5 Green Days In A Row: Onto Innovation Stock Is Up 13%
Onto Innovation (ONTO) stock is on a 5-day winning streak, up 12.6% since the run began. That added about $1.7 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $15.6 billion. The stock closed at $314.88 on Thursday, October 1, 16.8% below its 52-week high of $378.45 and 159.5% above its low of $121.34.
ONTO Versus The S&P 500
Returns for ONTO and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Thursday, October 1 and including dividends:
| Return Period | ONTO | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 2.3% | 0.2% |
| 5 Days (Current Streak) | 12.6% | -0.5% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 22.8% | 0.6% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Year To Date | 99.5% | 13.0% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 143.7% | 16.0% |
Is This Move About Onto Innovation Or The Market?
Over the same 5 trading days, the S&P 500 returned -0.5% including dividends, so the run is mostly Onto Innovation’s own story rather than the market’s. Over the past three months the stock is up 2.4%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 58 sessions of that window it was down 9.1%.
What The Numbers Say About The Rally
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 8.1% over the last twelve months, against a median of 17.9% for S&P 500 Information Technology stocks; its operating margin is 13.8%, versus a median of 21.6%; and the stock trades at 117.3 times trailing earnings against a median of 36.6. The numbers make the run harder to justify: revenue growth below the median, 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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