An 8-Day Winning Streak Has Everpure Stock Up 31%
Everpure (P) stock has risen for 8 consecutive trading days, gaining 31.2% over that stretch. That added about $11.4 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $47.9 billion. The stock closed at $143.88 on Monday, October 5.
P Versus The S&P 500
Returns for P and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Monday, October 5 and including dividends:
| Return Period | P | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| 8 Days (Current Streak) | 31.2% | 0.9% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 46.6% | 0.4% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 83.9% | 3.9% |
A Stock-Specific Run, Or A Market Move?
Over the same 8 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +0.9% including dividends, so the run is mostly Everpure’s own story rather than the market’s. No other S&P 500 stock is currently on a winning streak of 8 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 83.9%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 55 sessions of that window it was up 40.1%.
What The Numbers Say About The Rally
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 27.2% over the last twelve months, against a median of 17.9% for S&P 500 Information Technology stocks; its operating margin is 5.3%, versus a median of 21.7%; and the stock trades at 189.1 times trailing earnings against a median of 37.4. 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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