Where The Selling Ran Deepest: 1 S&P 500 Stock At 52-Week Lows
A single company’s sharp decline stands in stark contrast to a rising market.
As of Friday, July 10, just 1 S&P 500 stock is trading at its 52-week low. That name is Copart (CPRT), a company with a market value of about $25.8 billion, whose stock has fallen 12.1% over the last month while the S&P 500 returned +2.4%.
The divergence raises a critical question for any investor scanning for value: what does a new low mean when the underlying business is still growing? The full data on this lone decliner follows.
The Complete 52-Week-Low List
The table below lists the stock at its 52-week low, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month, and one-year returns:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPRT | $25.8 Bil | -2.9% | -8.3% | -12.1% | -42.2% |
Is this a business in decline or just a stock?
Copart (CPRT) presents a notable contrast. While its stock registered the steepest one-month slide on the list, down 12.1%, the company’s fundamentals show a different picture. Its revenue grew 1.0% over the last twelve months.
The stock now trades at 16.6 times trailing earnings, and the business generates a free cash flow yield of 5.2%. These figures provide a starting point to assess whether the stock’s recent weakness is disconnected from the company’s actual operating performance.
A low price is a starting point for research, not a conclusion.
A 52-week-low list is not an automatic buy signal. A stock at its weakest price of the last year can mark a business with genuine problems or simply a solid one that has fallen out of favor. The list is a screening tool, surfacing names for further diligence.
The disciplined move is to investigate the business behind the ticker. Before the price can be judged as a bargain or a warning, an investor must first understand the company’s health and its prospects. The price is only the final step in the analysis.
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.
Weakness Is Information. It Is Not An Instruction
A 52-week low tells you what the market thinks today. It does not tell you what to do, and acting on price alone is how value traps get bought. The missing ingredient is always the same: is the business still sound?
Asking that question across thousands of stocks, every day, is exactly how the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is built: roughly 30 names that pass the quality screens, held with rules instead of nerve. 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. Let the low list sharpen your watchlist, and let the portfolio carry the risk.