S&P 500 Movers | Winners: GEN, CBOE, SNPS | Losers: JBL, MRNA, APP
The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% on Wednesday, September 30, while the Nasdaq-100 ticked up 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%. The S&P 500 is now down 0.7% over five trading days and down 0.5% over the past month.
Within the S&P 500, 119 stocks rose and 384 fell. Gen Digital (GEN) gained 5.6% to lead the day, while Jabil (JBL) fell 10.0%, the weakest showing.
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEN | Gen Digital | 5.6% | -17.8% |
| 2 | CBOE | Cboe Global Markets | 5.2% | 10.5% |
| 3 | SNPS | Synopsys | 4.8% | -7.4% |
| 4 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 3.9% | 169.2% |
| 5 | FDS | FactSet Research Systems | 3.8% | -5.7% |
| 6 | INTC | Intel | 3.7% | 225.8% |
| 7 | ACN | Accenture | 3.5% | -29.8% |
| 8 | PSKY | Paramount Skydance | 3.4% | -22.9% |
| 9 | NOW | ServiceNow | 3.1% | -12.5% |
| 10 | ADBE | Adobe | 2.9% | -31.4% |
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JBL | Jabil | -10.0% | 25.9% |
| 2 | MRNA | Moderna | -5.4% | n/a |
| 3 | APP | AppLovin | -5.0% | -56.9% |
| 4 | GIS | General Mills | -4.9% | -27.4% |
| 5 | BE | Bloom Energy | -4.9% | 218.8% |
| 6 | GM | General Motors | -4.3% | -4.7% |
| 7 | NOC | Northrop Grumman | -4.2% | -14.2% |
| 8 | MKC | McCormick | -4.1% | -30.6% |
| 9 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -4.1% | -65.0% |
| 10 | CEG | Constellation Energy | -4.0% | -27.8% |
For A Few Names, Wednesday Extended A Monthly Trend
The 4.9% decline in General Mills (GIS) on Wednesday was not a one-off: the stock is down 21.9% over the past month, and down 17.9% over the sessions before Wednesday.
Fair Isaac (FICO) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. It fell 4.1% on Wednesday and is down 48.4% over the past month; excluding Wednesday, it had already lost 46.1% over the other sessions.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) added to a longer run: after Wednesday’s 3.9% gain, the stock is up 22.6% over the past month, and it was already up 18.0% before Wednesday.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | Everpure | 19.3% | n/a |
| 2 | RCL | Royal Caribbean | 15.4% | -3.1% |
| 3 | CCL | Carnival Corporation | 12.6% | -18.4% |
| 4 | DDOG | Datadog | 8.9% | 101.4% |
| 5 | AMAT | Applied Materials | 7.8% | 99.7% |
| 6 | RVTY | Revvity | 7.6% | 58.3% |
| 7 | ABNB | Airbnb | 7.4% | 18.4% |
| 8 | ILMN | Illumina | 7.2% | 108.7% |
| 9 | NTAP | NetApp | 7.0% | 98.7% |
| 10 | LRCX | Lam Research | 6.9% | 92.5% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -32.6% | -65.0% |
| 2 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -18.0% | -14.9% |
| 3 | GEN | Gen Digital | -16.1% | -17.8% |
| 4 | CDW | CDW | -12.3% | -4.4% |
| 5 | EFX | Equifax | -11.6% | -36.2% |
| 6 | MOS | Mosaic | -11.2% | -7.7% |
| 7 | GIS | General Mills | -10.2% | -27.4% |
| 8 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies | -10.2% | 21.9% |
| 9 | WY | Weyerhaeuser | -10.0% | -17.4% |
| 10 | DRI | Darden Restaurants | -9.6% | 7.5% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | Everpure | 40.7% | n/a |
| 2 | MRNA | Moderna | 37.2% | n/a |
| 3 | INTC | Intel | 34.3% | 225.8% |
| 4 | BE | Bloom Energy | 34.3% | 218.8% |
| 5 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 30.0% | 185.7% |
| 6 | ILMN | Illumina | 28.1% | 108.7% |
| 7 | SWKS | Skyworks Solutions | 27.6% | 37.6% |
| 8 | META | Meta Platforms | 26.8% | 10.1% |
| 9 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | 24.8% | 211.4% |
| 10 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 22.6% | 169.2% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -48.4% | -65.0% |
| 2 | GEN | Gen Digital | -29.0% | -17.8% |
| 3 | EFX | Equifax | -27.4% | -36.2% |
| 4 | CHTR | Charter Communications | -27.3% | -46.9% |
| 5 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | -25.4% | -25.6% |
| 6 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -24.9% | -14.9% |
| 7 | INTU | Intuit | -23.3% | -58.0% |
| 8 | PAYX | Paychex | -22.6% | -9.2% |
| 9 | GIS | General Mills | -21.9% | -27.4% |
| 10 | BX | Blackstone | -21.7% | -25.0% |
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.