The 52-Week-High List: 16 Small Cap Names On Monday
As of Monday, October 19, there are 16 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.
At about $7.2 billion in market value, Arcosa (ACA) is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 1.1% over the past month and up 59.7% over the past year. By sector, Real Estate leads the list with 5 of the 16 names. For context, the S&P 500 is up 0.6% over the past month, including dividends.
The Ten Largest At New Highs
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 16 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACA | $7.2 Bil | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 59.7% |
| ANF | $7.1 Bil | 5.7% | 11.0% | 19.3% | 134.6% |
| MUR | $6.1 Bil | 1.9% | 8.0% | 13.8% | 62.5% |
| BOX | $5.6 Bil | 2.3% | 10.2% | 20.0% | 24.6% |
| CNK | $4.5 Bil | 1.4% | 5.8% | 11.5% | 49.0% |
| ITGR | $4.3 Bil | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 22.9% |
| ARQT | $4.2 Bil | 10.7% | 21.6% | 25.7% | 52.5% |
| APLE | $4.1 Bil | 0.9% | 6.0% | 10.9% | 60.5% |
| BTE | $3.9 Bil | 1.7% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 143.9% |
| PK | $3.2 Bil | 1.3% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 60.5% |
The Businesses Behind The Largest New Highs
Arcosa (ACA) trades at 14.7 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 9.7% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 11.8%.
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) trades at 13.2 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 4.7% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 13.7%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +0.4% for Integer (ITGR) to +25.7% for Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT).
Over the past year, the median name here is up 60.1%.
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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