S&P 500 Movers | Winners: TGT, FCX, DECK | Losers: MRNA, TPL, PLTR
On Friday, December 26, markets stayed flat overall, as seen in the S&P 500 remaining flat, the Dow 30 remaining flat, and the Nasdaq 100 remaining flat. Still, certain stocks experienced more movement than the indices suggested.
List of S&P 500 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 | TGT | Target | 3.1% | -23.1% |
| 2 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 2.2% | 41.4% |
| 3 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor | 2.1% | -49.2% |
| 4 | ELV | Elevance Health | 1.9% | -3.3% |
| 5 | TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software | 1.8% | 39.1% |
| 6 | WDAY | Workday | 1.8% | -14.5% |
| 7 | DG | Dollar General | 1.8% | 86.5% |
| 8 | SW | Smurfit WestRock | 1.6% | -25.2% |
| 9 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | 1.6% | 8.7% |
| 10 | DLTR | Dollar Tree | 1.6% | 65.4% |
List of S&P 500 Losers
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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 | MRNA | Moderna | -4.7% | -25.0% |
| 2 | TPL | Texas Pacific Land | -2.9% | -21.5% |
| 3 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies | -2.8% | 149.5% |
| 4 | BF-B | Brown-Forman | -2.6% | -28.9% |
| 5 | RCL | Royal Caribbean | -2.5% | 25.4% |
| 6 | TSLA | Tesla | -2.1% | 17.7% |
| 7 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | -1.9% | 217.0% |
| 8 | APP | AppLovin | -1.8% | 120.6% |
| 9 | CCL | Carnival | -1.8% | 23.2% |
| 10 | NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line | -1.6% | -11.3% |
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. Among these stocks, we find Deckers Outdoor (DECK) and Elevance Health (ELV) attractive.
Stock picking can fail no matter how good the strategy is. The Trefis High Quality Portfolio turns single-stock insights into a robust market-beating portfolio strategy.
Movers – Last One Week
Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), a market-wide surge lifted the S&P 500 rising 2.29%, the Dow 30 rising 1.58%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 2.50%. Gains were broad-based, though not every stock joined the rally.
List of 1-Week S&P 500 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 | MU | Micron Technology | 14.6% | 239.4% |
| 2 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 10.7% | 41.4% |
| 3 | ORCL | Oracle | 10.0% | 20.0% |
| 4 | NVDA | NVIDIA | 9.4% | 41.9% |
| 5 | HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries | 8.8% | 90.2% |
| 6 | JBL | Jabil | 8.8% | 64.4% |
| 7 | CCL | Carnival | 8.3% | 23.2% |
| 8 | LRCX | Lam Research | 8.1% | 148.8% |
| 9 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 6.9% | 78.0% |
| 10 | FDS | FactSet Research Systems | 6.9% | -38.5% |
List of 1-Week S&P 500 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 | TPL | Texas Pacific Land | -67.9% | -21.5% |
| 2 | LW | Lamb Weston | -29.0% | -35.3% |
| 3 | BF-B | Brown-Forman | -9.3% | -28.9% |
| 4 | NKE | Nike | -7.2% | -17.6% |
| 5 | SBUX | Starbucks | -4.9% | -4.3% |
| 6 | PEP | PepsiCo | -3.7% | -1.7% |
| 7 | GIS | General Mills | -3.4% | -22.8% |
| 8 | DHI | D.R. Horton | -3.4% | 5.9% |
| 9 | LEN | Lennar | -3.2% | -21.8% |
| 10 | CAG | Conagra Brands | -3.1% | -33.6% |
Movers – Last One Month
On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, markets rallied broadly, with the S&P 500 rising 2.42%, the Dow 30 rising 3.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 2.50%. While many stocks participated in the rally, some lagged behind.
List of 1-Month S&P 500 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 | DG | Dollar General | 32.1% | 86.5% |
| 2 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 29.1% | 41.4% |
| 3 | APP | AppLovin | 28.5% | 120.6% |
| 4 | MU | Micron Technology | 26.8% | 239.4% |
| 5 | MRNA | Moderna | 26.1% | -25.0% |
| 6 | WBD | Warner Bros. Discovery | 25.4% | 172.5% |
| 7 | MCHP | Microchip Technology | 25.3% | 16.8% |
| 8 | NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line | 24.3% | -11.3% |
| 9 | NEM | Newmont | 23.0% | 189.0% |
| 10 | TPR | Tapestry | 22.4% | 104.2% |
List of 1-Month S&P 500 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 | LW | Lamb Weston | -28.6% | -35.3% |
| 2 | LEN | Lennar | -20.0% | -21.8% |
| 3 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | -13.8% | 19.9% |
| 4 | DDOG | Datadog | -13.0% | -3.2% |
| 5 | PSKY | Paramount Skydance | -12.8% | 16.5% |
| 6 | AZO | AutoZone | -12.6% | 7.7% |
| 7 | PODD | Insulet | -12.2% | 10.6% |
| 8 | A | Agilent Technologies | -12.0% | 3.7% |
| 9 | BBY | Best Buy | -11.5% | -14.5% |
| 10 | DOC | Healthpeak Properties | -10.5% | -15.0% |
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