11 Red Days In A Row: Meta Platforms Stock Is Down 21%
A persistent losing streak in Meta Platforms stock is drawing attention, but the underlying business metrics tell a different story.
Meta Platforms (META) stock has now moved lower for 11 consecutive trading days, a cumulative loss of 21%. That streak has erased about $362 billion from the company’s market value. The recent earnings release did not break that streak and the stock dropped further as the market was not impressed.
For anyone holding the shares, the decline has been steep. The stock’s return over the trailing three months is -19.4%.
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Here is how META stock stacks up against the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it:
| Return Period | META | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | -8.0% | 1.7% |
| 11D (Current Streak) | -20.9% | -1.8% |
| 1M (21D) | -4.3% | -0.8% |
| 3M (63D) | -19.4% | 4.2% |
| YTD 2026 | -18.2% | 8.6% |
| 2025 | 13.1% | 16.4% |
| 2024 | 66.0% | 23.3% |
| 2023 | 194.1% | 24.2% |
Is this sell-off justified by the numbers?
The company’s fundamentals contrast with the stock’s recent performance. Revenue over the last twelve months grew 27.7%, far outpacing the S&P 500 median revenue growth of 7.8%. Its operating margin is 38.1%, compared to an S&P 500 median of 18.4%. Despite this, META trades at a price-to-earnings multiple of 20.1, below the S&P 500 median of 24.0.
The move is also specific to the company. Over the same 11 trading days the S&P 500 returned -1.8%, so the streak is mostly this stock’s own story, not the market’s. While losing streaks are not unusual, with 36 S&P 500 stocks currently on losing streaks of 3 days or more versus 21 on winning streaks, the magnitude here is notable.
So how should an investor think about a streak?
A long streak is a signal of sustained momentum and market attention. It is not, by itself, a reason to buy or sell. The disciplined response is to use the new price as a prompt to re-evaluate the business against its valuation.
The data here allows for a starting point: a company with above-median growth and profitability trading at a below-median multiple.
A slide like this always poses the same follow-up: which marked-down stocks are actually worth buying? Our Buy the Dip screen runs that test every day, flagging beaten-down names whose fundamentals still hold up.
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At Its Worst, META Fell 77% From A Peak
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