S&P 500 Stocks Trading At 52-Week High
As on Wednesday, July 23, 30 of the S&P 500 stocks are trading at their 52-week highs. Among these stocks, Invesco (IVZ) has outpaced the rest in the last one month, generating a robust 43% return over this period.
Stocks At 52W Highs
Below is the complete list of these S&P 500 stocks, sorted by market capitalization – highlighting some impressive near-term gains across industries ranging from Electric Utilities and Multi-Utilities to Asset Management & Custody Banks and Pharmaceuticals:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JNJ | $404.2 Bil | 2.2% | 8.2% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| C | $176.6 Bil | 1.5% | 3.6% | 19.8% | 49.8% |
| SO | $105.4 Bil | 1.1% | 3.7% | 7.3% | 21.9% |
| WELL | $103.6 Bil | 0.5% | 2.8% | 6.5% | 55.1% |
| SNPS | $95.3 Bil | 4.0% | 8.1% | 30.7% | 9.8% |
| NOC | $81.5 Bil | 9.4% | 9.1% | 13.3% | 30.5% |
| BK | $71.3 Bil | 0.3% | 3.9% | 7.9% | 59.8% |
| NEM | $69.5 Bil | 3.1% | 7.6% | 6.0% | 32.7% |
| NSC | $63.4 Bil | 1.0% | 8.0% | 10.7% | 24.4% |
| AEP | $58.8 Bil | 1.5% | 5.5% | 8.3% | 22.3% |
| FAST | $54.0 Bil | 2.3% | 4.3% | 15.0% | 39.8% |
| XEL | $42.0 Bil | 2.1% | 6.9% | 9.6% | 35.4% |
| RMD | $39.2 Bil | 2.4% | 6.1% | 5.4% | 32.3% |
| CCL | $39.2 Bil | 0.3% | 3.2% | 25.7% | 63.8% |
| EBAY | $38.2 Bil | 3.5% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 53.0% |
| ETR | $38.1 Bil | 1.7% | 6.8% | 9.3% | 65.1% |
| WEC | $35.0 Bil | 1.7% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 39.0% |
| WBD | $31.6 Bil | 0.4% | 6.8% | 22.1% | 50.8% |
| DTE | $28.9 Bil | 1.2% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 23.7% |
| PPL | $27.2 Bil | 1.7% | 4.1% | 9.0% | 32.3% |
| CBOE | $25.3 Bil | 2.1% | 3.1% | 6.8% | 32.7% |
| DLTR | $24.5 Bil | 2.2% | 7.7% | 16.3% | 7.6% |
| ES | $24.5 Bil | 1.6% | 2.9% | 6.5% | 13.8% |
| ULTA | $22.8 Bil | 1.1% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 27.9% |
| CFG | $21.5 Bil | 1.1% | 5.2% | 17.8% | 25.5% |
| TRMB | $20.1 Bil | 1.3% | 3.8% | 14.9% | 44.1% |
| NI | $19.8 Bil | 0.9% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 41.5% |
| LNT | $16.9 Bil | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8.6% | 23.6% |
| EVRG | $16.1 Bil | 1.0% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 32.0% |
| IVZ | $9.6 Bil | 5.2% | 26.9% | 43.5% | 36.9% |
While the current highs seen by these stocks reflect investor confidence in these companies, have you considered the risk associated with them? As an alternative, 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.