Where The Selling Ran Deepest: 6 S&P 500 Stocks At 52-Week Lows
A technology giant leads a short list of market laggards, raising questions about price versus performance.
Oracle (ORCL), a company with a market value of about $330.6 billion, has seen its stock fall 26.8% over the last month. It leads a short list of just 6 S&P 500 stocks trading at 52-week lows as of Friday, July 24, a period where the S&P 500 itself returned +0.8%.
This raises a critical question for any investor scanning for value: when does a new low reflect a broken stock versus a temporarily mispriced business? The full list of names follows.
Every Name On The List
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The table below lists every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORCL | $330.6 Bil | -4.2% | -9.0% | -26.8% | -51.9% |
| UBER | $135.3 Bil | -4.3% | -9.0% | -10.7% | -26.7% |
| SNPS | $71.5 Bil | -0.0% | -2.8% | -19.5% | -39.2% |
| ROL | $18.6 Bil | -2.2% | -14.5% | -13.4% | -29.2% |
| CHTR | $15.5 Bil | -2.5% | -6.1% | -6.2% | -69.0% |
| PSKY | $9.1 Bil | -3.3% | -6.2% | -15.8% | n/a |
Which names show a disconnect between price and business growth?
Two of the largest companies on the list, Oracle and Uber Technologies (UBER), present a sharp contrast between their stock price and recent business results. Oracle’s revenue grew 17.4% over the last twelve months, and it trades at 19.3 times trailing earnings. Uber’s revenue grew 18.3% over the same period, and it trades at 15.8 times trailing earnings with a free cash flow yield of 7.2%.
So is a 52-week low a red flag or a green light?
A new low is a data point, not a verdict. For some companies, it can signal fundamental deterioration; Charter Communications (CHTR) on today’s list saw its revenue decline 1.5% over the last twelve months. For others, the price drop occurs while the underlying business expands.
The disciplined approach is to treat the list as a starting point for research, not a simple buy or sell signal. The first step is always to investigate the health of the business before making a judgment on the price.
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.
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.