S&P 500 Movers | Winners: VRT, FLEX, ORCL | Losers: FFIV, CSGP, CHRW
On Wednesday, October 28, the S&P 500 advanced 0.3%, the Nasdaq-100 gained 0.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.2%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is down 0.2%, and over the past month it is up 1.0%.
Within the S&P 500, 249 stocks rose and 254 fell. Vertiv (VRT) gained 16.5% to lead the day, while F5 (FFIV) fell 20.4%, the weakest showing.
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRT | Vertiv | 16.5% | 50.1% |
| 2 | FLEX | FLEX | 11.6% | 54.0% |
| 3 | ORCL | Oracle | 10.7% | -24.9% |
| 4 | LH | Labcorp | 8.8% | 44.7% |
| 5 | SNDK | SanDisk | 7.7% | 491.8% |
| 6 | GEHC | GE HealthCare Technologies | 6.6% | -7.4% |
| 7 | MU | Micron Technology | 5.9% | 244.7% |
| 8 | LITE | Lumentum | 5.5% | 148.0% |
| 9 | HONA | Honeywell Aerospace | 5.4% | n/a |
| 10 | LRCX | Lam Research | 5.4% | 48.7% |
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FFIV | F5 | -20.4% | 43.2% |
| 2 | CSGP | CoStar | -14.0% | -59.0% |
| 3 | CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | -11.1% | -19.7% |
| 4 | LII | Lennox International | -10.6% | -30.9% |
| 5 | BKR | Baker Hughes | -7.4% | 21.3% |
| 6 | ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line | -7.3% | 11.0% |
| 7 | FTNT | Fortinet | -5.9% | 119.2% |
| 8 | BSX | Boston Scientific | -5.8% | -55.5% |
| 9 | GRMN | Garmin | -5.8% | 36.0% |
| 10 | SW | Smurfit WestRock | -5.2% | 7.4% |
Few Of Wednesday’s Biggest Movers Were Already Running
No stock on Wednesday’s one-day lists appears on the same side of the one-month lists, so the day’s biggest moves were fresh ones rather than extensions of a monthly trend.
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 | PNR | Pentair | 22.4% | -37.3% |
| 2 | VRT | Vertiv | 14.5% | 50.1% |
| 3 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 14.2% | 32.6% |
| 4 | ALLE | Allegion | 13.6% | 14.8% |
| 5 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 13.6% | 114.2% |
| 6 | DOW | DOW | 12.3% | 50.9% |
| 7 | ORCL | Oracle | 11.9% | -24.9% |
| 8 | CCI | Crown Castle | 11.6% | 2.6% |
| 9 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 11.4% | 127.5% |
| 10 | LH | Labcorp | 11.3% | 44.7% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FFIV | F5 | -20.3% | 43.2% |
| 2 | XYL | Xylem | -17.0% | -34.5% |
| 3 | CSGP | CoStar | -16.3% | -59.0% |
| 4 | BA | Boeing | -13.1% | -23.0% |
| 5 | MRNA | Moderna | -12.9% | n/a |
| 6 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -12.2% | -58.7% |
| 7 | META | Meta Platforms | -12.2% | -7.0% |
| 8 | RDDT | -12.1% | -41.4% | |
| 9 | VLO | Valero Energy | -11.1% | 142.2% |
| 10 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | -10.3% | -19.2% |
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 | 41.7% | 11.9% |
| 2 | ACN | Accenture | 38.5% | -6.1% |
| 3 | HAS | Hasbro | 34.5% | 48.0% |
| 4 | CCI | Crown Castle | 30.8% | 2.6% |
| 5 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 26.4% | 0.0% |
| 6 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | 26.4% | 87.5% |
| 7 | CDW | CDW | 25.4% | 21.3% |
| 8 | EFX | Equifax | 25.0% | -18.1% |
| 9 | DOW | DOW | 23.6% | 50.9% |
| 10 | INTU | Intuit | 23.0% | -49.8% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STX | Seagate Technology | -23.6% | 154.3% |
| 2 | TER | Teradyne | -22.3% | 62.0% |
| 3 | BE | Bloom Energy | -21.7% | 162.5% |
| 4 | LRCX | Lam Research | -21.6% | 48.7% |
| 5 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | -21.3% | -19.2% |
| 6 | KLAC | KLA | -19.2% | 31.2% |
| 7 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -19.2% | 44.4% |
| 8 | SNDK | SanDisk | -18.8% | 491.8% |
| 9 | AMAT | Applied Materials | -18.8% | 62.5% |
| 10 | FLEX | FLEX | -18.3% | 54.0% |
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