S&P 500 Movers | Winners: CCI, CRWD, PANW | Losers: BE, FIX, GL
The S&P 500 declined 0.5% on Friday, October 23, while the Nasdaq-100 was flat and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.2%. The S&P 500 is now down 0.5% over five trading days and down 1.0% over the past month.
Decliners outnumbered gainers 366 to 136 within the S&P 500. Crown Castle (CCI) gained 9.1% to lead the day, while Bloom Energy (BE) fell 11.2%, the weakest showing.
Friday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CCI | Crown Castle | 9.1% | 0.5% |
| 2 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 8.2% | 119.8% |
| 3 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 7.2% | 106.6% |
| 4 | SLB | SLB | 7.1% | 40.5% |
| 5 | HAL | Halliburton | 5.2% | 25.3% |
| 6 | APA | APA | 5.0% | 118.3% |
| 7 | DDOG | Datadog | 4.6% | 98.3% |
| 8 | DVN | Devon Energy | 4.5% | 43.0% |
| 9 | TRGP | Targa Resources | 4.4% | 66.3% |
| 10 | FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4.4% | 39.2% |
Friday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BE | Bloom Energy | -11.2% | 122.5% |
| 2 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -9.3% | 24.6% |
| 3 | GL | Globe Life | -8.1% | 11.6% |
| 4 | T | AT&T | -8.0% | -11.7% |
| 5 | TMUS | T-Mobile US | -7.7% | -26.7% |
| 6 | CBRE | CBRE | -6.0% | -23.3% |
| 7 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor | -4.9% | -21.8% |
| 8 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -4.9% | -23.1% |
| 9 | LULU | Lululemon Athletica | -4.9% | -52.4% |
| 10 | DG | Dollar General | -4.6% | 1.9% |
For A Few Names, Friday Extended A Monthly Trend
Bloom Energy (BE) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. It fell 11.2% on Friday and is down 27.5% over the past month; excluding Friday, it had already lost 18.3% over the other sessions.
Comfort Systems USA (FIX) added to a longer slide: after Friday’s 9.3% decline, the stock is down 29.4% over the past month, and it was already down 22.2% before Friday.
The 9.1% gain in Crown Castle (CCI) on Friday was not a one-off: the stock is up 27.1% over the past month, and up 16.6% over the sessions before Friday.
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 | HAS | Hasbro | 18.9% | 46.5% |
| 2 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | 15.1% | 73.1% |
| 3 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 14.5% | -0.6% |
| 4 | ALLE | Allegion | 14.3% | 13.7% |
| 5 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 13.3% | 119.8% |
| 6 | EFX | Equifax | 13.1% | -15.2% |
| 7 | IT | Gartner | 12.1% | -8.7% |
| 8 | HPQ | HP | 12.1% | 56.8% |
| 9 | NOW | ServiceNow | 12.0% | 3.8% |
| 10 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 11.3% | 106.6% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -19.3% | 24.6% |
| 2 | HWM | Howmet Aerospace | -15.9% | -9.2% |
| 3 | FLEX | FLEX | -15.4% | 26.7% |
| 4 | PWR | Quanta Services | -13.5% | 29.6% |
| 5 | LRCX | Lam Research | -12.8% | 34.8% |
| 6 | BE | Bloom Energy | -12.7% | 122.5% |
| 7 | KLAC | KLA | -12.1% | 20.3% |
| 8 | GEV | GE Vernova | -11.5% | 24.9% |
| 9 | NRG | NRG Energy | -11.0% | -41.5% |
| 10 | T | AT&T | -10.7% | -11.7% |
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 | ACN | Accenture | 41.7% | -3.8% |
| 2 | PTC | PTC | 41.0% | 11.2% |
| 3 | HAS | Hasbro | 35.3% | 46.5% |
| 4 | IT | Gartner | 28.4% | -8.7% |
| 5 | CBOE | Cboe Global Markets | 27.2% | 36.6% |
| 6 | CCI | Crown Castle | 27.1% | 0.5% |
| 7 | INTU | Intuit | 24.5% | -47.4% |
| 8 | CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions | 23.4% | -13.5% |
| 9 | EFX | Equifax | 22.6% | -15.2% |
| 10 | FDS | FactSet Research Systems | 22.1% | 15.8% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLEX | FLEX | -31.9% | 26.7% |
| 2 | INTC | Intel | -31.7% | 135.7% |
| 3 | STX | Seagate Technology | -30.4% | 129.7% |
| 4 | SNDK | SanDisk | -29.4% | 421.5% |
| 5 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -29.4% | 24.6% |
| 6 | COHR | Coherent | -28.0% | 13.4% |
| 7 | BE | Bloom Energy | -27.5% | 122.5% |
| 8 | LRCX | Lam Research | -25.1% | 34.8% |
| 9 | MOS | Mosaic | -24.7% | -23.9% |
| 10 | WDC | Western Digital | -23.7% | 99.7% |
Today’s Winner Is Tomorrow’s Loser Often Enough
The movers list is the most honest picture of single-stock risk the market prints each day: the same volatility that makes the winners column also fills the losers column, and no one reliably knows which side a stock lands on next.
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