S&P 500 Movers | Winners: LITE, FIX, P | Losers: FICO, DASH, CHTR
The S&P 500 rose 0.7% on Monday, October 26, while the Nasdaq-100 climbed 1.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is down 0.2%, and over the past month it is down 0.9%.
Gainers outnumbered decliners 287 to 210 within the S&P 500. The day’s best return belonged to Lumentum (LITE) (+8.2%) and the worst to Fair Isaac (FICO) (-13.2%).
Monday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Monday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LITE | Lumentum | 8.2% | 122.0% |
| 2 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | 7.2% | 33.5% |
| 3 | P | Everpure | 6.5% | n/a |
| 4 | COHR | Coherent | 5.8% | 20.0% |
| 5 | SNPS | Synopsys | 5.6% | -3.3% |
| 6 | BE | Bloom Energy | 5.5% | 134.7% |
| 7 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies | 5.3% | 12.9% |
| 8 | TSLA | Tesla | 5.2% | -12.9% |
| 9 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 5.1% | 33.7% |
| 10 | CIEN | Ciena | 4.9% | 43.6% |
Monday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Monday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -13.2% | -58.1% |
| 2 | DASH | DoorDash | -6.1% | -25.6% |
| 3 | CHTR | Charter Communications | -5.9% | -51.1% |
| 4 | NVR | NVR | -4.3% | -21.5% |
| 5 | RDDT | -4.0% | -39.8% | |
| 6 | PYPL | PayPal | -3.6% | -5.0% |
| 7 | VZ | Verizon Communications | -3.5% | 12.9% |
| 8 | OMC | Omnicom | -3.4% | 2.0% |
| 9 | DG | Dollar General | -3.2% | -1.4% |
| 10 | MRK | Merck | -3.2% | 36.3% |
For A Few Names, Monday Extended A Monthly Trend
The 5.1% gain in Lockheed Martin (LMT) on Monday was not a one-off: the stock is up 22.3% over the past month, and up 16.3% over the sessions before Monday.
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 | 19.8% | 47.1% |
| 2 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | 19.1% | 79.1% |
| 3 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 15.9% | 33.7% |
| 4 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 15.2% | 0.2% |
| 5 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 14.8% | 123.4% |
| 6 | ALLE | Allegion | 14.7% | 13.2% |
| 7 | DOW | DOW | 13.0% | 50.3% |
| 8 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies | 12.9% | 12.9% |
| 9 | HPQ | HP | 12.7% | 58.9% |
| 10 | EFX | Equifax | 12.6% | -17.0% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -15.0% | 33.5% |
| 2 | DASH | DoorDash | -13.0% | -25.6% |
| 3 | LRCX | Lam Research | -12.7% | 39.2% |
| 4 | MRNA | Moderna | -12.4% | n/a |
| 5 | FLEX | FLEX | -12.1% | 27.4% |
| 6 | HWM | Howmet Aerospace | -11.7% | -5.1% |
| 7 | RDDT | -10.8% | -39.8% | |
| 8 | META | Meta Platforms | -10.6% | -4.2% |
| 9 | KLAC | KLA | -10.3% | 23.3% |
| 10 | T | AT&T | -10.1% | -12.1% |
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 | ACN | Accenture | 41.5% | -4.6% |
| 2 | PTC | PTC | 40.6% | 11.5% |
| 3 | HAS | Hasbro | 33.9% | 47.1% |
| 4 | CBOE | Cboe Global Markets | 29.9% | 34.5% |
| 5 | CCI | Crown Castle | 28.9% | 2.3% |
| 6 | INTU | Intuit | 23.8% | -48.0% |
| 7 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 23.5% | 0.2% |
| 8 | IT | Gartner | 23.0% | -8.4% |
| 9 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 22.3% | 33.7% |
| 10 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | 22.0% | 79.1% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLEX | FLEX | -32.9% | 27.4% |
| 2 | STX | Seagate Technology | -29.7% | 134.7% |
| 3 | SNDK | SanDisk | -29.4% | 428.9% |
| 4 | BE | Bloom Energy | -29.4% | 134.7% |
| 5 | INTC | Intel | -26.4% | 145.2% |
| 6 | COHR | Coherent | -25.1% | 20.0% |
| 7 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -25.0% | 33.5% |
| 8 | LRCX | Lam Research | -24.7% | 39.2% |
| 9 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -24.4% | 11.7% |
| 10 | MOS | Mosaic | -23.0% | -24.5% |
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