S&P 500 Movers | Winners: TRGP, FANG, EOG | Losers: TWLO, SMCI, FLEX
The S&P 500 slid 1.1% on Friday, October 16, while the Nasdaq-100 dropped 2.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 is now down 1.9% over five trading days and up 0.3% over the past month.
Decliners outnumbered gainers 254 to 249 within the S&P 500. At the extremes, Targa Resources (TRGP) gained 4.4% and Twilio (TWLO) fell 10.6%.
Friday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRGP | Targa Resources | 4.4% | 62.2% |
| 2 | FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4.3% | 38.0% |
| 3 | EOG | EOG Resources | 4.2% | 55.3% |
| 4 | KMI | Kinder Morgan | 4.2% | 28.0% |
| 5 | APA | APA | 4.1% | 105.6% |
| 6 | NOC | Northrop Grumman | 4.0% | -7.7% |
| 7 | RTX | RTX | 3.7% | 6.9% |
| 8 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 3.7% | 16.2% |
| 9 | EQT | EQT | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| 10 | NI | NiSource | 3.5% | 4.2% |
Friday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TWLO | Twilio | -10.6% | 71.8% |
| 2 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -9.9% | 8.1% |
| 3 | FLEX | FLEX | -8.2% | 49.7% |
| 4 | MRNA | Moderna | -7.8% | n/a |
| 5 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | -7.6% | 85.7% |
| 6 | STX | Seagate Technology | -7.5% | 132.8% |
| 7 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies | -7.2% | 4.7% |
| 8 | DDOG | Datadog | -7.2% | 81.7% |
| 9 | COHR | Coherent | -7.1% | 26.2% |
| 10 | P | Everpure | -7.0% | n/a |
Which Of Friday’s Movers Were Already On A Run?
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. It fell 9.9% on Friday and is down 21.6% over the past month; excluding Friday, it had already lost 13.0% over the other sessions.
Seagate Technology (STX) added to a longer slide: after Friday’s 7.5% decline, the stock is down 20.4% over the past month, and it was already down 13.9% before Friday.
The 7.1% decline in Coherent (COHR) on Friday was not a one-off: the stock is down 21.3% over the past month, and down 15.3% over the sessions before Friday.
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 | FICO | Fair Isaac | 15.5% | -54.4% |
| 2 | CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions | 11.5% | -19.0% |
| 3 | ACN | Accenture | 10.7% | -11.4% |
| 4 | EFX | Equifax | 10.6% | -25.0% |
| 5 | BRO | Brown & Brown | 10.4% | -12.3% |
| 6 | ERIE | Erie Indemnity | 9.8% | -13.0% |
| 7 | AJG | Arthur J. Gallagher | 9.5% | -0.6% |
| 8 | TYL | Tyler Technologies | 9.5% | -20.5% |
| 9 | DRI | Darden Restaurants | 9.5% | 21.3% |
| 10 | BF-B | Brown-Forman | 9.4% | 13.8% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIEN | Ciena | -26.0% | 42.3% |
| 2 | COHR | Coherent | -25.5% | 26.2% |
| 3 | LITE | Lumentum | -25.3% | 123.6% |
| 4 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | -25.0% | 132.2% |
| 5 | FLEX | FLEX | -24.5% | 49.7% |
| 6 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -24.4% | 8.1% |
| 7 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -22.9% | 262.1% |
| 8 | BE | Bloom Energy | -21.1% | 154.7% |
| 9 | P | Everpure | -19.7% | n/a |
| 10 | TER | Teradyne | -19.3% | 68.1% |
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 | PTC | PTC | 43.5% | 10.8% |
| 2 | MRNA | Moderna | 37.9% | n/a |
| 3 | ACN | Accenture | 21.7% | -11.4% |
| 4 | SNPS | Synopsys | 19.3% | -3.2% |
| 5 | P | Everpure | 19.3% | n/a |
| 6 | CBOE | Cboe Global Markets | 18.1% | 26.4% |
| 7 | VEEV | Veeva Systems | 17.7% | 39.0% |
| 8 | CCL | Carnival Corporation | 16.8% | -13.8% |
| 9 | TJX | TJX Companies | 16.4% | -3.2% |
| 10 | MAR | Marriott International | 16.2% | 25.8% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOS | Mosaic | -25.9% | -19.7% |
| 2 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -25.3% | -21.6% |
| 3 | ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities | -25.0% | -11.2% |
| 4 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -23.2% | 262.1% |
| 5 | WDC | Western Digital | -21.7% | 92.9% |
| 6 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -21.6% | 8.1% |
| 7 | COHR | Coherent | -21.3% | 26.2% |
| 8 | BE | Bloom Energy | -21.2% | 154.7% |
| 9 | STX | Seagate Technology | -20.4% | 132.8% |
| 10 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -20.2% | -54.4% |
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