7 Green Days In A Row: SentinelOne Stock Is Up 15%
Shares of SentinelOne (S) have closed higher in each of the last 7 sessions, a cumulative gain of 15.3%. That added about $1.2 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $8.8 billion. The stock closed at $25.80 on Tuesday, October 6, its highest close of the past year.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Returns for S and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Tuesday, October 6 and including dividends:
| Return Period | S | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| 7 Days (Current Streak) | 15.3% | 1.0% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 29.8% | 1.4% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 44.9% | 4.8% |
| Year To Date | 72.0% | 15.2% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 43.7% | 17.8% |
A Stock-Specific Run, Or A Market Move?
The market explains little of this: the S&P 500 gained 1.0% over the same 7 sessions, including dividends, against SentinelOne’s +15.3%. Over the past three months the stock is up 44.9%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was up 25.7%.
What The Numbers Say About The Rally
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 21.1% over the last twelve months, against a median of 17.9% for S&P 500 Information Technology stocks; and its operating margin is -26.9%, versus a median of 21.7%. SentinelOne does not have positive trailing earnings, so there is no meaningful price-to-earnings multiple to compare. The read is mixed: revenue growth above the median on one side, an operating loss on the other.
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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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