Market Movers | Winners: COUR, FIX, BELFA | Losers: CRI, LBRDA, CHTR
On Friday, July 25, broader market witnessed strong advances in the S&P 500 rising 0.40%, the Dow 30 rising 0.47%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.23%. Participation was broad, although not entirely uniform.
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 | COUR | Coursera | 36.2% | 45.5% |
| 2 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | 22.4% | 62.8% |
| 3 | BELFA | Bel Fuse | 20.2% | 22.2% |
| 4 | LYEL | Lyell Immunopharma | 19.3% | -3.0% |
| 5 | GNTX | Gentex | 16.2% | -3.1% |
| 6 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor | 11.3% | -42.5% |
| 7 | MTX | Minerals Technologies | 10.6% | -13.8% |
| 8 | ULH | Universal Logistics | 9.9% | -33.9% |
| 9 | EME | EMCOR | 9.7% | 40.1% |
| 10 | KN | Knowles | 9.3% | 2.3% |
List of Market Losers
On the other hand, the following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRI | Carter’s | -19.7% | -50.1% |
| 2 | LBRDA | Liberty Broadband | -19.1% | -5.8% |
| 3 | CHTR | Charter Communications | -18.5% | -9.6% |
| 4 | SNV | Synovus Financial | -12.5% | -1.6% |
| 5 | CLB | Core Laboratories | -12.2% | -32.1% |
| 6 | PNFP | Pinnacle Financial Partners | -12.1% | -19.6% |
| 7 | WOOF | Petco Health and Wellness | -11.6% | -11.8% |
| 8 | ASTS | AST SpaceMobile | -9.5% | 157.5% |
| 9 | ATUS | Altice USA | -9.2% | 11.2% |
| 10 | NFE | New Fortress Energy | -8.9% | -75.0% |
Movers – Last One Week
Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), stocks moved decisively higher, as seen in the S&P 500 rising 1.46%, the Dow 30 rising 1.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.90%. Most stocks saw buying, though some stocks missed out.
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 | MEDP | Medpace | 43.5% | 34.7% |
| 2 | COUR | Coursera | 41.5% | 45.5% |
| 3 | IOVA | Iovance Biotherapeutics | 40.4% | -57.7% |
| 4 | BE | Bloom Energy | 37.4% | 54.6% |
| 5 | LQDA | Liquidia | 34.8% | 66.7% |
| 6 | LYEL | Lyell Immunopharma | 34.4% | -3.0% |
| 7 | KSS | Kohl’s | 33.5% | -6.3% |
| 8 | ICLR | Icon | 30.3% | -10.8% |
| 9 | NVTS | Navitas Semiconductor | 29.5% | 146.2% |
| 10 | WST | West Pharmaceutical Services | 25.0% | -19.4% |
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 | REPL | Replimune | -73.9% | -74.0% |
| 2 | AEVA | Aeva Technologies | -33.3% | 352.4% |
| 3 | NVCR | NovoCure | -24.8% | -59.6% |
| 4 | EGBN | Eagle Bancorp | -24.3% | -36.6% |
| 5 | CYH | Community Health Systems | -22.8% | -7.4% |
| 6 | PNFP | Pinnacle Financial Partners | -21.8% | -19.6% |
| 7 | BMI | Badger Meter | -21.0% | -8.7% |
| 8 | IRDM | Iridium Communications | -19.9% | -10.6% |
| 9 | LBRDA | Liberty Broadband | -19.5% | -5.8% |
| 10 | STM | STMicroelectronics | -19.1% | 6.1% |
Movers – Last One Month
On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, all major indices rose in unison — the S&P 500 rising 4.87%, the Dow 30 rising 4.47%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 4.65%. The strength was widespread, though a few names underperformed.
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 | JOBY | Joby Aviation | 112.4% | 122.6% |
| 2 | QS | QuantumScape | 111.1% | 130.6% |
| 3 | UUUU | Energy Fuels | 78.4% | 95.1% |
| 4 | IOVA | Iovance Biotherapeutics | 75.8% | -57.7% |
| 5 | MP | MP Materials | 75.4% | 297.9% |
| 6 | COGT | Cogent Biosciences | 70.7% | 54.7% |
| 7 | SANA | Sana Biotechnology | 70.7% | 203.7% |
| 8 | PLUG | Plug Power | 68.8% | -13.6% |
| 9 | ENVX | Enovix | 68.5% | 35.1% |
| 10 | CIFR | Cipher Mining | 68.1% | 39.4% |
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 | REPL | Replimune | -66.7% | -74.0% |
| 2 | CNC | Centene | -46.9% | -53.1% |
| 3 | MOH | Molina Healthcare | -43.9% | -43.3% |
| 4 | RXST | RxSight | -39.5% | -76.8% |
| 5 | CDNA | CareDx | -33.1% | -40.3% |
| 6 | SRPT | Sarepta Therapeutics | -31.7% | -90.2% |
| 7 | NVCR | NovoCure | -30.5% | -59.6% |
| 8 | APG | APi | -30.0% | 46.6% |
| 9 | RARE | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical | -27.0% | -35.0% |
| 10 | CRK | Comstock Resources | -26.8% | 13.8% |
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