1 S&P 500 Stock Just Touched 52-Week Lows
A single large-cap name dominates today’s list, raising questions about isolated weakness versus opportunity.
The pain on Thursday is concentrated in Hotel & Resort REITs, which accounts for the entirety of the 52-week-low list. Just 1 S&P 500 stocks hit new lows, and that name is VICI Properties (VICI), a company with a market value of about $27.9 billion.
VICI’s stock has declined 4.8% over the last month, a period where the S&P 500 returned +1.1%. When the low list shrinks to a single, large company, the central question becomes whether this signals a specific problem or a potential mispricing. The full data is below.
Every Name On The List
- 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
- Market Movers | Winners: VTAK, TVRD, FRTT | Losers: ONFO, CLRO, BTAI
Here is the name, 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% |
Is this a business in decline or just a stock on sale?
VICI Properties presents a conflict between its stock price and its operating results. While the stock is at its weakest point in a year, the company’s revenue grew 4.1% over the last twelve months. For valuation context, the company now trades at 9.0 times trailing earnings and carries a free cash flow yield of 9.1%.
What is the right way to approach a list like this?
A stock at a 52-week low is a signal, not a conclusion. It can mark a business with genuine problems or one that has simply been marked down by the market. The disciplined approach is to treat the list as a starting point for research, not a simple shopping list. The price is the last piece of the puzzle, considered only after an investor has checked the underlying business fundamentals.
If any of these names tempt you, resist buying a price alone. Our Buy the Dip screen asks the follow-up question that matters: which marked-down stocks still have the growth and cash generation to recover.
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.