31 Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows On Friday
A list of stocks at their yearly lows features some of the market’s largest names, raising questions about the disconnect between price and performance.
While the broader market held steady, Roblox (RBLX) saw its stock decline 38.6% over the last month, placing the roughly $25.3 billion company on today’s 52-week-low list. As of Friday, July 31, it is one of 31 stocks from the Russell 3000 trading at its weakest price of the past year, a period where the S&P 500 has returned +0.2%.
The full list of names follows below.
The Complete 52-Week-Low List
Here are all 31 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLM | $31.7 Bil | -2.8% | -6.2% | -9.3% | -8.2% |
| RBLX | $25.3 Bil | -26.9% | -25.1% | -38.6% | -71.5% |
| ROL | $18.3 Bil | -1.0% | -1.5% | -9.9% | -33.3% |
| TU | $14.9 Bil | -11.2% | -6.5% | -9.1% | -35.4% |
| LII | $14.5 Bil | -0.4% | -23.1% | -27.2% | -31.7% |
| MAIR | $14.2 Bil | -0.3% | -16.3% | -23.0% | n/a |
| WSO | $11.7 Bil | -0.5% | -14.6% | -23.5% | -27.8% |
| QXO | $9.9 Bil | -1.2% | -2.7% | -19.6% | -35.6% |
| HLI | $8.3 Bil | -2.2% | -10.5% | -9.0% | -33.4% |
| STWD | $5.9 Bil | -1.5% | -3.3% | -2.1% | -9.2% |
| LKQ | $5.7 Bil | -0.7% | -13.1% | -14.1% | -22.3% |
| FIGR | $5.4 Bil | -3.5% | -9.7% | -23.8% | -95.3% |
| PFSI | $3.9 Bil | -0.6% | -10.6% | -11.1% | -18.9% |
| BLSH | $3.3 Bil | -3.5% | -9.1% | -13.6% | n/a |
| XXI | $2.8 Bil | -4.0% | -5.5% | -20.6% | n/a |
| ARIS | $2.8 Bil | -6.2% | -8.9% | -8.6% | -36.5% |
| PATK | $2.7 Bil | -1.7% | -2.3% | -3.2% | -17.0% |
| BXMT | $2.5 Bil | -2.9% | -12.9% | -14.3% | -13.7% |
| EMAT | $2.2 Bil | -17.2% | -27.8% | -41.6% | n/a |
| WU | $2.0 Bil | -17.3% | -22.6% | -19.0% | -12.3% |
| BRSL | $1.9 Bil | -1.3% | -3.6% | -9.9% | -28.6% |
| YSS | $1.8 Bil | -3.5% | -13.7% | -40.1% | n/a |
| SRPT | $1.6 Bil | -4.5% | -5.2% | -18.4% | -11.3% |
| WVE | $1.1 Bil | -4.3% | -5.2% | -5.7% | -32.5% |
| OI | $1.1 Bil | -2.7% | -21.3% | -25.4% | -43.6% |
| PZZA | $1.0 Bil | -1.1% | -1.5% | -16.8% | -27.8% |
| SMPL | $0.9 Bil | -1.9% | -0.4% | -24.6% | -67.3% |
| FISN | $0.6 Bil | -2.2% | -8.3% | -10.3% | -14.6% |
| METC | $0.6 Bil | -6.2% | -11.4% | -28.6% | -53.7% |
| AMSF | $0.5 Bil | -1.1% | -4.5% | -15.5% | -31.0% |
| SPRY | $0.5 Bil | -8.9% | -13.6% | -35.4% | -71.3% |
Can a business still be growing while its stock hits a new low?
For some names on this list, the answer is yes. Roblox (RBLX) saw its revenue grow 41.3% over the last twelve months, and it maintains a free cash flow yield of 6.4%. The largest company on the list, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), with a market value of about $31.7 billion, also shows positive fundamentals. Its revenue grew 14.8% over the last twelve months, and the stock trades at 12.8 times trailing earnings.
How should a disciplined investor treat this list?
A 52-week low is a data point, not a verdict. It can signal a business with genuine operational problems, or it can mark a moment of deep pessimism around a still-functional one. The price is a symptom, not the disease. The disciplined next step is always the same: to investigate the underlying business before making any judgment on the stock itself.
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.
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Buying stocks at 52-week lows works brilliantly on the survivors and painfully on the rest, and nobody rings a bell to tell you which is which. The honest answer for most investors is to stop needing that call.
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