11 Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows On Thursday
A handful of large companies are hitting new lows even as the broader market climbs.
Rollins (ROL), a company with a market value of about $17.4 billion, hit a new 52-week low Thursday. It was one of 11 stocks from the Russell 3000 at its weakest price of the past year, a period where the S&P 500 has returned +3.1%.
With the broader market showing gains, the central question is whether these are broken stocks or simply marked-down businesses. The full list of names follows.
Every Name On The List
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROL | $17.4 Bil | -0.8% | -1.2% | -16.8% | -36.5% |
| RBA | $16.1 Bil | -0.1% | -6.8% | -22.4% | -25.3% |
| AGCO | $7.2 Bil | -2.4% | -2.4% | -13.7% | -9.7% |
| GPI | $3.1 Bil | -1.2% | -2.9% | -17.7% | -40.4% |
| EMAT | $1.4 Bil | -1.7% | -16.0% | -57.5% | n/a |
| WBTN | $1.1 Bil | -1.4% | -2.3% | -21.0% | -9.1% |
| UVV | $1.1 Bil | -0.7% | -12.2% | -11.4% | -11.7% |
| ARDX | $1.0 Bil | -1.5% | -19.7% | -26.2% | -30.2% |
| SECZ | $0.8 Bil | -27.5% | -20.7% | -32.5% | n/a |
| LMB | $0.5 Bil | -1.7% | -7.8% | -42.6% | -59.4% |
| AMSF | $0.5 Bil | -2.4% | -8.5% | -17.0% | -35.9% |
Which businesses are still growing despite the price?
The two largest companies on the list, Rollins (ROL) and RB Global (RBA), show a sharp divergence between recent price action and business results. Rollins has declined 16.8% over the last month, while RB Global is down 22.4%. Yet over the last twelve months, Rollins’ revenue grew 9.9% and RB Global’s revenue grew 9.7%. Both trade at high multiples, with Rollins at 32.8 times trailing earnings and RB Global at 33.2 times.
What is the disciplined way to read this data?
A 52-week-low list is a starting point for research, not a conclusion. A stock at its weakest price of the year can signal real damage to its operations, or it can represent a solid business whose value has been temporarily misjudged by the market.
The disciplined move is to investigate the business before the price. Understanding the company’s financial health and growth prospects is the necessary work that separates a potential bargain from a falling asset.
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 the three 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.