FuboTV’s Triple‑Flag Warning: Big Upside Amid Persistent Downside Stress

Why the streaming challenger’s historic drawdowns and high‑vol regime raise caution for the next 12 months

FUBO fuboTV Inc.

In this report

01

Returns Overview

Period returns, alpha, cumulative performance, distributions

P. 2-3

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02

Volatility Analysis

Annualized volatility, downside deviation, drawdowns

P. 4-5

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03

Beta & Correlation

Trailing, upside, downside beta, systematic risk

P. 6-7

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Risk-Adjusted Returns

Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar, Information, Treynor

P. 8-9

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Market Regime Analysis

Bull/bear behavior, capture ratios

P. 10-11

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Investment Highlights & Risk Summary

Executive summary, risk flags, rankings

P. 12-13

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Returns Overview

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Return Performance

FuboTV Inc. (FUBO) delivered exceptionally strong performance over the medium term, posting a 278.57% total return over the past six months and a 147.15% gain year‑to‑date. Both the six‑month and one‑year returns substantially outpaced its Communication Services sector ETF benchmark (XLC), generating alpha of 270.71 bps and 128.15 bps respectively, indicating that the stock’s price appreciation was driven largely by company‑specific factors rather than sector momentum. However, the longer horizon shows a reversal, with a -70.29% five‑year return versus an even steeper sector underperformance (alpha of -142.1 bps), suggesting that recent gains may be transient and tied to short‑term catalysts.

Period Returns vs S&P 500 & XLC

Monthly Returns Heatmap

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The six‑month period produced the most pronounced outperformance, with FUBO’s 278.57% return delivering 270.71 bps of alpha versus XLC and 2.86 bps versus its own historical average, reflecting a potent rally likely fueled by subscriber growth expectations. In contrast, the one‑year and two‑year windows still generated solid positive alpha (128.15 bps and 634.13 bps respectively), but the magnitude is lower than the six‑month burst, indicating some deceleration. The five‑year horizon turns negative, with a -70.29% total return and -142.1 bps of sector underperformance, highlighting that the recent surge represents a short‑term divergence rather than sustained long‑run momentum.

Returns Overview

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Return Charts

Volatility Analysis

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Volatility Profile

FuboTV Inc. exhibits an extreme volatility profile that dwarfs the broader market, with an annualized volatility of 415.87% compared to the S&P 500’s 17.78%, indicating price swings more than 23 times larger on a yearly basis. The downside risk metrics reinforce this picture: a downside deviation of 72.03% and a historic maximum drawdown of -98.44% over a five‑year window illustrate that losses have been both deep and prolonged, with the stock falling from its 2018 peak to its trough in March 2023 without any meaningful recovery. Recent short‑term volatility remains elevated; the 60‑day vol of 2,257.44% and 252‑day vol of 1,102.87% are far above the long‑term annualized figure, suggesting that market participants continue to price significant uncertainty around the business.

Volatility Metrics

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The company’s volatility is markedly higher than the S&P 500 benchmark, reflecting speculative trading and heightened sensitivity to earnings news and subscriber growth expectations. Downside risk is severe: a downside deviation of 72.03% means that negative returns are more volatile than the overall return distribution, while the -98.44% max drawdown demonstrates near‑total erosion of value over a multi‑year period, with a drawdown duration exceeding five years and no observable recovery to date. Both the 60‑day (2,257.44%) and 252‑day (1,102.87%) volatilities are substantially above the long‑term average, indicating that recent price swings remain amplified relative to historical norms.

Annualized volatility of FUBO is 415.87%, over 23× the S&P 500’s 17.78%.
Downside deviation stands at 72.03%, highlighting pronounced asymmetry in loss movements.
Maximum drawdown of -98.44% persisted for more than five years with no recovery.
Short‑term volatilities (60d and 252d) are dramatically higher than the long‑term average, signaling ongoing market turbulence.

Positive Characteristics
Despite extreme risk metrics, the stock’s price has retained speculative interest, suggesting potential for outsized upside if fundamental catalysts materialize.
High volatility can attract short‑term traders seeking large price movements, providing liquidity in otherwise thinly traded periods.

Volatility Analysis

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Volatility & Drawdown Charts

Beta & Correlation

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Beta Profile

The trailing beta of fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) stands at 1.35 versus the S&P 500, placing it in the aggressive category (>1.2). This indicates that the stock tends to amplify broader market movements by roughly 35% and is therefore more volatile than a typical market‑weighted equity. However, the upside beta of -0.014 suggests virtually no positive correlation when the market rallies, while the downside beta of 1.253 shows a strong co‑movement on market declines, highlighting pronounced asymmetry that investors must consider for risk management. R-squared of only 0.004 (0.4%) and a correlation of 0.063 confirm that virtually all of FUBO’s price variation is idiosyncratic rather than driven by systematic factors. Consequently, the stock offers limited diversification benefit within a broader market portfolio because its returns are largely independent of overall market trends. When decomposing risk sources, systematic risk accounts for just 0.4% of total variance, with the remaining 99.6% stemming from company‑specific drivers. Comparing the market beta (1.35) to the sector beta against XLC (1.13) reveals that a modest portion of volatility is tied to communication services dynamics, while the bulk originates from firm‑level factors.

