70 Small Cap Stocks Hit 52-Week Highs On Friday
A cluster of property stocks is hitting new highs, but their foundations look very different.
On a day the S&P 500 (SPY) has returned -0.9% over the last month, 70 Small Cap stocks are trading at their 52-week highs. The list is heavily concentrated, led by 11 names from Retail REITs. The largest company on the list is one of them: Brixmor Property (BRX), with a market value of about $10.0 billion. This raises a key question about what is happening in this specific corner of the market. Below are the names making the list.
The 10 Largest, By Market Cap
The table below shows the 10 largest of the 70 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
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| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRX | $10.0 Bil | 0.5% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 33.1% |
| ADC | $9.7 Bil | 0.5% | 4.1% | 8.9% | 17.2% |
| CTRE | $9.6 Bil | 2.2% | 6.6% | 16.9% | 46.7% |
| NNN | $9.4 Bil | 0.8% | 6.0% | 7.4% | 21.7% |
| PTGX | $9.2 Bil | 6.7% | 7.2% | 27.4% | 148.8% |
| FR | $9.1 Bil | 0.3% | 5.9% | 10.5% | 44.3% |
| GKOS | $9.1 Bil | 0.9% | 2.7% | 23.0% | 59.2% |
| AXS | $8.5 Bil | 1.0% | 1.5% | 12.2% | 21.7% |
| EAT | $8.2 Bil | 2.1% | 2.2% | 23.3% | 13.9% |
| SOBO | $7.9 Bil | 0.6% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 52.0% |
Are all these property plays built the same?
A look inside the numbers shows a wide divergence. CareTrust REIT (CTRE), for instance, is at a new high after its revenue grew 68.8% over the last twelve months, generating an operating margin of 57.8%. It trades at 28.6 times trailing earnings.
Compare that to the list’s largest member, Brixmor Property (BRX), where revenue grew 6.6% over the same period. BRX trades at 22.5 times trailing earnings with an operating margin of 37.3%.
A new high is a starting point, not a finish line.
Strength often signals a business performing well. But a price is just a price, not a final verdict on a company’s value. A list like this is a powerful tool for finding stocks with positive market sentiment. The disciplined next step is always to look at the underlying business to see if the fundamentals can earn the new, higher valuation.
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.
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