PACCAR Stock: 7 Straight Red Days, Down 7.5%

PACCAR (PCAR) stock is on a 7-day losing streak, down 7.5% since the run began. That erased about $4.4 billion from the company's market value, which now stands at about $53.7 billion. The stock closed at $101.91 on Friday, October 30, 26.1% below its 52-week high of $137.85 and 10.5% above its low of $92.20.

PCAR Versus The S&P 500

Returns for PCAR and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Friday, October 30 and including dividends:

Is This Move About PACCAR Or The Market?

Over the same 7 trading days, the S&P 500 returned -2.3% including dividends, so the slide is mostly PACCAR's own story rather than the market's. 1 other S&P 500 stock is currently on losing streaks of 7 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is down 22.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was down 16.3%.

Do The Fundamentals Justify The Selling?

On the fundamentals, revenue declined 1.5% over the last twelve months, against a median of 8.2% for S&P 500 Industrials stocks; its operating margin is 10.8%, versus a median of 17.6%; and the stock trades at 19.5 times trailing earnings against a median of 25.5. The fundamentals give the sellers some support: shrinking revenue and margins below the median.

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