S&P 500 Movers | Winners: UNH, DLTR, MRNA | Losers: DELL, CIEN, P
The S&P 500 fell 1.1% on Wednesday, October 14, while the Nasdaq-100 slid 2.0% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.1%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is down 1.1%, and over the past month it is up 1.8%.
Within the S&P 500, 240 stocks rose and 263 fell. UnitedHealth Group (UNH) gained 4.7% to lead the day, while Dell Technologies (DELL) fell 11.3%, the weakest showing.
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNH | UnitedHealth Group | 4.7% | 22.2% |
| 2 | DLTR | Dollar Tree | 4.7% | -1.0% |
| 3 | MRNA | Moderna | 4.6% | n/a |
| 4 | BMY | Bristol Myers Squibb | 4.6% | 14.8% |
| 5 | DG | Dollar General | 4.0% | -0.3% |
| 6 | KR | Kroger | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| 7 | UHS | Universal Health Services | 3.8% | -14.4% |
| 8 | GILD | Gilead Sciences | 3.8% | 27.3% |
| 9 | MRK | Merck | 3.8% | 42.9% |
| 10 | BF-B | Brown-Forman | 3.7% | 11.5% |
Wednesday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Wednesday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -11.3% | 307.2% |
| 2 | CIEN | Ciena | -10.2% | 53.8% |
| 3 | P | Everpure | -9.9% | n/a |
| 4 | FLEX | FLEX | -9.5% | 66.1% |
| 5 | LITE | Lumentum | -9.3% | 143.2% |
| 6 | COHR | Coherent | -9.2% | 42.7% |
| 7 | BE | Bloom Energy | -9.2% | 175.5% |
| 8 | ORCL | Oracle | -8.8% | -32.1% |
| 9 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -8.7% | 189.1% |
| 10 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets | -8.5% | -10.6% |
For A Few Names, Wednesday Extended A Monthly Trend
The 4.6% gain in Moderna (MRNA) on Wednesday was not a one-off: the stock is up 57.4% over the past month, and up 50.4% over the sessions before Wednesday.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 15.2% | n/a |
| 2 | CCI | Crown Castle | 15.0% | -7.2% |
| 3 | MDT | Medtronic | 10.2% | 0.6% |
| 4 | ACN | Accenture | 10.2% | -17.1% |
| 5 | CDW | CDW | 9.7% | 12.0% |
| 6 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 9.6% | 201.6% |
| 7 | COP | ConocoPhillips | 9.6% | 55.4% |
| 8 | CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions | 9.5% | -23.4% |
| 9 | PSX | Phillips 66 | 9.5% | 135.2% |
| 10 | CSGP | CoStar | 9.1% | -55.2% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COHR | Coherent | -21.3% | 42.7% |
| 2 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -20.4% | 22.2% |
| 3 | CIEN | Ciena | -19.5% | 53.8% |
| 4 | LITE | Lumentum | -19.3% | 143.2% |
| 5 | BE | Bloom Energy | -17.8% | 175.5% |
| 6 | SNDK | SanDisk | -17.1% | 491.2% |
| 7 | MU | Micron Technology | -16.0% | 220.5% |
| 8 | FLEX | FLEX | -15.9% | 66.1% |
| 9 | AMAT | Applied Materials | -14.2% | 74.4% |
| 10 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -13.8% | 189.1% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 57.4% | n/a |
| 2 | P | Everpure | 45.9% | n/a |
| 3 | PTC | PTC | 45.9% | 11.2% |
| 4 | SNPS | Synopsys | 30.5% | 2.2% |
| 5 | ILMN | Illumina | 22.3% | 107.2% |
| 6 | MTD | Mettler-Toledo International | 21.0% | 15.4% |
| 7 | CDNS | Cadence Design Systems | 20.3% | 5.4% |
| 8 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 18.0% | 201.6% |
| 9 | CCL | Carnival Corporation | 17.5% | -13.6% |
| 10 | NTAP | NetApp | 17.3% | 110.7% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -27.0% | -57.4% |
| 2 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -26.2% | -20.6% |
| 3 | CHTR | Charter Communications | -25.5% | -49.6% |
| 4 | MOS | Mosaic | -25.3% | -18.9% |
| 5 | GEN | Gen Digital | -23.8% | -11.1% |
| 6 | APP | AppLovin | -20.9% | -61.1% |
| 7 | ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities | -20.4% | -11.4% |
| 8 | BX | Blackstone | -16.2% | -28.9% |
| 9 | CPRT | Copart | -15.4% | -32.9% |
| 10 | WY | Weyerhaeuser | -15.2% | -18.1% |
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 S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Let the movers list remind you why diversification exists.