13 Small Cap Stocks Just Made New 52-Week Highs
As of Thursday, October 8, there are 13 Small Cap US and Canada-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe trading at their 52-week highs. Small Cap here means a market value between $2 billion and $10 billion, the upper figure excluded.
GitLab (GTLB), with a market value of about $9.0 billion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 15.6% over the past month and up 16.1% over the past year. Energy contributed the most names, 4 of the 13. For context, the S&P 500 is up 1.8% over the past month, including dividends.
The Ten Largest At New Highs
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 13 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTLB | $9.0 Bil | 3.0% | 7.2% | 15.6% | 16.1% |
| INSW | $6.0 Bil | 4.2% | 6.3% | 22.3% | 220.2% |
| CVI | $6.0 Bil | 3.8% | 9.5% | 24.7% | 64.4% |
| BKH | $5.8 Bil | 0.9% | 9.1% | 5.1% | 29.9% |
| HAE | $5.4 Bil | 17.5% | 14.5% | 15.8% | 142.5% |
| BOX | $5.0 Bil | 1.7% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 10.8% |
| NWE | $4.6 Bil | 0.9% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 31.7% |
| CON | $4.6 Bil | 0.6% | 4.7% | 7.1% | 76.4% |
| ITGR | $4.3 Bil | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 22.1% |
| PARR | $4.3 Bil | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5.4% | 149.3% |
The Businesses Behind The Largest New Highs
GitLab (GTLB) grew revenue 23.0% over the last twelve months and posted an operating margin of -8.5%.
International Seaways (INSW) trades at 7.7 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 57.4% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 55.7%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +0.6% for Integer (ITGR) to +24.7% for CVR Energy (CVI).
The median stock on the list is up 64.4% over the past year.
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.
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