Market Movers | Winners: VTAK, TVRD, FRTT | Losers: ONFO, CLRO, BTAI
A day of sharp divergences raises a key question about what big market moves really mean.
Catheter Precision (VTAK) gained +92.2% in a single session. The broader market was far more subdued, with the S&P 500 returning -0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average returning -1.1%, while the Nasdaq-100 returned +0.3%.
This kind of divergence raises a critical question for any investor scanning the extremes: when does a large daily move signal a durable trend, and when is it just noise? The day’s full list of winners and losers begins to offer an answer.
Wednesday’s Market Winners
- 1 S&P 500 Stock Just Touched 52-Week Lows
- The 52-Week-Low List: 29 Names On Thursday
- The 52-Week-High List: 6 S&P 500 Names On Thursday
- Where The Buying Ran Strongest: 24 Small Cap Stocks At 52-Week Highs
- Large Cap Stocks At 52-Week Highs: Thursday’s Full List
- S&P 500 Movers | Winners: AKAM, ANET, SMCI | Losers: SYF, MRNA, SW
The 10 stocks with the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VTAK | Catheter Precision | 92.2% | -25.1% |
| 2 | TVRD | Tvardi Therapeutics | 61.3% | 16.3% |
| 3 | FRTT | Fort Technology | 43.8% | |
| 4 | EDBL | Edible Garden | 32.3% | -98.1% |
| 5 | SKYQ | Sky Quarry | 27.3% | 113.6% |
| 6 | PENG | Penguin Solutions | 25.1% | 301.2% |
| 7 | ELTX | Elicio Therapeutics | 24.6% | -56.2% |
| 8 | CBUS | Cibus | 21.3% | 4.6% |
| 9 | SDEV | Stablecoin Development | 20.0% | -94.7% |
Wednesday’s Market Losers
And the 10 stocks with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONFO | Onfolio | -28.8% | -58.7% |
| 2 | CLRO | ClearOne | -26.6% | 99.6% |
| 3 | BTAI | BioXcel Therapeutics | -22.9% | -49.9% |
| 4 | WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -22.5% | -99.3% |
| 5 | GIPR | Generation Income Properties | -22.4% | -80.9% |
| 6 | DCOY | Decoy Therapeutics Inc. | -18.1% | -26.1% |
| 7 | VEEE | Twin Vee PowerCats | -17.6% | -92.8% |
| 8 | ECOR | electroCore | -17.4% | 45.6% |
| 9 | SIF | SIFCO Industries | -17.4% | 280.5% |
What separates a one-day wonder from a persistent trend?
Sometimes a move has been building for weeks. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (WHLR) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. Its one-month return is -86.5%, showing a clear pattern of sustained weakness.
In other cases, a huge daily return can reflect an underlying business dynamic. The day’s top gainer, Catheter Precision (VTAK), saw its revenue grow 130.4% over the last twelve months. Its market value is about $0.0 billion, placing it in a volatile class of stocks, but the move is not without context.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest Market names:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIME | Neutron | 2865.1% | 2865.1% |
| 2 | CLRO | ClearOne | 205.1% | 99.6% |
| 3 | TVRD | Tvardi Therapeutics | 163.2% | 16.3% |
| 4 | CRNX | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals | 123.1% | 79.4% |
| 5 | LHAI | Linkhome | 121.2% | -80.9% |
| 6 | ALIT | Alight | 79.7% | -48.4% |
| 7 | VTAK | Catheter Precision | 61.4% | -25.1% |
| 8 | SKIN | SkinHealth Systems | 51.6% | -24.5% |
| 9 | SKIL | Skillsoft | 51.4% | -15.7% |
| 10 | COSM | Cosmos Health | 42.9% | -47.0% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -65.6% | -99.3% |
| 2 | ITG | ITG | -54.8% | -54.8% |
| 3 | YHC | LQR House | -53.8% | -95.9% |
| 4 | MVO | MV Oil Trust | -52.5% | -23.7% |
| 5 | CAST | FreeCast | -51.2% | |
| 6 | BTAI | BioXcel Therapeutics | -43.1% | -49.9% |
| 7 | EDBL | Edible Garden | -39.3% | -98.1% |
| 8 | VATE | Innovate | -38.8% | 152.9% |
| 9 | FCEL | FuelCell Energy | -37.4% | 208.3% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIME | Neutron | 2865.1% | 2865.1% |
| 2 | EROC | ERock | 652.3% | 652.3% |
| 3 | RTB | RTB Digital | 475.5% | |
| 4 | CAST | FreeCast | 384.1% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YHC | LQR House | -95.0% | -95.9% |
| 2 | WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -86.5% | -99.3% |
| 3 | STI | Solidion Technology | -78.1% | 10.4% |
| 4 | ELTX | Elicio Therapeutics | -73.7% | -56.2% |
| 5 | ASTC | Astrotech | -72.8% | 163.3% |
| 6 | BJDX | Bluejay Diagnostics | -72.1% | -49.8% |
| 7 | VMAR | Vision Marine Technologies | -67.0% | -98.4% |
| 8 | SOC | Sable Offshore | -66.4% | -54.3% |
| 9 | CNTX | Context Therapeutics | -66.0% | -59.5% |
How should I use these lists without getting burned?
A movers list is a map of market attention, not a set of instructions. A large percentage gain or loss is simply information, highlighting where capital and risk are concentrating on a given day.
The disciplined next step is always to look past the ticker to the business itself. As the longer-term tables below show, some names appear repeatedly while others vanish after a single session. The difference is the starting point for any real research.
Either side of these lists can be a lead worth following, with the same follow-up question: does the business back the move? For the winners, our Guidance Momentum screen tracks which companies raised their own forward numbers. For the losers, our Buy the Dip screen flags which marked-down names still have the fundamentals to recover.
The Tape Rewards Attention. It Punishes Reaction
Big daily moves pull hard at both greed and fear, and acting on either, day after day, is how most portfolios end up trailing the index they were trying to beat.
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is built for the opposite reflex: about 30 quality businesses screened for the fundamentals that survive volatile stretches, held with rules instead of reactions. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines all major indices – the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. Read the movers daily; trade them rarely.