S&P 500 Movers | Winners: PYPL, BLK, CBRE | Losers: PNR, ERIE, DELL
A quiet day for the index hid significant divergence among its biggest movers, raising questions about which trends have staying power.
The S&P 500 returned +0.4% on the last trading day, a quiet session that masked extreme moves in individual names. PayPal (PYPL) was the day’s strongest stock, returning +17.2%, while the weakest, Pentair (PNR), returned -15.0%.
When a single day delivers such a wide gap between the top and bottom performers, the immediate question is whether these are fleeting reactions or part of a larger, more durable trend. The day’s lists show both kinds of moves.
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Winners
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- Where The Selling Ran Deepest: 4 S&P 500 Stocks At 52-Week Lows
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The 10 stocks with the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PYPL | PayPal | 17.2% | -4.3% |
| 2 | BLK | BlackRock | 6.6% | 3.3% |
| 3 | CBRE | CBRE | 6.2% | -12.1% |
| 4 | IVZ | Invesco | 5.5% | 17.2% |
| 5 | BNY | Bank of New York Mellon | 5.1% | |
| 6 | BKNG | Booking | 4.5% | -14.3% |
| 7 | CTAS | Cintas | 4.4% | 2.8% |
| 8 | HCA | HCA Healthcare | 4.2% | -18.6% |
| 9 | AAPL | Apple | 4.0% | 20.7% |
| 10 | KKR | KKR | 3.8% | -20.5% |
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 stocks with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PNR | Pentair | -15.0% | -37.9% |
| 2 | ERIE | Erie Indemnity | -11.9% | -25.4% |
| 3 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -9.8% | 229.3% |
| 4 | PGR | Progressive | -9.4% | -4.1% |
| 5 | WDC | Western Digital | -8.8% | 198.5% |
| 6 | ELV | Elevance Health | -8.5% | 12.5% |
| 7 | SNDK | SanDisk | -8.1% | 580.3% |
| 8 | MU | Micron Technology | -8.0% | 217.0% |
| 9 | LITE | Lumentum | -7.7% | 104.0% |
| 10 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -7.3% | 143.1% |
Is today’s biggest gain a new story or an old one?
In addition to being the day’s strongest stock, PayPal (PYPL) also appears on the one-month winners list with a return of +33.7%. This suggests the single-day return of +17.2% is an extension of prior strength.
The pattern of persistence is also visible on the downside. Both SanDisk (SNDK) and Marvell Technology (MRVL) appear on the one-day and one-month losers lists. Their respective one-month returns are -18.4% and -26.2%, indicating their weakness has been building for weeks.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest S&P 500 names:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PYPL | PayPal | 24.7% | -4.3% |
| 2 | META | Meta Platforms | 13.0% | 3.4% |
| 3 | IVZ | Invesco | 12.1% | 17.2% |
| 4 | GS | Goldman Sachs | 11.9% | 32.3% |
| 5 | MOS | Mosaic | 11.6% | -2.6% |
| 6 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 10.4% | 92.2% |
| 7 | BLK | BlackRock | 10.4% | 3.3% |
| 8 | BBY | Best Buy | 9.4% | 31.2% |
| 9 | COF | Capital One Financial | 8.8% | -13.1% |
| 10 | SYF | Synchrony Financial | 8.5% | -10.5% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBM | International Business Machines | -30.1% | -27.8% |
| 2 | ERIE | Erie Indemnity | -16.4% | -25.4% |
| 3 | APP | AppLovin | -13.3% | -32.8% |
| 4 | PNR | Pentair | -12.2% | -37.9% |
| 5 | PGR | Progressive | -11.9% | -4.1% |
| 6 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -11.0% | 143.1% |
| 7 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | -9.8% | -4.7% |
| 8 | HCA | HCA Healthcare | -7.7% | -18.6% |
| 9 | YUM | Yum Brands | -7.7% | 1.8% |
| 10 | MRNA | Moderna | -7.5% | 131.5% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 36.8% | 131.5% |
| 2 | PYPL | PayPal | 33.7% | -4.3% |
| 3 | TECH | Bio-Techne | 32.4% | 21.9% |
| 4 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 26.6% | 92.2% |
| 5 | DASH | DoorDash | 26.3% | -16.0% |
| 6 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | 24.0% | 2.2% |
| 7 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | 22.5% | -4.7% |
| 8 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | 21.7% | 14.4% |
| 9 | VEEV | Veeva Systems | 21.4% | -13.2% |
| 10 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 21.1% | 76.4% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORCL | Oracle | -27.8% | -31.4% |
| 2 | ALB | Albemarle | -26.8% | -11.4% |
| 3 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -26.2% | 143.1% |
| 4 | IBM | International Business Machines | -22.4% | -27.8% |
| 5 | SWKS | Skyworks Solutions | -22.3% | -7.4% |
| 6 | COHR | Coherent | -22.2% | 62.2% |
| 7 | ON | ON Semiconductor | -20.8% | 70.9% |
| 8 | FDXF | FedEx Freight | -18.9% | |
| 9 | ACN | Accenture | -18.6% | -47.6% |
| 10 | SNDK | SanDisk | -18.4% | 580.3% |
A big move is a starting point for research, not a conclusion.
A daily list of top movers is a map of where market attention is focused, not a set of instructions. A sharp gain or loss simply flags a stock for further review. The disciplined next step is to investigate the underlying business fundamentals behind the name.
Look back at the weekly and monthly tables. The names that persist across different time horizons often have a more significant story to tell than those that appear for a single session. The real work begins after the leaderboard is published.
The next step is never to trade the list; it is to test it. Our Guidance Momentum screen shows which risers have management raising guidance behind them, and our Buy the Dip screen shows which of the fallers still generate the growth and cash that make a recovery plausible.
Today’s Winner Is Tomorrow’s Loser Often Enough
The movers list is the most honest picture of single-stock risk the market prints each day: the same volatility that makes the winners column also fills the losers column, and no one reliably knows which side a stock lands on next.
That is the case for owning a disciplined basket instead of chasing the tape. The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio holds roughly 30 businesses selected for consistent cash generation, strong margins, and resilient balance sheets, sized and rebalanced with 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. Watch the movers for information; let the portfolio do the compounding.