S&P 500 Movers | Winners: APP, TPR, VRSK | Losers: SNDK, LITE, MU
On Thursday, November 5, the S&P 500 slid 4.4%, the Nasdaq-100 fell 6.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 3.4%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is down 4.7%, and over the past month it is down 5.7%.
Decliners outnumbered gainers 430 to 73 within the S&P 500. AppLovin (APP) gained 31.0% to lead the day, while SanDisk (SNDK) fell 22.3%, the weakest showing.
Thursday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Thursday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APP | AppLovin | 31.0% | -47.2% |
| 2 | TPR | Tapestry | 7.1% | 6.0% |
| 3 | VRSK | Verisk Analytics | 6.9% | -4.7% |
| 4 | CPAY | Corpay | 6.8% | 48.5% |
| 5 | CF | CF Industries | 6.2% | 55.6% |
| 6 | CHTR | Charter Communications | 4.7% | -39.7% |
| 7 | MSI | Motorola Solutions | 4.0% | 36.0% |
| 8 | ALB | Albemarle | 3.6% | -29.9% |
| 9 | MOS | Mosaic | 3.3% | -4.8% |
| 10 | STE | Steris | 2.5% | 1.1% |
Thursday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Thursday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNDK | SanDisk | -22.3% | 239.7% |
| 2 | LITE | Lumentum | -18.7% | 38.3% |
| 3 | MU | Micron Technology | -17.5% | 130.1% |
| 4 | WDC | Western Digital | -17.4% | 55.5% |
| 5 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | -17.3% | 88.8% |
| 6 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -16.4% | 57.4% |
| 7 | BE | Bloom Energy | -16.4% | 92.8% |
| 8 | P | Everpure | -16.4% | n/a |
| 9 | LRCX | Lam Research | -16.4% | 8.5% |
| 10 | STX | Seagate Technology | -16.3% | 70.0% |
For A Few Names, Thursday Extended A Monthly Trend
SanDisk (SNDK) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. It fell 22.3% on Thursday and is down 52.4% over the past month; excluding Thursday, it had already lost 38.7% over the other sessions.
Lumentum (LITE) added to a longer slide: after Thursday’s 18.7% decline, the stock is down 54.1% over the past month, and it was already down 43.6% before Thursday.
The 16.4% decline in Marvell Technology (MRVL) on Thursday was not a one-off: the stock is down 53.1% over the past month, and down 43.9% over the sessions before Thursday.
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 | APP | AppLovin | 39.7% | -47.2% |
| 2 | FISV | Fiserv | 29.4% | -6.6% |
| 3 | MOS | Mosaic | 22.5% | -4.8% |
| 4 | IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories | 16.4% | -0.9% |
| 5 | CHTR | Charter Communications | 15.5% | -39.7% |
| 6 | TYL | Tyler Technologies | 15.1% | -5.2% |
| 7 | CSGP | CoStar | 13.9% | -52.3% |
| 8 | ERIE | Erie Indemnity | 13.9% | 2.0% |
| 9 | TPR | Tapestry | 13.9% | 6.0% |
| 10 | GDDY | GoDaddy | 13.4% | -3.2% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LITE | Lumentum | -44.6% | 38.3% |
| 2 | INTC | Intel | -43.2% | 41.6% |
| 3 | SNDK | SanDisk | -39.4% | 239.7% |
| 4 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -38.8% | 57.4% |
| 5 | DDOG | Datadog | -34.3% | 28.4% |
| 6 | CIEN | Ciena | -34.0% | -1.3% |
| 7 | STX | Seagate Technology | -33.4% | 70.0% |
| 8 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -33.4% | 154.4% |
| 9 | WDC | Western Digital | -32.3% | 55.5% |
| 10 | P | Everpure | -31.9% | n/a |
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 | FISV | Fiserv | 38.5% | -6.6% |
| 2 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 36.9% | 11.4% |
| 3 | GEN | Gen Digital | 36.7% | 14.2% |
| 4 | EFX | Equifax | 36.1% | -9.9% |
| 5 | ACN | Accenture | 35.9% | 2.3% |
| 6 | PNR | Pentair | 34.3% | -32.0% |
| 7 | IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories | 32.4% | -0.9% |
| 8 | CCI | Crown Castle | 31.8% | 6.4% |
| 9 | HAS | Hasbro | 31.7% | 49.1% |
| 10 | ERIE | Erie Indemnity | 31.2% | 2.0% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LITE | Lumentum | -54.1% | 38.3% |
| 2 | INTC | Intel | -53.8% | 41.6% |
| 3 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -53.1% | 57.4% |
| 4 | SNDK | SanDisk | -52.4% | 239.7% |
| 5 | COHR | Coherent | -49.3% | -8.0% |
| 6 | TER | Teradyne | -48.3% | 10.0% |
| 7 | CIEN | Ciena | -48.3% | -1.3% |
| 8 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -45.2% | 154.4% |
| 9 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -44.6% | 3.5% |
| 10 | FLEX | FLEX | -44.1% | 10.4% |
Volatility Is The Cost Of Owning Stocks. Concentration Makes It A Bill
Every name on these lists made a move big enough to notice. A diversified holder reads that as noise; a concentrated holder feels it as real money. The difference is not the stock, it is the portfolio around it.
Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb bad days, selected and rebalanced by 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. Let the movers list remind you why diversification exists.