The 52-Week-Low List: 29 Names On Thursday
A steep one-month decline for one name contrasts with a market hitting new highs, raising questions about the nature of weakness.
While the S&P 500 returned +1.1% over the last month, one name on today’s 52-week-low list, Hertz Global (HTZ), has fallen 61.3% over the same period. As of Thursday, 29 stocks from the Russell 3000 are at their weakest price of the past year.
The list shows clusters in sectors like Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components and Automotive Parts & Equipment, each with 3 names. But is every company hitting a new low facing the same fundamental pressure? The full list of names follows.
Thursday’s Full 52-Week-Low List
Here are all 29 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICI | $27.9 Bil | -2.5% | -1.7% | -4.8% | -15.5% |
| GGG | $12.1 Bil | -2.6% | -3.1% | -1.5% | -15.3% |
| QXO | $10.9 Bil | -3.9% | -15.2% | -7.0% | -32.4% |
| JOBY | $7.5 Bil | -2.3% | -11.1% | -17.0% | -25.6% |
| AWI | $6.5 Bil | -2.2% | -5.3% | -2.1% | -8.5% |
| POST | $4.1 Bil | -3.2% | -2.7% | -5.0% | -19.6% |
| TDS | $4.0 Bil | -1.3% | -6.0% | -11.1% | -1.4% |
| OLLI | $3.8 Bil | -9.0% | -19.5% | -19.3% | -51.7% |
| EQPT | $3.5 Bil | -7.8% | -15.7% | -15.2% | |
| EMAT | $3.3 Bil | -6.6% | -18.5% | -18.8% | |
| ARIS | $2.9 Bil | -7.8% | -6.0% | -8.0% | -39.5% |
| SMR | $2.8 Bil | -2.2% | -12.7% | -16.6% | -76.1% |
| USLM | $2.8 Bil | -2.4% | -6.9% | -6.8% | -4.2% |
| PATK | $2.7 Bil | -5.3% | -7.5% | -2.4% | -12.7% |
| BKE | $2.1 Bil | -2.9% | -1.8% | -7.5% | -4.1% |
| SSMR | $1.8 Bil | -8.8% | -5.2% | -10.5% | |
| HAWK | $1.8 Bil | -4.7% | -6.5% | -24.9% | -58.1% |
| TMC | $1.7 Bil | -0.5% | -9.3% | -21.5% | -39.5% |
| CNXC | $1.3 Bil | -6.4% | -4.6% | -23.1% | -60.9% |
| PRCT | $1.1 Bil | -5.9% | -12.3% | -28.9% | -65.3% |
| DCH | $1.0 Bil | -1.7% | -6.1% | -19.5% | |
| ABR | $1.0 Bil | -0.4% | -9.2% | -6.3% | -47.9% |
| PSIX | $0.8 Bil | -0.2% | -10.9% | -7.9% | -52.9% |
| ODTX | $0.7 Bil | -2.2% | -16.8% | -5.3% | |
| LCLN | $0.7 Bil | -3.5% | -9.2% | -2.2% | |
| PFLT | $0.7 Bil | -0.8% | -4.7% | -10.9% | -22.3% |
| FBRT | $0.6 Bil | -0.3% | -4.1% | -6.6% | -18.2% |
| HTZ | $0.6 Bil | -6.2% | -13.0% | -61.3% | -72.1% |
| SLDP | $0.5 Bil | -1.2% | -8.1% | -19.0% | 4.4% |
Can a business grow while its stock hits a low?
The largest company on the list, VICI Properties (VICI), suggests it can. The firm has a market value of about $27.9 billion, yet its stock is at a yearly low. At the same time, its revenue grew 4.1% over the last twelve months. The stock trades at 9.0 times trailing earnings and carries a free cash flow yield of 9.1%. This profile of positive business growth alongside a weak stock price is a notable exception on any list of market laggards.
Is this a shopping list or a warning sign?
A 52-week-low list is a starting point for research, not a conclusion. A stock at its weakest price of the year can signal real damage to a business model or a temporary mispricing of a solid enterprise. The disciplined approach is to investigate the underlying business fundamentals before reacting to the stock price. A low price on its own tells you where a stock has been, not where it is going.
A 52-week-low list tells you where the pain is; it does not tell you which of these declines are worth buying. That second question is what our Buy the Dip screen answers, every day: beaten-down names where the fundamentals still hold up.
The Low List Is A Symptom. Own The Discipline Instead
Every stock on this list got here the same way: the market lost confidence faster than the business could defend itself. Some will earn that confidence back and some will not, and telling them apart name by name is unforgiving work.
That work is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio systematizes: about 30 quality businesses screened for the cash flow and balance-sheet strength that let a company fight through a bad year, sized and rebalanced by rules. 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 list; own the discipline.