Beta & Correlation Metrics

FUBO

FUBO’s market beta of 1.35 signals aggressive exposure to overall equity movements, but its near‑zero upside beta (-0.014) means the stock does not participate in market rallies, effectively acting as a defensive position on the upside. Conversely, the downside beta of 1.253 shows that losses tend to track market declines closely, exposing investors to heightened downside risk. The low R-squared (0.4%) and correlation (0.063) underscore that these dynamics are driven almost entirely by company‑specific events rather than systematic market forces.

Trailing beta of 1.35 classifies FUBO as an aggressive stock relative to the S&P 500.
Upside beta is essentially flat (-0.014), indicating negligible participation in market gains.
Downside beta of 1.253 reveals strong co‑movement with market declines, creating asymmetric risk.
R-squared of 0.4% shows that only a tiny fraction of price variance is explained by market movements.
Systematic risk contributes just 0.4% of total variance; idiosyncratic risk dominates at 99.6%.

Positive Characteristics
Low systematic exposure (0.4%) may appeal to investors seeking a stock with returns largely independent of broader market swings.
Sector beta of 1.13 indicates some alignment with communication services trends, offering limited sector‑driven upside potential.

Beta & Correlation

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Rolling Beta

Positive Notes

Low systematic exposure (0.4%) may appeal to investors seeking a stock with returns largely independent of broader market swings.

Sector beta of 1.13 indicates some alignment with communication services trends, offering limited sector‑driven upside potential.

Risk-Adjusted Returns

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Risk-Adjusted Performance

The risk‑adjusted profile of fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) reflects modest excess return relative to its total volatility but a markedly favorable downside risk complexion. A Sharpe ratio of 0.471 sits well below the conventional threshold of 1.0, indicating that the stock’s annualized return exceeds the risk‑free rate by less than half a unit of total risk. By contrast, the Sortino ratio of 2.72 is substantially higher, suggesting that when volatility is filtered to capture only downside deviations, the excess return per unit of adverse risk is more than five times the Sharpe figure, highlighting a relatively benign tail‑risk environment.

Risk-free rate: 3.63% (Fed Funds Rate)

Risk-Adjusted Metrics

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fuboTV’s Calmar ratio of 2.027 implies that its cumulative return over the measurement period has been roughly twice the magnitude of its maximum historical drawdown, a sign that drawdowns have been contained relative to overall performance. The Information Ratio of 0.448 falls just short of the 0.5 benchmark for consistent alpha generation, indicating that while the stock has delivered positive risk‑adjusted outperformance, it is not yet reliably persistent. The Treynor ratio of 145.169, expressed in percentage points per unit of systematic risk (beta), signals an exceptionally high return per unit of market exposure; however, such a magnitude typically arises from a very low beta and should be interpreted with caution when evaluating market‑linked risk.

Sharpe ratio below 1.0 denotes limited reward for total volatility taken.
Sortino ratio far exceeds Sharpe, revealing a strong upside potential with limited downside volatility.
Calmar ratio above 2 suggests drawdowns have been modest relative to overall returns.
Information Ratio just under 0.5 points to borderline consistency in generating alpha.
Treynor ratio is unusually high, reflecting high return per unit of systematic risk but may be driven by low beta.

Positive Characteristics
The pronounced gap between Sortino (2.72) and Sharpe (0.471) underscores a favorable downside risk profile.
A Calmar ratio exceeding 2 indicates the stock has managed drawdowns effectively relative to its gains.

Risk-Adjusted Returns

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Rolling Sharpe & Sortino

Positive Notes

The pronounced gap between Sortino (2.72) and Sharpe (0.471) underscores a favorable downside risk profile.

A Calmar ratio exceeding 2 indicates the stock has managed drawdowns effectively relative to its gains.

