Market Movers | Winners: SSII, BLND, TYRA | Losers: COTY, NVAX, HOV


On Thursday, August 21, selling pressure hit the S&P 500 falling 0.40%, the Dow 30 falling 0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.46%. Declines were common, though some stocks held steady.
 
List of Market Winners

The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns on the last trading day:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 SSII SS Innovations International 17.1% -4.4%
2 BLND Blend Labs 16.4% -17.6%
3 TYRA Tyra Biosciences 14.3% -15.8%
4 PGEN Precigen 13.4% 225.0%
5 OPEN Opendoor Technologies 11.8% 125.0%
6 UUUU Energy Fuels 10.2% 83.2%
7 PUBM PubMatic 8.7% -42.1%
8 AAOI Applied Optoelectronics 8.1% -35.7%
9 CLMT Calumet 7.2% -32.6%
10 GPRE Green Plains 7.0% -14.0%

 
List of Market Losers

On the other hand, the following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the lowest returns:
 

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# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 COTY Coty -21.6% -45.3%
2 NVAX Novavax -12.7% -5.1%
3 HOV Hovnanian Enterprises -11.5% -1.5%
4 GOGO Gogo -9.3% 37.8%
5 DK Delek US -8.7% 28.0%
6 FLNC Fluence Energy -8.6% -56.9%
7 CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store -7.2% 5.2%
8 CVI CVR Energy -7.1% 43.2%
9 FSLR First Solar -7.0% 8.9%
10 SHLS Shoals Technologies -6.3% 4.2%

 
Why does this matter? Significant stock moves – up or down – deserve your attention. Sharp declines in fundamentally strong names can offer smart buying opportunities. And when momentum aligns with solid fundamentals, riding the trend can be highly rewarding. In above, we find Novavax (NVAX) and Fluence Energy (FLNC) Attractive.

Movers – Last One Week

Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), a broad-based downturn weighed on the S&P 500 falling 1.52%, the Dow 30 falling 0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 2.89%. Most stocks traded lower, with limited bright spots.
 
List of 1-Week Market Winners

The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns over the last week:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 PGEN Precigen 96.8% 225.0%
2 UP Wheels Up Experience 42.3% 22.4%
3 RUN Sunrun 40.6% 59.4%
4 PLYM Plymouth Industrial REIT 40.4% 21.0%
5 ARRY Array Technologies 38.0% 38.9%
6 DAY Dayforce 29.2% -5.0%
7 GDRX GoodRx 26.8% -3.4%
8 GES Guess? 25.9% 26.7%
9 SHLS Shoals Technologies 25.5% 4.2%
10 NESR National Energy Services Reunited 23.8% -4.8%

 
List of 1-Week Market Losers

Similarly, the following table shows the 10 stocks that were at the bottom in terms of returns:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 VKTX Viking Therapeutics -36.2% -36.2%
2 SOUN SoundHound AI -26.1% -38.4%
3 COTY Coty -23.6% -45.3%
4 RGTI Rigetti Computing -20.6% -6.5%
5 SLDP Solid Power -19.6% 128.6%
6 NVAX Novavax -19.1% -5.1%
7 IBRX ImmunityBio -17.3% -12.5%
8 JOBY Joby Aviation -16.8% 77.7%
9 SYM Symbotic -16.7% 85.2%
10 HOV Hovnanian Enterprises -15.6% -1.5%

 
Movers – Last One Month

On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, index performance was mixed — the S&P 500 rising 0.18%, the Dow 30 falling 0.50%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.09% offered no clear consensus. Stock-specific factors shaped outcomes throughout the market.
 
List of 1-Month Market Winners

The following table shows the 10 stocks that generated the maximum returns over the last one month:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 PGEN Precigen 119.3% 225.0%
2 COMM CommScope 87.2% 195.4%
3 WULF TeraWulf 76.7% 62.4%
4 VSAT Viasat 72.8% 212.7%
5 AVAH Aveanna Healthcare 72.5% 54.0%
6 REPL Replimune 67.9% -53.8%
7 BE Bloom Energy 66.7% 101.8%
8 OPEN Opendoor Technologies 57.2% 125.0%
9 SNDX Syndax Pharmaceuticals 55.0% 19.8%
10 TREE LendingTree 53.8% 63.0%

 
List of 1-Month Market Losers

In the same period, these 10 stocks were at the bottom in terms of returns:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 ACDC ProFrac -52.6% -51.0%
2 RDW Redwire -48.6% -47.1%
3 AGL Agilon Health -46.3% -35.3%
4 SABR Sabre -46.2% -51.8%
5 EVEX Eve -45.6% -27.2%
6 SG Sweetgreen -44.8% -72.0%
7 XRX Xerox -44.5% -54.9%
8 AEVA Aeva Technologies -44.2% 192.6%
9 AI C3.ai -42.2% -51.0%
10 QS QuantumScape -38.7% 51.6%

 

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