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.

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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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