The 52-Week-High List: 27 Large Cap Names On Thursday
As of Thursday, October 22, there are 27 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.
At about $5.10 trillion in market value, Apple (AAPL) is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 3.3% over the past month and up 33.0% over the past year. Financials contributed the most names, 10 of the 27. For context, the S&P 500 is down 0.5% over the past month, including dividends.
The 10 Largest, By Market Cap
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 27 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | $5,103.6 Bil | 1.2% | 1.8% | 3.3% | 33.0% |
| BRK-B | $1,178.5 Bil | 1.5% | 4.0% | 7.8% | 11.3% |
| LLY | $1,166.1 Bil | 2.8% | 4.4% | 13.5% | 64.5% |
| V | $779.3 Bil | 1.6% | 3.6% | 14.6% | 20.3% |
| MA | $558.5 Bil | 1.7% | 2.7% | 13.3% | 11.4% |
| KO | $410.2 Bil | 2.9% | 3.6% | 8.2% | 37.4% |
| AMGN | $241.5 Bil | 2.0% | 3.1% | 10.1% | 52.6% |
| TD | $205.9 Bil | 0.3% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 60.4% |
| PFE | $173.4 Bil | 1.9% | 3.3% | 7.9% | 31.0% |
| CB | $141.0 Bil | 2.5% | 3.2% | 8.6% | 36.8% |
What Sits Behind The Biggest New Highs?
Apple (AAPL) trades at 39.6 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 14.2% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 33.2%.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) trades at 13.7 times trailing earnings and grew revenue 10.4% over the last twelve months.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +3.3% for Apple (AAPL) to +19.1% for Veeva Systems (VEEV).
Over the past year, the median name here is up 27.3%.
24 of the 27 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.
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.
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is built to own that quality before and after it makes headlines: roughly 30 businesses selected for consistent cash generation, strong margins, and resilient balance sheets, sized and rebalanced with 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. Admire the list; own the system.