S&P 500 Movers | Winners: GLW, FIX, CIEN | Losers: AKAM, CRWD, ORCL
On Friday, February 20, broader market witnessed strong advances in the S&P 500 rising 0.69%, the Dow 30 rising 0.47%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.87%. Participation was broad, although not entirely uniform.
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 | GLW | Corning | 7.3% | 59.3% |
| 2 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | 6.5% | 56.7% |
| 3 | CIEN | Ciena | 5.2% | 43.2% |
| 4 | SNDK | SanDisk | 4.6% | 173.8% |
| 5 | EXR | Extra Space Storage | 4.6% | 17.3% |
| 6 | EXE | Expand Energy | 4.1% | -2.1% |
| 7 | GOOGL | Alphabet | 4.0% | 0.6% |
| 8 | PFG | Principal Financial | 3.9% | 8.6% |
| 9 | EBAY | eBay | 3.9% | 1.1% |
| 10 | GRMN | Garmin | 3.8% | 22.7% |
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 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies | -14.1% | 7.9% |
| 2 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | -7.9% | -17.1% |
| 3 | ORCL | Oracle | -5.4% | -23.8% |
| 4 | ARES | Ares Management | -5.2% | -23.8% |
| 5 | PAYC | Paycom Software | -5.0% | -28.0% |
| 6 | DDOG | Datadog | -4.1% | -14.9% |
| 7 | BX | Blackstone | -3.6% | -20.4% |
| 8 | ANET | Arista Networks | -3.2% | 1.3% |
| 9 | CPRT | Copart | -3.1% | -6.8% |
| 10 | PODD | Insulet | -2.9% | -14.9% |
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 Expand Energy (EXE) and Paycom Software (PAYC) attractive.
You can’t predict what happens to individual stocks, but you can prepare. See how the Trefis High Quality Portfolio helps you.
Movers – Last One Month
On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, the S&P 500 rising 0.49%, the Dow 30 rising 1.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 1.24% ended the day with mixed results. This divergence was echoed in stock-level activity.
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 | GLW | Corning | 49.2% | 59.3% |
| 2 | CIEN | Ciena | 44.4% | 43.2% |
| 3 | TPL | Texas Pacific Land | 44.4% | 74.0% |
| 4 | DVA | DaVita | 41.8% | 32.7% |
| 5 | TER | Teradyne | 40.1% | 67.9% |
| 6 | GNRC | Generac | 33.2% | 68.1% |
| 7 | SNDK | SanDisk | 29.7% | 173.8% |
| 8 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | 27.4% | 56.7% |
| 9 | FDX | FedEx | 26.6% | 34.5% |
| 10 | VZ | Verizon Communications | 25.5% | 23.0% |
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 | EPAM | EPAM Systems | -34.8% | -32.2% |
| 2 | IT | Gartner | -33.9% | -39.1% |
| 3 | IQV | IQVIA | -31.4% | -26.5% |
| 4 | FDS | FactSet Research Systems | -31.4% | -32.8% |
| 5 | HUM | Humana | -29.9% | -25.9% |
| 6 | TTD | Trade Desk | -29.0% | -33.9% |
| 7 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | -28.9% | -23.6% |
| 8 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | -28.1% | -32.7% |
| 9 | INTU | Intuit | -27.5% | -42.4% |
| 10 | TYL | Tyler Technologies | -27.0% | -30.2% |
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 its benchmark that includes all 3 — the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 indices. 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.