Market Movers | Winners: LVWR, SAFT, VIVK | Losers: VSTD, VTAK, ATER
A flat day for the main index hid enormous moves in individual stocks, raising questions about momentum and discipline.
The S&P 500 returned +0.0% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned +0.5% and the Nasdaq-100 returned -1.1%. Amid that split decision, one stock stood out: LiveWire (LVWR) was the strongest performer of the day, returning +89.6%.
That single move raises the essential question for any daily list of extremes: is this a beginning or an end? The tables below show the day’s full leaderboard.
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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 | LVWR | LiveWire | 89.6% | -67.0% |
| 2 | SAFT | Safety Insurance | 41.5% | 35.8% |
| 3 | VIVK | Vivakor | 37.3% | -92.7% |
| 4 | YYAI | Airwa | 28.7% | -63.7% |
| 5 | RNG | RingCentral | 25.1% | 67.8% |
| 6 | NDLS | Noodles | 24.4% | 172.0% |
| 7 | HOWL | Werewolf Therapeutics | 18.5% | -32.6% |
| 8 | THC | Tenet Healthcare | 17.2% | 17.4% |
| 9 | FRMI | Fermi | 17.1% | -7.5% |
| 10 | CTNT | Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service | 16.1% | -99.3% |
Friday’s Market Losers
And the 8 stocks with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VSTD | Vestand | -45.2% | -56.9% |
| 2 | VTAK | Catheter Precision | -35.5% | -85.6% |
| 3 | ATER | Aterian | -27.1% | -42.3% |
| 4 | CDXS | Codexis | -25.6% | -9.2% |
| 5 | ZVRA | Zevra Therapeutics | -23.9% | 6.3% |
| 6 | KIDZ | KIDZ AI | -23.0% | -99.5% |
| 7 | LODE | Comstock | -22.7% | -20.2% |
| 8 | MXL | MaxLinear | -21.5% | 310.7% |
Is a big one-day loss a new event, or the continuation of a trend?
For some names, today’s weakness is not new. Catheter Precision (VTAK) and Aterian (ATER) appear on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. The one-month return for VTAK is -77.9%, while ATER shows a one-month return of -71.2%. In both cases, the data shows 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 Market names:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADVB | Advanced Biomed | 277.3% | 225.2% |
| 2 | LVWR | LiveWire | 110.3% | -67.0% |
| 3 | CJMB | Callan Jmb | 109.0% | 129.7% |
| 4 | UTZ | Utz Brands | 95.6% | 38.2% |
| 5 | LVLU | Lulus Fashion Lounge | 52.8% | 267.8% |
| 6 | LABT | Lakewood-Amedex Biotherapeutics | 39.7% | n/a |
| 7 | SAFT | Safety Insurance | 39.2% | 35.8% |
| 8 | NDLS | Noodles | 38.3% | 172.0% |
| 9 | CPHI | China Pharma | 38.2% | 25.6% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATER | Aterian | -69.2% | -42.3% |
| 2 | VEEE | Twin Vee PowerCats | -66.5% | -79.9% |
| 3 | LSTA | Lisata Therapeutics | -53.5% | -10.2% |
| 4 | VTAK | Catheter Precision | -53.4% | -85.6% |
| 5 | LESL | Leslies | -52.1% | -24.8% |
| 6 | QMLS | QumulusAI | -49.9% | n/a |
| 7 | VSTD | Vestand | -49.5% | -56.9% |
| 8 | SLND | Southland | -45.6% | -81.3% |
| 9 | GIPR | Generation Income Properties | -41.9% | -89.8% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIME | Neutron | 3182.6% | 3182.6% |
| 2 | SHOT | RMG ML Sports | 528.2% | 279.8% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YHC | LQR House | -97.8% | -98.0% |
| 2 | WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -89.8% | -99.6% |
| 3 | LESL | Leslies | -86.0% | -24.8% |
| 4 | KALA | Kala Bio | -78.9% | -97.7% |
| 5 | VTAK | Catheter Precision | -77.9% | -85.6% |
| 6 | CAST | FreeCast | -77.5% | n/a |
| 7 | IPW | iPower | -71.8% | -98.9% |
| 8 | ATER | Aterian | -71.2% | -42.3% |
So how should an investor read these leaderboards?
The tables earlier in this report are a map of market attention, not a set of instructions. A stock returning +89.6% or returning -45.2% in a single session is an event that generates notice and forces a re-evaluation of risk. The disciplined follow-up is never to chase the move, but to check the business behind it. A movers list is the start of a question, not the end of one.
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.
Every Stock On That List Moved That Much In One Session
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