The 52-Week-Low List: 3 S&P 500 Names On Thursday
As of Thursday, October 22, there are 3 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week lows.
At about $19.9 billion in market value, NRG Energy (NRG) is the largest company on the list; its stock is down 6.3% over the past month and down 41.6% over the past year. For context, the S&P 500 is down 0.5% over the past month, including dividends.
Every Name On The List
The table below lists all 3 names this screen surfaced, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month and one-year returns:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRG | $19.9 Bil | -5.4% | -8.2% | -6.3% | -41.6% |
| FSLR | $18.4 Bil | -2.0% | -4.2% | -10.8% | -24.5% |
| MOS | $5.5 Bil | -2.3% | -8.9% | -29.1% | -38.7% |
The Businesses Behind The Largest New Lows
NRG Energy (NRG) trades at 23.5 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 12.8% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 1.6%.
First Solar (FSLR) trades at 10.5 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 23.8% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 8.2%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from -29.1% for Mosaic (MOS) to -6.3% for NRG Energy (NRG).
Over the past year, the median name here is down 38.7%.
A 52-week-low list tells you where the pain is; it does not tell you which of these declines are worth buying. That second question is what our Buy the Dip screen answers, every day: beaten-down names where the fundamentals still hold up.
The Low List Is A Symptom. Own The Discipline Instead
Stocks land on this list for different reasons, and the businesses behind them are in very different shape; what they share is that the market’s verdict arrived faster than any of them could answer it. Telling them apart name by name is unforgiving work.
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