S&P 500 Stocks At 52-Week Lows: Tuesday’s Full List
As of Tuesday, October 20, there is 1 S&P 500 stock trading at its 52-week low.
At about $5.7 billion in market value, Mosaic (MOS) is the largest company on the list; its stock is down 25.8% over the past month and down 36.8% over the past year. For context, the S&P 500 is down 0.6% over the past month, including dividends.
Every Name On The List
Here is the name, sorted by market capitalization, with returns over four windows:
| Tickers | Market Cap |
1D Return |
1W Return |
1M Return |
1Y Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOS | $5.7 Bil | -0.3% | -6.9% | -25.8% | -36.8% |
What Sits Behind The Biggest New Lows?
Mosaic (MOS) grew revenue 8.8% over the last twelve months.
A 52-week low tells you where the pain is; it does not tell you whether this decline is worth buying. That second question is what our Buy the Dip screen answers, every day: beaten-down names where the fundamentals still hold up.
Catching Falling Prices Is A Skill. Not Needing To Is A Strategy
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.
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio holds roughly 30 businesses selected for the traits that make recoveries likely in the first place: consistent cash generation, strong margins, resilient balance sheets. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Watch the low list for information; let a disciplined basket do the buying.