The 52-Week-High List: 27 S&P 500 Names On Monday
As of Monday, November 9, there are 27 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week highs.
Apple (AAPL), with a market value of about $5.11 trillion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 4.2% over the past month and up 30.5% over the past year. By sector, Health Care leads the list with 10 of the 27 names. For context, the S&P 500 is down 3.3% 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 | $5,109.6 Bil | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 30.5% |
| JNJ | $679.8 Bil | 2.1% | 4.3% | 7.9% | 54.3% |
| KO | $413.2 Bil | 0.4% | 0.2% | 9.1% | 42.7% |
| PG | $391.1 Bil | 1.8% | 2.9% | 12.0% | 18.5% |
| TMO | $267.0 Bil | 3.9% | 5.7% | 9.7% | 27.9% |
| DIS | $207.0 Bil | 2.0% | 5.3% | 10.2% | 9.4% |
| MSI | $87.4 Bil | 2.6% | 8.3% | 18.9% | 37.3% |
| CAH | $63.6 Bil | 0.9% | 7.8% | 15.5% | 39.8% |
| FAST | $62.6 Bil | 3.0% | 3.8% | 8.1% | 36.7% |
| EW | $60.3 Bil | 2.5% | 12.3% | 22.9% | 27.0% |
Strong Prices, But How Strong Are The Businesses?
Apple (AAPL) trades at 38.7 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 15.1% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 33.0%.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) trades at 42.2 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 7.8% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 25.7%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +0.5% for Bio-Techne (TECH) to +22.9% for Edwards Lifesciences (EW).
The median stock on the list is up 36.7% over the past year.
Before chasing any name on this list, ask what the company itself expects next. Our Guidance Momentum screen surfaces the stocks whose managements just raised their own outlooks.
Strength Is A Clue. It Is Not A Plan
A stock at its 52-week high has momentum on its side, and momentum is a real force. It is also the most crowded signal in the market, and what separates a run that lasts from one that tops is usually the business underneath.
Checking that business, across thousands of names, is how the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is assembled: roughly 30 companies that pass the quality screens, rebalanced on 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 highs point; let the discipline decide.