Liberty Media Stock Rides A 5-Day Winning Streak To A 19% Gain
Liberty Media (FWONA) stock is on a 5-day winning streak, up 18.7% since the run began. That added about $4.0 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $25.4 billion. The stock closed at $101.01 on Friday, November 6, its highest close of the past year.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Returns for FWONA and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Friday, November 6 and including dividends:
| Return Period | FWONA | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 1.3% | 0.3% |
| 5 Days (Current Streak) | 18.7% | -2.7% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 15.3% | -4.9% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 7.6% | -4.6% |
| Year To Date | 13.0% | 8.8% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 9.7% | 9.8% |
A Stock-Specific Run, Or A Market Move?
The market explains little of this: the S&P 500 lost 2.7% over the same 5 sessions, including dividends, against Liberty Media’s +18.7%. Over the past three months the stock is up 7.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 58 sessions of that window it was down 9.3%.
Do The Fundamentals Support The Run?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 10.9% over the last twelve months, against a median of 9.3% for S&P 500 Communication Services stocks; its operating margin is 13.3%, versus a median of 20.9%; and the stock trades at 45.4 times trailing earnings against a median of 17.8. The numbers make the run harder to justify: margins below the median and a multiple well above the median. At this price, the stock is asking a lot of the business.
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Streaks End. Discipline Compounds
A run like this is genuinely useful information: something about this business has the market’s full attention. But streaks are where discipline gets tested, because the urge to chase strength is strongest right before it pauses.
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