A 5-Day Losing Streak Has Meta Platforms Stock Down 12%
Shares of Meta Platforms (META) have closed lower in each of the last 5 sessions, a cumulative decline of 12.2%. That erased about $217.0 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $1.56 trillion. The stock closed at $612.49 on Wednesday, October 28, 21.2% below its 52-week high of $777.59 and 16.7% above its low of $524.82.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Returns for META and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Wednesday, October 28 and including dividends:
| Return Period | META | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -1.2% | 0.3% |
| 5 Days (Current Streak) | -12.2% | -0.2% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | -17.1% | 1.0% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 13.7% | 4.4% |
| Year To Date | -7.0% | 14.2% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | -18.1% | 14.0% |
Is This Move About Meta Platforms Or The Market?
The market explains little of this: the S&P 500 lost 0.2% over the same 5 sessions, including dividends, against Meta Platforms’ -12.2%. 5 other S&P 500 stocks are currently on losing streaks of 5 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 13.7%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 58 sessions of that window it was up 29.5%.
Is The Business As Weak As The Stock?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 27.5% over the last twelve months, against a median of 6.8% for S&P 500 Communication Services stocks; its operating margin is 32.9%, versus a median of 20.1%; and the stock trades at 20.8 times trailing earnings against a median of 18.6. The read is mixed.
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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.
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