Market Movers | Winners: AESI, PPLI, WNC | Losers: ONT, KDK, TMS
A quiet day for the major indexes hid sharp, divergent moves among individual stocks.
Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) led the market with a gain of +13.5% on a day of modest advances for the major indexes. The S&P 500 returned +0.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned +0.9%, and the Nasdaq-100 returned +0.4%.
With the broad market so steady, what separates a fleeting price spike from a more durable trend? The day’s biggest winners and losers are below.
Friday’s Market Winners
The 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe with the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AESI | Atlas Energy Solutions | 13.5% | 32.4% |
| 2 | PPLI | People | 11.3% | n/a |
| 3 | WNC | Wabash National | 11.3% | 54.3% |
| 4 | CNTN | Canton Strategic | 11.3% | -15.2% |
| 5 | GENI | Genius Sports | 11.0% | -41.6% |
| 6 | ORBS | Eightco | 10.7% | -34.1% |
| 7 | ALM | Almonty Industries | 10.6% | 55.7% |
| 8 | FBYD | Falcons Beyond Global | 10.1% | -50.5% |
| 9 | MXL | MaxLinear | 10.0% | 438.4% |
| 10 | VECO | Veeco Instruments | 9.3% | 73.8% |
Friday’s Market Losers
And the 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONT | Onterris | -16.8% | -43.6% |
| 2 | KDK | Kodiak AI | -12.6% | -77.7% |
| 3 | TMS | Teamshares | -12.5% | n/a |
| 4 | SRZN | Surrozen | -12.3% | 30.7% |
| 5 | FISN | Deep Fission | -10.1% | n/a |
| 6 | ZS | Zscaler | -10.1% | -14.2% |
| 7 | SLI | Standard Lithium | -9.7% | -58.4% |
| 8 | RPD | Rapid7 | -9.6% | -23.6% |
| 9 | NGNE | Neurogene | -9.4% | 37.4% |
| 10 | FRVO | Fervo Energy | -9.2% | n/a |
Is today’s strength a new story or an old one?
Some moves build over time. MaxLinear (MXL) appears on both the one-day and one-month winners lists, showing a pattern of persistent strength. Its one-month return is +49.0%. The stock’s gain extends beyond a single day; it gained +35.4% over the other sessions in that period.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the Trefis coverage universe:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRZN | Surrozen | 78.5% | 30.7% |
| 2 | GRAL | GRAIL | 57.1% | 48.3% |
| 3 | CD | Chaince Digital | 52.3% | 7.2% |
| 4 | DNA | Ginkgo Bioworks | 35.3% | 28.3% |
| 5 | BALY | Ballys | 34.5% | -15.3% |
| 6 | PRTH | Priority Technology | 33.4% | 42.8% |
| 7 | MNTK | Montauk Renewables | 30.2% | 75.4% |
| 8 | EGHT | 8×8 | 29.9% | 16.8% |
| 9 | MRNA | Moderna | 29.1% | 574.4% |
| 10 | VICR | Vicor | 26.6% | 157.3% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XNDU | Xanadu Quantum Technologies | -32.9% | n/a |
| 2 | CGEM | Cullinan Therapeutics | -29.7% | 43.1% |
| 3 | ALKT | Alkami Technology | -27.9% | -40.2% |
| 4 | BYND | Beyond Meat | -27.5% | -66.1% |
| 5 | FISN | Deep Fission | -26.2% | n/a |
| 6 | KDK | Kodiak AI | -25.9% | -77.7% |
| 7 | GEN | Gen Digital | -25.5% | -19.3% |
| 8 | PBLS | Parabilis Medicines | -25.2% | n/a |
| 9 | CTEV | Claritev | -24.7% | -45.7% |
| 10 | ACAD | ACADIA Pharmaceuticals | -24.2% | -22.6% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the Trefis coverage universe:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INDP | Indaptus Therapeutics | 237.7% | 32.3% |
| 2 | CYPH | Cypherpunk Technologies | 152.8% | 255.2% |
| 3 | SVIA | Silvia | 80.6% | 11.0% |
| 4 | MNTK | Montauk Renewables | 64.6% | 75.4% |
| 5 | CD | Chaince Digital | 62.3% | 7.2% |
| 6 | GRAL | GRAIL | 59.4% | 48.3% |
| 7 | BALY | Ballys | 54.0% | -15.3% |
| 8 | MXL | MaxLinear | 49.0% | 438.4% |
| 9 | SDGR | Schrodinger | 48.2% | 61.4% |
| 10 | DNA | Ginkgo Bioworks | 47.4% | 28.3% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALMS | Alumis | -69.9% | -27.3% |
| 2 | XNDU | Xanadu Quantum Technologies | -51.5% | n/a |
| 3 | RARE | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical | -45.2% | -37.0% |
| 4 | SWMR | Swarmer | -44.0% | n/a |
| 5 | IMUX | Immunic | -43.3% | 75.1% |
| 6 | XENE | Xenon Pharmaceuticals | -42.1% | -17.6% |
| 7 | BYND | Beyond Meat | -41.4% | -66.1% |
| 8 | ALHC | Alignment Healthcare | -40.9% | -58.4% |
| 9 | PRLD | Prelude Therapeutics | -40.9% | 33.6% |
| 10 | EVMN | Evommune | -39.8% | -50.4% |
A movers list is a starting point, not a finish line.
The tables above show the largest percentage moves, which is simply information about where attention and risk have been focused. A large gain or loss is never an instruction. The disciplined next step for any name on these lists is to check the business behind the price. A stock’s direction over one day, one week, or one month may or may not reflect its underlying operational reality.
The next step is never to trade the list; it is to test it. Our Guidance Momentum screen shows which risers have management raising guidance behind them, and our Buy the Dip screen shows which of the fallers still generate the growth and cash that make a recovery plausible.
Volatility Is The Cost Of Owning Stocks. Concentration Makes It A Bill
Every name on these lists made a move big enough to notice. A diversified holder reads that as noise; a concentrated holder feels it as real money. The difference is not the stock, it is the portfolio around it.
Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb bad days, selected and rebalanced by rules. 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 movers list remind you why diversification exists.