The 52-Week-High List: 6 Large Cap Names On Thursday
As of Thursday, October 1, there are 6 Large Cap US and Canada-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe trading at their 52-week highs. Large Cap here means a market value above $40 billion.
CrowdStrike (CRWD), with a market value of about $271.3 billion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 23.7% over the past month and up 117.0% over the past year. By sector, Information Technology leads the list with 5 of the 6 names. For context, the S&P 500 is up 0.6% over the past month, including dividends.
The Full List, Largest First
The table below lists all 6 names this screen surfaced, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month and one-year returns:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRWD | $271.3 Bil | 0.5% | 2.5% | 23.7% | 117.0% |
| HPE | $86.3 Bil | 1.1% | 1.7% | 27.3% | 167.7% |
| WBD | $77.7 Bil | 0.0% | 0.4% | 9.3% | 58.5% |
| KEYS | $63.9 Bil | 2.7% | 4.6% | 17.1% | 113.7% |
| TWLO | $46.0 Bil | 3.0% | 0.5% | 31.8% | 201.0% |
| NTAP | $42.1 Bil | 2.4% | 9.0% | 17.4% | 84.7% |
Strong Prices, But How Strong Are The Businesses?
CrowdStrike (CRWD) grew revenue 24.3% over the last twelve months and posted an operating margin of -2.2%.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) trades at 30.9 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 26.6% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 7.8%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +9.3% for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to +31.8% for Twilio (TWLO).
Over the past year, the median name here is up 115.4%.
5 of the 6 names are also S&P 500 members.
A new high tells you what the market already believes. The harder question is which of these runs management itself is underwriting. Our Guidance Momentum screen tracks exactly that: stocks where the company raised its own forward numbers.
Chasing Highs Is A Reflex. Owning Strength Is A System
A 52-week-high list is seductive: everything on it has been going right. But buying a stock because it is at its high is buying a price, and prices revert; what persists is the quality underneath the run.
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is built to own that quality before and after it makes headlines: roughly 30 businesses selected for consistent cash generation, strong margins, and resilient balance sheets, sized and rebalanced with 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. Admire the list; own the system.