29 S&P 500 Stocks Just Made New 52-Week Lows

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As of Wednesday, September 30, there are 29 S&P 500 stocks trading at their 52-week lows.

Home Depot (HD), with a market value of about $282.8 billion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is down 12.6% over the past month and down 28.1% over the past year. For context, the S&P 500 is down 0.3% over the past month, including dividends.

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The Complete 52-Week-Low List

The table below lists all 29 names this screen surfaced, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month and one-year returns:
 

Tickers Market
Cap
1D
Return
1W
Return
1M
Return
1Y
Return
HD $282.8 Bil -1.2% -4.1% -12.6% -28.1%
PEP $173.1 Bil -1.5% -2.7% -8.7% -5.9%
MCD $163.8 Bil -1.3% -3.1% -11.7% -21.8%
LOW $103.0 Bil -1.6% -3.7% -10.0% -25.8%
APP $97.5 Bil -5.0% -7.9% -6.9% -59.2%
NOC $68.7 Bil -4.2% -6.0% -10.4% -17.3%
CRH $55.2 Bil -2.0% -2.9% -12.2% -26.7%
NKE $52.5 Bil -1.2% -1.8% -8.4% -47.4%
WEC $32.8 Bil -1.8% -0.4% -5.1% -8.8%
EQT $30.4 Bil -0.7% -4.9% -10.4% -9.8%
ZTS $29.2 Bil -0.7% -2.5% -9.4% -50.3%
CCI $28.9 Bil -0.6% -5.1% -11.2% -27.1%
VICI $25.0 Bil -1.0% -3.1% -8.7% -24.5%
LVS $24.7 Bil -1.3% -3.5% -13.7% -30.1%
OTIS $24.6 Bil -2.0% -5.9% -9.6% -28.0%
FISV $24.1 Bil -0.4% -1.7% -15.3% -65.4%
NRG $20.2 Bil -1.6% -5.0% -13.1% -41.4%
EXE $20.0 Bil -0.1% -3.4% -14.3% -19.5%
NI $18.7 Bil -0.8% -0.6% -4.7% -7.3%
SBAC $17.0 Bil -1.7% -6.1% -15.6% -16.3%
FIS $17.0 Bil -1.3% -5.1% -18.4% -48.1%
EFX $16.2 Bil -2.5% -11.6% -27.4% -45.7%
WY $13.7 Bil -2.6% -10.0% -17.7% -20.6%
FICO $13.4 Bil -4.1% -32.6% -48.4% -61.2%
LII $12.3 Bil -1.1% -4.3% -6.9% -30.8%
CLX $9.8 Bil -0.7% -3.5% -17.1% -31.1%
APTV $9.1 Bil -0.8% -4.8% -3.9% -49.8%
PODD $9.0 Bil -1.8% -4.4% -12.2% -58.0%
PNR $8.5 Bil -0.9% -4.1% -12.4% -51.1%

Damaged Businesses Or Marked-Down Prices?

Home Depot (HD) trades at 19.9 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 2.5% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 5.3%.

PepsiCo (PEP) trades at 16.6 times trailing earnings, grew revenue 5.6% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 5.4%.

Across the list, one-month moves range from -48.4% for Fair Isaac (FICO) to -3.9% for Aptiv (APTV).

Over the past year, the median name here is down 28.1%.

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.