5 S&P 500 Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows On Wednesday
A short list of market laggards raises questions about growth, value, and when a low price is worth a closer look.
The weakness on Wednesday is scattered, with each of the 5 S&P 500 stocks on the 52-week-low list hailing from a different industry. The largest company here is Public Service Enterprise (PEG), with a market value of about $37.7 billion.
These specific declines are notable because they come as the broader market moves higher; the S&P 500 has returned +3.0% over the last month. This raises a key question for investors: is this isolated weakness a sign of company-specific trouble or a mispricing? The full list of names follows.
Every Name On The List
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The table below lists every stock at its 52-week low, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month, and one-year returns:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEG | $37.7 Bil | -1.0% | -2.8% | -7.6% | -13.4% |
| CCI | $32.2 Bil | -4.9% | -6.6% | -4.4% | -27.8% |
| ROL | $18.1 Bil | -0.6% | -3.0% | -13.9% | -34.9% |
| APTV | $10.0 Bil | -1.5% | -18.9% | -20.1% | -27.5% |
| PODD | $9.3 Bil | -20.1% | -21.9% | -17.5% | -53.7% |
Can a company’s revenue grow while its stock hits a new low?
A stock at its weakest price in a year does not always mean the underlying business is shrinking. Insulet (PODD) saw its revenue grow 29.4% over the last twelve months. Rollins (ROL) posted revenue growth of 9.9% over the same period. Even Aptiv (APTV), which suffered the steepest one-month slide on the list at 20.1%, still grew its revenue.
So is this a shopping list or a warning sign?
A 52-week-low list is simply a starting point for research. It contains companies with different fundamental trajectories. For instance, Crown Castle (CCI) saw its revenue decline 4.6% over the last twelve months, a stark contrast to the growth at other firms on today’s list.
The disciplined approach is to treat the list as a flag, not a conclusion. A low price can mark real business damage or a temporarily marked-down asset. The work is to check the business first.
If any of these names tempt you, resist buying a price alone. Our Buy the Dip screen asks the follow-up question that matters: which marked-down stocks still have the growth and cash generation to recover.
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Buying stocks at 52-week lows works brilliantly on the survivors and painfully on the rest, and nobody rings a bell to tell you which is which. The honest answer for most investors is to stop needing that call.
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