22 S&P 500 Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows On Thursday

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As of Thursday, October 1, there are 22 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week lows.

Home Depot (HD), with a market value of about $280.8 billion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is down 11.0% over the past month and down 28.3% over the past year. Consumer Discretionary contributed the most names, 7 of the 22. For context, the S&P 500 is up 0.6% over the past month, including dividends.

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The Complete 52-Week-Low List

Here are all 22 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
 

Tickers Market
Cap
1D
Return
1W
Return
1M
Return
1Y
Return
HD $280.8 Bil -0.7% -3.3% -11.0% -28.3%
TMUS $175.0 Bil -0.8% -2.2% -11.2% -31.0%
PEP $171.6 Bil -0.9% -2.0% -9.2% -6.9%
LOW $102.0 Bil -1.0% -3.2% -8.8% -25.9%
APP $94.5 Bil -3.1% -10.0% -9.8% -60.8%
NOC $68.5 Bil -0.3% -5.3% -9.6% -19.6%
CRH $54.5 Bil -1.3% -2.7% -10.4% -30.9%
NKE $52.1 Bil -0.7% -2.3% -7.8% -47.9%
ZTS $28.9 Bil -1.0% -1.7% -10.6% -51.9%
CCI $28.6 Bil -0.8% -2.2% -11.5% -27.9%
VICI $24.8 Bil -1.0% -2.3% -9.3% -25.4%
LVS $24.0 Bil -3.0% -5.1% -16.3% -30.3%
XYL $23.8 Bil -0.4% -1.7% -5.6% -30.6%
SBAC $16.8 Bil -1.3% -4.9% -16.3% -16.2%
MAA $13.5 Bil -1.2% -0.8% -10.0% -12.8%
WY $13.4 Bil -2.4% -7.7% -19.8% -22.3%
MKC $11.9 Bil -4.9% -7.7% -18.7% -31.9%
LULU $10.8 Bil -0.3% -5.7% -18.8% -46.1%
CLX $9.8 Bil -0.4% -1.4% -15.1% -31.5%
PNR $8.5 Bil -0.2% -0.3% -12.5% -51.7%
WYNN $7.9 Bil -2.7% -3.6% -14.7% -39.2%
MGM $7.7 Bil -1.9% -9.6% -25.3% -12.1%

Damaged Businesses Or Marked-Down Prices?

Home Depot (HD) trades at 19.7 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 2.5% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 5.4%.

T-Mobile US (TMUS) trades at 16.6 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 9.7% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 9.3%.

Across the list, one-month moves range from -25.3% for MGM Resorts International (MGM) to -5.6% for Xylem (XYL).

Over the past year, the median name here is down 30.5%.

If any of these names tempt you, resist buying on 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.

The Low List Is A Symptom. Own The Discipline Instead

Stocks land on this list for different reasons, and the businesses behind them are in very different shape; what they share is that the market’s verdict arrived faster than any of them could answer it. Telling them apart name by name is unforgiving work.

That work is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio systematizes: about 30 quality businesses screened for the cash flow and balance-sheet strength that let a company fight through a bad year, sized 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. Read the list; own the discipline.