Market Movers | Winners: MXL, SYNA, WOLF | Losers: IART, WDC, STX

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The S&P 500 advanced 0.7% on Friday, October 2, while the Nasdaq-100 jumped 1.0% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is down 0.3%, and over the past month it is up 0.7%.

Within the Trefis coverage universe, 2,445 stocks rose and 1,637 fell. The day’s best return belonged to MaxLinear (MXL) (+15.0%) and the worst to Integra Lifesciences (IART) (-21.2%).

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Friday’s Market Winners

The 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe worth at least $300 million with the highest returns on Friday:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 MXL MaxLinear 15.0% 507.7%
2 SYNA Synaptics 14.1% 63.6%
3 WOLF Wolfspeed 13.2% 102.6%
4 OPTX Syntec Optics 12.7% 219.6%
5 WNC Wabash National 12.7% 66.3%
6 AZTA Azenta 12.4% 16.5%
7 MYGN Myriad Genetics 11.8% -26.2%
8 PENG Penguin Solutions 11.6% 213.7%
9 FCEL FuelCell Energy 11.5% 152.7%
10 VSH Vishay Intertechnology 11.4% 166.3%

 
Friday’s Market Losers

And the 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe worth at least $300 million with the lowest returns on Friday:
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 IART Integra Lifesciences -21.2% 2.1%
2 WDC Western Digital -10.2% 141.3%
3 STX Seagate Technology -10.2% 209.3%
4 EVCM EverCommerce -9.6% -26.2%
5 QNC Quantum eMotion -8.6% n/a
6 TH Target Hospitality -8.0% 135.2%
7 GEMI Gemini Space Station -7.9% -52.9%
8 CNXC Concentrix -7.8% -37.7%
9 IHRT iHeartMedia -7.6% -53.4%
10 UCTT Ultra Clean -7.6% 187.0%

For A Few Names, Friday Extended A Monthly Trend

MaxLinear (MXL) appears on both the one-day and one-month winners lists. It rose 15.0% on Friday and is up 76.3% over the past month; excluding Friday, it had already gained 53.3% over the other sessions.

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 QSI Quantum-Si 85.8% 40.9%
2 PACB Pacific Biosciences of California 56.8% 35.8%
3 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 29.2% 420.7%
4 WOLF Wolfspeed 28.0% 102.6%
5 OPTX Syntec Optics 23.5% 219.6%
6 LIND Lindblad Expeditions 22.2% 141.2%
7 IBRX ImmunityBio 21.9% 419.4%
8 SFIX Stitch Fix 21.1% -50.3%
9 ACLS Axcelis Technologies 20.0% 83.9%
10 RXO RXO 18.1% 85.0%

 
Losers
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 LQDA Liquidia -58.1% -17.0%
2 QURE uniQure -38.6% -2.0%
3 EMAT Evolution Metals & Technologies -36.3% n/a
4 KDK Kodiak AI -32.5% -85.0%
5 OCUL Ocular Therapeutix -27.9% -42.7%
6 CLPT ClearPoint Neuro -26.5% -20.4%
7 NKTR Nektar Therapeutics -23.6% 3.1%
8 FICO Fair Isaac -23.4% -60.9%
9 IART Integra Lifesciences -21.3% 2.1%
10 BXBL BOXABL -19.9% n/a

 
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 BNC BNB Standard 106.7% -8.9%
2 QSI Quantum-Si 103.7% 40.9%
3 SECZ Securitize 99.5% n/a
4 PACB Pacific Biosciences of California 92.4% 35.8%
5 SVIA Silvia 85.3% n/a
6 GRAL GRAIL 77.8% n/a
7 MXL MaxLinear 76.3% 507.7%
8 DNA Ginkgo Bioworks 75.7% 48.6%
9 VICR Vicor 70.1% 181.8%
10 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 64.9% 420.7%

 
Losers
 

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 LQDA Liquidia -58.9% -17.0%
2 BBOT BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics -56.2% -68.9%
3 KDK Kodiak AI -54.1% -85.0%
4 QURE uniQure -49.3% -2.0%
5 CABA Cabaletta Bio -44.0% -8.7%
6 METC Ramaco Resources -43.8% -55.0%
7 RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical -42.6% -33.8%
8 ALHC Alignment Healthcare -41.6% -59.8%
9 CTEV Claritev -41.0% -44.5%
10 EMAT Evolution Metals & Technologies -40.4% n/a

 

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.