SKYD
Skydance Corporation · Communication Services · Entertainment
$7.29
+3.26% today · -21.44% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Outperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- SKYD +3.26% on the last session vs SPY +0.05%: +3.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Aftermath, big gain (+3.3% today so far, past its big-gain line of +2.6%): After its 66 big gains in the past 5 years, SKYD was higher a week later 28 times out of 66; half the outcomes fell between -6.0% and +3.3%. History, not a forecast.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 1 negative); latest: Barclays maintained Underweight, lowered target $8.00 → $7.00.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Best and worst times to own SKYD in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Aug 12, 2025 | Aug 13, 2025 | +36.7% | #3 | Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 | -23.8% | #7 |
| one week | Aug 6, 2025 | Aug 13, 2025 | +35.9% | #23 | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | -21.5% | #62 |
| one month | Aug 11, 2025 | Sep 11, 2025 | +72.5% | #19 | Sep 14, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 | -34.8% | #29 |
| 3 months | Aug 11, 2025 | Nov 11, 2025 | +65.9% | #63 | Dec 26, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | -35.0% | #62 |
| 6 months | Apr 8, 2025 | Oct 8, 2025 | +74.9% | #94 | Sep 23, 2025 | Mar 23, 2026 | -53.3% | #15 |
| one year | Oct 15, 2024 | Sep 23, 2025 | +90.9% | #105 | Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 14, 2026 | -58.4% | #12 |
Rank #23 for the best one week means 22 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
Best one single day Aug 12, 2025 → Aug 13, 2025 +36.7% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best one week Aug 6, 2025 → Aug 13, 2025 +35.9% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 6.6x average volume, -6.0% on the day
Best one month Aug 11, 2025 → Sep 11, 2025 +72.5% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best 3 months Aug 11, 2025 → Nov 11, 2025 +65.9% · 2 events
- V Volume spike 3.0x average volume, +9.8% on the day
- E Earnings miss 3Q2025 · EPS −$0.53 (<−100%) vs consensus · +9.8% reaction
Best 6 months Apr 8, 2025 → Oct 8, 2025 +74.9% · 5 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.10 (+52.6%) vs consensus · +2.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +2.6% on the day
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, -1.6% on the day
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.10 (+27.8%) vs consensus · +3.5% reaction
- V Volume spike 6.6x average volume, -6.0% on the day
Best one year Oct 15, 2024 → Sep 23, 2025 +90.9% · 9 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.29 (>+100%) vs consensus · -4.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 5.5x average volume, +2.2% on the day
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.22 (<−100%) vs consensus · +0.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.2x average volume, +3.5% on the day
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.10 (+52.6%) vs consensus · +2.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +2.6% on the day
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, -1.6% on the day
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.10 (+27.8%) vs consensus · +3.5% reaction
- V Volume spike 6.6x average volume, -6.0% on the day
Worst one single day Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 -23.8% · 0 events
None recorded.
Worst one week Oct 8, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 -21.5% · 0 events
None recorded.
Worst one month Sep 14, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 -34.8% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 6.8x average volume, -3.9% on the day
Worst 3 months Dec 26, 2025 → Mar 27, 2026 -35.0% · 2 events
- E Earnings miss 4Q2025 · EPS −$0.11 vs consensus · +10.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 10.1x average volume, +20.8% on the day
Worst 6 months Sep 23, 2025 → Mar 23, 2026 -53.3% · 5 events
- V Volume spike 3.0x average volume, +9.8% on the day
- E Earnings miss 3Q2025 · EPS −$0.53 (<−100%) vs consensus · +9.8% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.3x average volume, -9.8% on the day
- E Earnings miss 4Q2025 · EPS −$0.11 vs consensus · +10.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 10.1x average volume, +20.8% on the day
Worst one year Oct 14, 2025 → Oct 14, 2026 -58.4% · 10 events
- V Volume spike 3.0x average volume, +9.8% on the day
- E Earnings miss 3Q2025 · EPS −$0.53 (<−100%) vs consensus · +9.8% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.3x average volume, -9.8% on the day
- E Earnings miss 4Q2025 · EPS −$0.11 vs consensus · +10.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 10.1x average volume, +20.8% on the day
- A Analyst upgrade Morgan Stanley: Underweight → Overweight
- E Earnings beat 1Q2026 · EPS +$0.08 (+51.4%) vs consensus · -4.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.7x average volume, -0.4% on the day
- E Earnings beat 2Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 (+9.7%) vs consensus · +4.5% reaction
- V Volume spike 6.8x average volume, -3.9% on the day
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+3.2% | -21.5% | -33.8% | -20.9% | -37.0% | -57.4% |
| Best one single day Aug 12, 2025 |
+8.4% | -6.6% | -14.0% | -7.8% | +4.0% | +8.2% |
| Best one week Aug 6, 2025 |
-6.0% | -17.0% | -14.4% | -3.6% | +2.7% | +7.5% |
| Best one month Aug 11, 2025 |
-3.7% | -17.8% | -20.6% | -14.9% | -3.4% | 0.0% |
| Best 3 months Aug 11, 2025 |
-3.7% | -17.8% | -20.6% | -14.9% | -3.4% | 0.0% |
| Best 6 months Apr 8, 2025 |
-1.9% | -9.2% | -11.9% | +0.5% | +2.3% | -1.9% |
| Best one year Oct 15, 2024 |
+1.3% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -8.9% | -2.7% | -12.9% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.