Vail Resorts Stock Is Rising on a Brutal Day for the Market. Here’s Why.

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Vail Resorts owns and operates dozens of mountain resorts globally.


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Vail Resorts

crushed earnings expectations and raised its full-year outlook Thursday evening, which was enough to send shares higher in Friday trading on a brutal day for the broader market.

Vail stock (ticker: MTN) rose 1.1% to $248.26 in Friday trading while the

S&P 500

index was fell 2.3%. The

Dow Jones Industrial Average

had fallen more than 670 points, or 2.1%, following a higher-than-expected inflation reading.

The company, which owns and operates dozens of mountain resorts globally, reported earnings of $9.16 a share while