Market Regime Analysis

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Regime Behavior

The analysis of fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) across distinct market regimes reveals pronounced sensitivity to volatility and directional trends in the broader equity market. In Bull-LowVol periods—characterized by a steady upward S&P trend with subdued price swings—the stock delivers modest returns of 3.57% on average, reflecting limited upside participation when market momentum is calm. Conversely, during Bull-HighVol intervals, where the market climbs amid heightened turbulence, FUBO’s average performance jumps to 14.09%, indicating that the company thrives in environments where investors seek growth but tolerate higher risk. The bear regimes paint a starkly different picture: even in Bear-LowVol conditions, the stock still posts a positive 14.1% return, while in Bear-HighVol scenarios it escalates to an 18.42% gain, suggesting that FUBO’s price dynamics are driven more by company‑specific factors than by broad market declines.

Current Market Regime: Bull-HighVol

Bull-LowVol = calm uptrend • Bull-HighVol = volatile uptrend • Bear-LowVol = orderly decline • Bear-HighVol = crisis

Regime Returns & Capture Ratios

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Across the four regimes, fuboTV exhibits a counter‑cyclical pattern. Its modest 3.57% return in Bull-LowVol reflects limited upside capture when market sentiment is placid, yet the stock’s upside capture ratio of 296.4% demonstrates that it extracts nearly three times the market gain during more volatile uptrends, delivering 14.09% on average in Bull-HighVol periods. In bear environments, the company continues to post positive returns—14.1% in Bear-LowVol and 18.42% in Bear-HighVol—signaling resilience or perhaps a decoupling from macro trends. However, the downside capture of -234.3% and a capture ratio of -1.26 reveal that when the market does decline, FUBO’s price moves disproportionately lower, amplifying losses relative to the S&P 500.

Market Regime Analysis

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Regime & Capture Charts

Regime Timeline

FUBO’s upside capture (296.4%) far exceeds the benchmark, indicating strong participation in market rallies, especially under high volatility.
The negative downside capture (-234.3%) and capture ratio below zero imply that declines are magnified, posing heightened downside risk.
Positive average returns even in bear regimes suggest company‑specific drivers can offset broader market weakness.
In the current Bull-HighVol regime, FUBO’s historical 14.09% average return aligns with its high upside capture, supporting potential outperformance.
The asymmetric capture profile (high upside, severe downside) creates a risk‑return trade‑off that investors must weigh.

Positive Characteristics
Exceptional upside participation during volatile bull markets (296.4% capture).
Consistently positive average returns across all regimes, indicating resilience.
Strong performance in Bear-HighVol periods suggests defensive attributes despite overall volatility exposure.

Investment Highlights & Risk Summary

fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) — Summary & Implications

FuboTV Inc. delivered an extraordinary 147.15% total return over the past year, generating a robust alpha of 128.15% versus the S&P 500 and outpacing its communication services peers by 143.56%. The upside capture ratio of 296.4% underscores the stock's ability to participate strongly in market rallies, while the Sortino ratio of 2.72 suggests that returns have been achieved with relatively modest downside volatility when measured against target losses. However, the company’s risk profile is extreme: annualized volatility stands at 415.87%, beta is elevated at 1.35, and a historic maximum drawdown of -98.44% signals near‑total capital erosion during market stress. Investors must weigh the high upside potential against asymmetric downside risk, including an adverse downside capture of -234.3% and a pronounced downside beta of 1.25.

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Investment Highlights

One-year total return of 147.15% produced a net alpha of 128.15% versus the S&P 500, indicating exceptional price appreciation beyond market movements.
Upside capture of 296.4% shows that the stock has amplified gains during bullish periods, delivering nearly three times the sector’s rally performance.
Sortino ratio of 2.72 reflects strong risk‑adjusted returns when focusing on downside deviation, suggesting efficient reward for each unit of adverse volatility.
Sector alpha of 143.56% demonstrates outperformance relative to the Communication Services ETF (XLC), highlighting competitive positioning within its industry.

Risk-Return Rankings

FUBO HIGH

Exceptional upside with record returns but exposed to extreme volatility and near‑total drawdown risk.

Strength: High upside capture (296.4%) and superior absolute return (+147% YoY).

Concern: Deep historical drawdown of -98.44% and asymmetric downside beta (1.25 down vs -0.01 up).

Key Takeaways

The stock’s outsized returns are driven by speculative momentum rather than stable fundamentals.
Risk metrics reveal an environment where gains can be quickly erased during market corrections.
Investors should monitor volatility spikes and drawdown thresholds as early warning signals.
FuboTV may serve as a high‑conviction, short‑term tactical play but is unsuitable for core portfolio holdings.

PORTFOLIO IMPLICATIONS

Given its elevated risk profile, FuboTV is best allocated as a satellite position within a diversified portfolio, paired with low‑beta, defensive assets to temper overall volatility. Its asymmetric upside potential can complement more stable holdings when investors seek exposure to high‑growth communication services trends, but the near‑total drawdown history mandates strict position sizing and active risk monitoring.

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Report written 2026-06-07 • Finexus

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