21 Large Cap Stocks Just Made New 52-Week Highs
As of Tuesday, October 20, there are 21 Large Cap US and Canada-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe trading at their 52-week highs. Large Cap here means a market value above $40 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), with a market value of about $1.16 trillion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 7.5% over the past month and up 9.6% over the past year. By sector, Health Care leads the list with 8 of the 21 names. For context, the S&P 500 is down 0.6% over the past month, including dividends.
The Ten Largest At New Highs
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 21 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B | $1,163.1 Bil | 1.4% | 3.7% | 7.5% | 9.6% |
| LLY | $1,145.5 Bil | 3.5% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 60.9% |
| V | $764.7 Bil | 0.9% | 2.7% | 9.9% | 19.9% |
| MA | $547.2 Bil | 0.7% | 2.6% | 9.5% | 11.3% |
| ABBV | $511.4 Bil | 2.3% | 6.0% | 10.0% | 29.7% |
| CVX | $444.6 Bil | 0.6% | 3.7% | 10.8% | 53.3% |
| PFE | $171.6 Bil | 2.3% | 6.1% | 8.5% | 31.5% |
| MCK | $122.3 Bil | 1.9% | 7.1% | 16.2% | 31.6% |
| ADP | $116.7 Bil | 2.0% | 6.1% | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| CNQ | $112.6 Bil | 0.1% | 3.9% | 12.2% | 87.4% |
The Businesses Behind The Largest New Highs
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) trades at 13.6 times trailing earnings and grew revenue 10.4% over the last twelve months.
Eli Lilly (LLY) trades at 42.9 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 49.6% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 49.7%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +4.7% for MetLife (MET) to +22.0% for Veeva Systems (VEEV).
The median stock on the list is up 29.7% over the past year.
18 of the 21 names are also S&P 500 members.
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.
New Highs Fade. Discipline Compounds
Some of the names on this list will keep setting highs for years, and some are at the top of their run right now. Sorting one from the other, name by name, every day, is the work most investors never keep up with.
That sorting is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does systematically: about 30 quality businesses screened for the fundamentals that sustain a run, held with rules instead of excitement. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Use the high list for ideas; use the portfolio for the compounding.