U
Outperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- U +1.24% on the last session vs SPY −0.03%: +1.3 pts of stock-specific move.
- 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.
Best and worst times to own U 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 | Feb 19, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 | +30.4% | #8 | Feb 10, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | -26.3% | #5 |
| one week | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 22, 2024 | +35.7% | #23 | Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | -39.6% | #2 |
| one month | Jul 17, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 | +62.5% | #27 | Jan 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | -59.5% | #1 |
| 3 months | Jun 20, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | +99.0% | #30 | Dec 26, 2025 | Mar 26, 2026 | -62.1% | #1 |
| 6 months | Feb 20, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | +157.2% | #28 | Sep 19, 2025 | Mar 20, 2026 | -60.1% | #4 |
| one year | Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | +126.3% | #59 | Feb 21, 2025 | Feb 23, 2026 | -39.6% | #75 |
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
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 |
+1.2% | -8.7% | -2.5% | +34.0% | +65.9% | +12.0% |
| Best one single day Feb 19, 2025 |
-1.6% | +10.4% | -1.4% | +8.4% | +28.4% | -36.7% |
| Best one week Nov 15, 2024 |
-8.0% | -15.4% | -21.0% | +6.3% | -22.5% | -42.6% |
| Best one month Jul 17, 2026 |
-4.0% | -6.2% | +9.5% | +11.8% | -29.2% | -20.6% |
| Best 3 months Jun 20, 2025 |
-3.5% | -2.5% | +3.8% | +9.7% | +2.5% | +48.6% |
| Best 6 months Feb 20, 2026 |
-1.3% | -2.3% | -56.1% | -51.6% | -49.1% | -34.8% |
| Best one year Jan 10, 2025 |
-8.9% | -13.2% | -20.8% | +0.1% | +35.9% | -43.7% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.