What Happened:
Shares of composite decking and railing products manufacturer Trex Company (NYSE:TREX) fell 22.1% in the morning session after the company reported second quarter earnings results. Its full-year revenue guidance missed, and its revenue guidance for the next quarter fell short of Wall Street's estimates. Overall, this quarter could have been better.
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What is the market telling us:
Trex's shares are very volatile and over the last year have had 12 moves greater than 5%. But moves this big are very rare even for Trex and that is indicating to us that this news had a significant impact on the market's perception of the business.
Trex is down 24.4% since the beginning of the year, and at $60.95 per share it is trading 39.1% below its 52-week high of $100.10 from March 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Trex's shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,496.
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