnings against a median of 35.0. The selling is hard to square with the fundamentals: a multiple below the median.
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