Market Movers | Winners: WK, ATEC, APPF | Losers: FLR, NSP, ENVX


On Friday, August 1, a broad-based downturn weighed on the S&P 500 falling 1.60%, the Dow 30 falling 1.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 1.96%. Most stocks traded lower, with limited bright spots.
 
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 WK Workiva 32.1% -23.0%
2 ATEC Alphatec 30.2% 50.0%
3 APPF AppFolio 19.4% 29.4%
4 TILE Interface 19.4% 1.2%
5 IRTC iRhythm Technologies 17.7% 83.0%
6 BIO Bio-Rad Laboratories 17.6% -13.4%
7 RDDT Reddit 17.5% 15.4%
8 NVT nVent Electric 14.6% 33.1%
9 AUPH Aurinia Pharmaceuticals 13.5% 16.8%
10 RKT Rocket Companies 12.0% 55.2%

 
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 FLR Fluor -27.0% -16.0%
2 NSP Insperity -24.4% -40.9%
3 ENVX Enovix -20.1% -1.5%
4 EMN Eastman Chemical -19.0% -34.3%
5 INOD Innodata -18.1% 13.8%
6 RIOT Riot Platforms -17.7% 8.0%
7 SATS EchoStar -17.4% 17.6%
8 COIN Coinbase Global -16.7% 26.7%
9 LUMN Lumen Technologies -16.6% -30.1%
10 GDYN Grid Dynamics -16.4% -64.3%

 
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 Fluor (FLR) Very Attractive while AppFolio (APPF) looks Attractive but Volatile.

Movers – Last One Week

Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), a broad-based downturn weighed on the S&P 500 falling 2.36%, the Dow 30 falling 2.92%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 2.19%. 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 REPL Replimune 141.3% -37.2%
2 SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics 33.4% -86.9%
3 CECO CECO Environmental 30.3% 49.3%
4 MOD Modine Manufacturing 28.9% 15.3%
5 WGS GeneDx 27.3% 32.2%
6 ATEC Alphatec 27.3% 50.0%
7 RSI Rush Street Interactive 27.1% 41.0%
8 RDDT Reddit 26.0% 15.4%
9 AMSC American Superconductor 24.4% 118.2%
10 WK Workiva 24.0% -23.0%

 
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 TROX Tronox -41.6% -64.9%
2 CFLT Confluent -37.1% -38.5%
3 XRX Xerox -35.3% -51.9%
4 ALGN Align Technology -33.6% -34.5%
5 QS QuantumScape -31.0% 59.2%
6 SGML Sigma Lithium -28.7% -54.7%
7 ENVX Enovix -27.1% -1.5%
8 FLR Fluor -26.8% -16.0%
9 KFRC Kforce -26.3% -38.6%
10 AEVA Aeva Technologies -26.3% 233.6%

 
Movers – Last One Month

On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, the S&P 500 rising 0.17%, the Dow 30 falling 2.01%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.54% ended the day with mixed results. This divergence was echoed in stock-level activity.
 
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 MP MP Materials 96.8% 308.3%
2 JOBY Joby Aviation 68.9% 111.1%
3 BE Bloom Energy 62.8% 65.3%
4 CECO CECO Environmental 55.0% 49.3%
5 COGT Cogent Biosciences 53.8% 46.2%
6 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 53.1% -63.8%
7 ALAB Astera Labs 48.0% -1.0%
8 LQDA Liquidia 46.6% 50.3%
9 COUR Coursera 44.0% 43.2%
10 UUUU Energy Fuels 41.4% 72.5%

 
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 AEVA Aeva Technologies -48.7% 233.6%
2 RXST RxSight -40.6% -77.3%
3 LBRDA Liberty Broadband -39.4% -19.4%
4 TROX Tronox -38.5% -64.9%
5 CDNA CareDx -37.3% -42.9%
6 NVCR NovoCure -36.7% -62.0%
7 CHTR Charter Communications -35.8% -22.8%
8 HELE Helen Of Troy -35.1% -63.9%
9 MOH Molina Healthcare -35.1% -46.7%
10 CRK Comstock Resources -34.0% -9.9%

 

Picking winners on a consistent basis is not an easy task – especially given the volatility associated with a single stock. Instead, the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, with a collection of 30 stocks, has a track record of comfortably outperforming the S&P 500 over the last 4-year period. Why is that? As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride, as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.