31 S&P 500 Stocks Hit 52-Week Highs On Wednesday
As of Wednesday, November 11, there are 31 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week highs.
At about $5.18 trillion in market value, Apple (AAPL) is the largest company on the list; its stock is up 4.1% over the past month and up 32.3% over the past year. For context, the S&P 500 is down 2.3% over the past month, including dividends.
The Ten Largest At New Highs
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 31 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | $5,177.7 Bil | 2.0% | 1.7% | 4.1% | 32.3% |
| LLY | $1,281.9 Bil | 0.3% | 1.4% | 23.2% | 49.6% |
| BRK-B | $1,258.6 Bil | 0.8% | 1.6% | 13.0% | 18.4% |
| ABBV | $521.8 Bil | 0.4% | 0.1% | 8.2% | 38.9% |
| KO | $419.8 Bil | 0.7% | 1.8% | 8.3% | 42.0% |
| DIS | $208.0 Bil | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| BLK | $189.8 Bil | 0.3% | 0.2% | 15.0% | 15.7% |
| CME | $113.1 Bil | 2.2% | 2.5% | 13.6% | 18.3% |
| MAR | $111.8 Bil | 0.2% | 1.0% | 15.5% | 49.0% |
| ICE | $101.3 Bil | 2.4% | 3.2% | 15.5% | 22.4% |
The Businesses Behind The Largest New Highs
Apple (AAPL) trades at 39.2 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 15.1% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 33.0%.
Eli Lilly (LLY) trades at 46.5 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 45.5% over the last twelve months and earned an operating margin of 51.3%.
Across the list, one-month moves range from +1.2% for IDEX (IEX) to +29.3% for Hasbro (HAS).
Over the past year, the median name here is up 37.1%.
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.