Market Movers | Winners: CAPR, RR, PACB | Losers: DKS, AIAI, SHOE
A quiet day for the indices hid some violent moves in individual stocks, raising questions about what the tape is really telling us.
The major indices ended a quiet session in positive territory, with the S&P 500 up +0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average up +0.3%, and the Nasdaq-100 gaining +0.6%. Beneath that surface, however, the day’s biggest loser was Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), which fell 30.7% despite revenue growth of 41.2% over the last twelve months. The day’s biggest winner, Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), returned +21.9% while its revenue declined 100.0% over the same period. The day’s full list of extremes follows.
Tuesday’s Market Winners
The 10 stocks with the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPR | Capricor Therapeutics | 21.9% | -71.3% |
| 2 | RR | Richtech Robotics | 21.6% | -39.0% |
| 3 | PACB | Pacific Biosciences of California | 18.8% | -18.7% |
| 4 | ABCL | AbCellera Biologics | 17.8% | 265.5% |
| 5 | INBX | Inhibrx Biosciences | 16.9% | 55.3% |
| 6 | OPTU | Optimum Communications | 16.3% | -39.4% |
| 7 | GENB | Generate Biomedicines | 15.0% | n/a |
| 8 | AVXL | Anavex Life Sciences | 14.5% | 0.0% |
| 9 | MEI | Methode Electronics | 14.4% | 145.9% |
| 10 | MRNA | Moderna | 14.4% | 438.6% |
Tuesday’s Market Losers
And the 10 stocks with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DKS | Dick’s Sporting Goods | -30.7% | -36.4% |
| 2 | AIAI | -19.2% | n/a | |
| 3 | SHOE | Shoe Station | -8.4% | -12.7% |
| 4 | BBWI | Bath & Body Works | -8.3% | -9.8% |
| 5 | DY | Dycom Industries | -7.7% | 4.1% |
| 6 | BETA | BETA Technologies | -7.3% | -21.6% |
| 7 | EMAT | Evolution Metals & Technologies | -6.4% | n/a |
| 8 | JACK | Jack In The Box | -6.3% | -11.9% |
| 9 | CTRN | Citi Trends | -6.2% | 67.7% |
| 10 | EVCM | EverCommerce | -6.2% | -26.0% |
Some winning streaks are more than one day’s work.
While many names on the daily lists are new, a few show persistent strength. AbCellera Biologics (ABCL) appears on both the one-day and one-month winners lists. Its one-month return is +138.1%, and its strength is not a one-day event, as it still gained +102.1% over the other sessions. Moderna (MRNA) shows a similar pattern, with a one-month return of +185.5%; excluding today, it still gained +149.7% over the other sessions.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest Market names:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 152.3% | 438.6% |
| 2 | CYPH | Cypherpunk Technologies | 103.6% | 41.4% |
| 3 | ARCT | Arcturus Therapeutics | 88.1% | 151.9% |
| 4 | PURR | Hyperliquid Strategies | 64.9% | 233.4% |
| 5 | MRVI | Maravai LifeSciences | 56.8% | 176.9% |
| 6 | TRON | 40.7% | 70.2% | |
| 7 | TEM | Tempus AI | 39.2% | 16.4% |
| 8 | MSTR | Strategy | 37.1% | -16.5% |
| 9 | BMNR | BitMine Immersion Technologies | 35.8% | -8.6% |
| 10 | XXI | Twenty One Capital | 34.5% | -25.7% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DKS | Dick’s Sporting Goods | -35.1% | -36.4% |
| 2 | TMS | Teamshares | -32.7% | n/a |
| 3 | AIAI | -27.3% | n/a | |
| 4 | AAP | Advance Auto Parts | -23.4% | 12.7% |
| 5 | AEVA | Aeva Technologies | -23.2% | 21.7% |
| 6 | AEHR | Aehr Test Systems | -22.4% | 373.5% |
| 7 | LZB | La-Z-Boy | -21.5% | -12.9% |
| 8 | FEIM | Frequency Electronics | -20.4% | 11.1% |
| 9 | BLZE | Backblaze | -20.4% | 227.9% |
| 10 | UMAC | Unusual Machines | -20.4% | 91.1% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 185.5% | 438.6% |
| 2 | ARCT | Arcturus Therapeutics | 168.1% | 151.9% |
| 3 | CYPH | Cypherpunk Technologies | 161.6% | 41.4% |
| 4 | ABCL | AbCellera Biologics | 138.1% | 265.5% |
| 5 | OABI | OmniAb | 129.6% | 151.9% |
| 6 | RCEL | AVITA Medical | 121.1% | 204.3% |
| 7 | QMCO | Quantum | 104.1% | 247.1% |
| 8 | LIFE | Ethos Technologies | 97.9% | n/a |
| 9 | HTFL | HeartFlow | 96.6% | 71.1% |
| 10 | AMLX | Amylyx Pharmaceuticals | 92.2% | 210.1% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EYPT | EyePoint | -59.7% | -72.6% |
| 2 | TDUP | ThredUp | -52.9% | -56.8% |
| 3 | BIOA | Bioage Labs | -51.6% | -23.6% |
| 4 | YSS | York Space Systems | -50.6% | n/a |
| 5 | KLC | KinderCare Learning Companies | -50.1% | -41.2% |
| 6 | AHCO | AdaptHealth | -50.0% | -45.0% |
| 7 | LMB | Limbach | -43.6% | -46.2% |
| 8 | MYGN | Myriad Genetics | -41.5% | -48.1% |
| 9 | UTI | Universal Technical Institute | -41.4% | -13.9% |
| 10 | ARKO | -41.2% | 4.5% |
A large price move is a question, not an answer.
The tables of market movers shown earlier are a map of attention and volatility, nothing more. A stock’s appearance on a winners or losers list is the beginning of a research question, never a conclusion. The disciplined follow-up is to investigate the business fundamentals behind the ticker. A sharp move flags a name for review, but the real work of understanding what happened, and what might happen next, is found in the business itself rather than its daily price change alone.
Either side of these lists can be a lead worth following, with the same follow-up question: does the business back the move? For the winners, our Guidance Momentum screen tracks which companies raised their own forward numbers. For the losers, our Buy the Dip screen flags which marked-down names still have the fundamentals to recover.
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 three major indices – the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. Let the movers list remind you why diversification exists.