Investors holding Casey's General Stores (CASY), one of the leading convenience store chains in the United States, alongside an S&P 500 index fund watched the company's shares rise 7.4% in the five sessions ending October 19, 2026, while the index fell 1.5%.
Investors holding Casey's General Stores (CASY), one of the leading convenience store chains in the United States, alongside an S&P 500 index fund watched the company's shares rise 7.4% in the five sessions ending October 19, 2026, while the index fell 1.5%.
Investors holding Casey’s General Stores (CASY), one of the leading convenience store chains in the United States, alongside an S&P 500 index fund watched the company’s shares rise 7.4% in the five sessions ending October 19, 2026, while the index fell 1.5%. A single stock moving with that kind of momentum alters the balance of a portfolio, so investors want to be paid for its swings. Have those swings left you better paid than the index?
Casey’s Has Paid You Better Than The S&P 500
Yes. Casey’s generated an annualized return of 30.3% including dividends over the five years ending October 19, 2026, outpacing the 12.7% return of the S&P 500. The stock experienced an annual volatility of 29.4% over those five years, a measure of how far its price tends to swing in a year, compared with 17.0% for the index.
The company’s return per unit of volatility, calculated by dividing the annual return by the annual volatility, was 1.03, against 0.747 for the S&P 500. This metric shows the return earned for each point of price fluctuation, indicating that shareholders received better compensation for the extra swings at Casey’s than an index holder did.
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How Has Casey’s Moved On The Market’s Days?
Casey’s shares rose on the market’s average day in either direction over the year ending October 19, 2026. The S&P 500 rose 0.638% on its average up day, a scenario where a $10,000 holding in Casey’s increased by about $10.30. When the index experienced its average down day with a fall of 0.592%, that same Casey’s investment still gained about $12.20.
Its swings were still wide, as Casey’s annual volatility over the past year reached 37.7%, compared with 12.7% for the index. The company recorded a beta of -0.11, measuring how far it moves for each 1% move in the index, so the direction of the S&P 500 offered little guidance on where Casey’s would go. Daily price actions were close to unrelated, registering a correlation of -0.04 on a scale where 1 indicates assets moving in lockstep. Casey’s shares experienced their own distinct fluctuations, but the stock did not compound existing market risk.
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