22 S&P 500 Stocks Just Touched 52-Week Lows
Some of the largest consumer brands are hitting new lows, raising questions about value versus damage.
PepsiCo (PEP), a company with a market value of about $177.2 billion, is now at its weakest price in a year after declining 8.0% over the last month. As of Friday, September 18, there are 22 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week lows. With household names joining the list, the question is whether these are fundamentally sound businesses that have been marked down, or if the new lows signal deeper problems.
The Complete 52-Week-Low List
The table below lists all 22 S&P 500 stocks at their 52-week lows, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month, and one-year returns:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEP | $177.2 Bil | -2.9% | -4.8% | -8.0% | -4.4% |
| MCD | $176.0 Bil | -0.1% | -1.7% | -6.5% | -16.5% |
| LOW | $107.6 Bil | -0.9% | -2.2% | -12.5% | -26.7% |
| AON | $63.0 Bil | -0.1% | -2.3% | -15.2% | -16.7% |
| CRH | $57.5 Bil | -0.6% | -2.7% | -9.1% | -21.4% |
| NKE | $52.6 Bil | -2.3% | -3.5% | -12.6% | -49.3% |
| PEG | $34.7 Bil | -1.7% | -3.6% | -6.5% | -10.3% |
| VMC | $31.3 Bil | -1.5% | -4.7% | -12.8% | -17.0% |
| CCL | $30.1 Bil | -1.5% | -4.0% | -18.2% | -28.9% |
| MLM | $29.5 Bil | -0.8% | -3.8% | -8.2% | -19.1% |
| LVS | $26.1 Bil | -1.7% | -6.7% | -14.2% | -22.5% |
| VICI | $25.9 Bil | -1.6% | -2.6% | -8.3% | -21.0% |
| NRG | $21.9 Bil | -2.4% | -8.6% | -14.0% | -36.2% |
| STZ | $20.6 Bil | -2.8% | -2.8% | -10.9% | -8.0% |
| CMS | $20.3 Bil | -1.3% | -2.7% | -7.5% | -4.3% |
| LEN | $18.7 Bil | -4.1% | -4.0% | -12.5% | -41.4% |
| FIS | $18.4 Bil | -2.2% | -6.6% | -11.4% | -44.9% |
| ROL | $15.6 Bil | -1.7% | -6.6% | -10.6% | -41.4% |
| CLX | $10.1 Bil | -2.2% | -5.3% | -23.0% | -30.6% |
| WYNN | $8.4 Bil | -1.5% | -6.9% | -18.4% | -33.1% |
| TAP | $7.0 Bil | -4.0% | -3.6% | -10.6% | -16.3% |
| NCLH | $6.5 Bil | -1.9% | -4.7% | -18.6% | -44.4% |
Which names show growth despite the slide?
PepsiCo (PEP) trades at 17.0 times trailing earnings, and its revenue grew 5.6% over the last twelve months, and its free cash flow yield is 5.2%. The stock’s one-month decline is steeper than the S&P 500 return of -0.6% over the last month.
Lowe’s Companies (LOW) has seen its stock fall 12.5% over the last month. The company trades at 16.2 times trailing earnings, and its revenue grew 8.2% over the last twelve months, and its free cash flow yield is 6.5%.
How should I use this list?
A 52-week-low list is not an automatic buy signal. It is a simple screen for stocks facing pressure. A low can mark a business with genuine fundamental damage, or it can mark a solid business whose stock has been mispriced by the market.
The disciplined move is to treat the list as a starting point for research. Before looking at the price, an investor should first investigate the health of the underlying business.
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.
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 S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Let the low list sharpen your watchlist, and let the portfolio carry the risk.