The 52-Week-Low List: 29 S&P 500 Names On Monday
A list of market laggards includes some of the largest consumer names, raising questions about price versus value.
Home Depot (HD), with a market value of about $288.2 billion, is the largest company on today’s 52-week-low list. As of Monday, September 28, there are 29 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week lows. The list is heavily weighted toward the Utilities sector, which accounts for 8 of the names, and the Multi-Utilities industry alone placed 7 names.
The presence of such a large, familiar company, whose stock has declined 11.1% over the last month, poses the central question for this kind of screen: are these businesses damaged, or just marked down?
The Complete 52-Week-Low List
Here are all 29 names, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D % Chg |
1W % Chg |
1M % Chg |
1Y % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD | $288.2 Bil | -1.1% | -2.5% | -11.1% | -26.8% |
| MCD | $165.6 Bil | -1.2% | -5.8% | -9.5% | -20.7% |
| LOW | $104.9 Bil | -0.9% | -1.7% | -9.2% | -25.1% |
| CMCSA | $77.7 Bil | -0.5% | -5.0% | -17.5% | -23.0% |
| AON | $58.0 Bil | -2.1% | -6.4% | -22.2% | -21.9% |
| CRH | $55.9 Bil | -1.5% | -3.9% | -12.4% | -24.0% |
| SRE | $50.3 Bil | -1.3% | -4.5% | -8.5% | -7.8% |
| LHX | $44.3 Bil | 0.0% | -3.7% | -8.8% | -16.5% |
| XEL | $43.4 Bil | -0.6% | -3.4% | -9.3% | -7.4% |
| CCI | $29.1 Bil | -1.1% | -8.4% | -9.3% | -24.9% |
| PCG | $26.3 Bil | -3.2% | -7.7% | -33.4% | -16.4% |
| VICI | $25.3 Bil | -1.4% | -3.6% | -8.3% | -22.5% |
| DTE | $25.1 Bil | -0.5% | -4.2% | -10.5% | -9.2% |
| CNP | $24.1 Bil | -0.6% | -3.6% | -6.8% | -2.2% |
| XYL | $23.8 Bil | -1.7% | -5.9% | -10.4% | -27.7% |
| NRG | $20.5 Bil | -3.4% | -6.1% | -15.2% | -39.7% |
| EXE | $20.3 Bil | -1.8% | -2.7% | -12.9% | -16.4% |
| STZ | $19.6 Bil | -0.6% | -4.6% | -14.1% | -12.4% |
| CMS | $19.4 Bil | -0.6% | -3.2% | -8.4% | -9.1% |
| FICO | $19.1 Bil | -2.6% | -9.0% | -27.3% | -45.7% |
| NI | $18.8 Bil | -0.8% | -3.5% | -4.5% | -4.0% |
| FIS | $17.7 Bil | -3.1% | -2.5% | -14.4% | -44.2% |
| EFX | $17.3 Bil | -1.6% | -8.1% | -23.2% | -41.4% |
| WY | $14.2 Bil | -1.4% | -6.1% | -16.0% | -15.4% |
| CHTR | $13.4 Bil | -1.3% | -9.7% | -24.9% | -58.8% |
| CSGP | $10.9 Bil | -3.8% | -7.0% | -13.8% | -67.5% |
| HII | $10.2 Bil | -2.6% | -6.9% | -13.1% | -3.7% |
| CLX | $9.9 Bil | -2.8% | -4.1% | -21.4% | -30.6% |
| PNR | $8.5 Bil | -1.2% | -4.9% | -14.6% | -50.4% |
Some names on the list show business growth despite their stock price.
The two names from the Home Improvement Retail industry, an industry in the Consumer Discretionary sector, stand out. Home Depot (HD) trades at 20.3 times trailing earnings, and its revenue grew 2.5% over the last twelve months, and its free cash flow yield is 5.2%. Lowe’s Companies (LOW) trades at 15.8 times trailing earnings, and its revenue grew 8.2% over the last twelve months, and its free cash flow yield is 6.7%. Both show revenue growth in their recent financial history.
A low price is a starting point, not a conclusion.
A 52-week-low list is a tool for discovery, not a simple shopping list. A stock can reach its weakest price of the year because its business has fundamentally deteriorated, or because the market has temporarily soured on its prospects. The disciplined move is to treat the low as a signal to check the business, not the price chart. The real work begins after the screen runs.
If any of these names tempt you, resist buying on 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.
Weakness Is Information. It Is Not An Instruction
A 52-week low tells you what the market thinks today. It does not tell you what to do, and acting on price alone is how value traps get bought. The missing ingredient is always the same: is the business still sound?
Asking that question across thousands of stocks, every day, is exactly how the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio is built: roughly 30 names that pass the quality screens, held with rules instead of nerve. 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 low list sharpen your watchlist, and let the portfolio carry the risk.