Stocks Trading Near 52-Week Highs and Lows
Momentum trading strategies often involve the buying of stocks that are trading at or near their 52-week high in the expectation that the stock will continue to reach new highs. See study "52-Week High and Momentum Investing" cited below for evidence on the effectiveness of this trading strategy.Contrarian trading strategies, on the other hand, can involve buying stocks at or near 52-week lows in anticipation that a bottom may be near, but this strategy can be quite risky, as such stocks tend to be highly volatile in either direction.
Short selling stocks at 52-week lows may be quite profitable, but is also dangerous, as stocks will frequently bounce higher after hitting 52-week lows, even if they are headed far lower in the longer term.
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Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
(As of market close 03/15/2024)Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) | $177.88 | $132.51 | $181.20 | 94% |
American International Group (NYSE:AIG) | $76.27 | $47.16 | $76.27 | 100% |
Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) | $174.42 | $97.24 | $178.75 | 96% |
American Express Co (NYSE:AXP) | $218.46 | $141.31 | $223.42 | 95% |
Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) | $35.41 | $25.17 | $36.08 | 95% |
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) | $54.41 | $39.67 | $56.09 | 91% |
Berkshire Hathaway Cl B (NYSE:BRKB) | $408.13 | $293.51 | $417.22 | 94% |
Citigroup (NYSE:C) | $57.61 | $38.24 | $57.76 | 99% |
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) | $346.97 | $205.75 | $346.97 | 100% |
Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE:CL) | $88.45 | $68.87 | $89.20 | 97% |
Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR) | $249.40 | $185.10 | $256.19 | 92% |
Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) | $111.95 | $79.32 | $113.69 | 96% |
Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) | $57.04 | $47.54 | $57.97 | 92% |
Emerson Electric Co (NYSE:EMR) | $110.59 | $77.68 | $110.60 | 100% |
General Dynamics Corp (NYSE:GD) | $275.21 | $204.18 | $275.40 | 100% |
General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) | $168.89 | $89.59 | $170.16 | 99% |
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) | $40.69 | $26.65 | $40.99 | 98% |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) | $387.21 | $289.91 | $393.18 | 95% |
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) | $373.23 | $276.46 | $384.45 | 91% |
JPMorgan Chase and Co (NYSE:JPM) | $190.30 | $124.91 | $191.38 | 99% |
Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) | $17.60 | $16.03 | $18.11 | 77% |
Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) | $468.23 | $330.49 | $474.89 | 96% |
Lowes Companies Inc (NYSE:LOW) | $244.73 | $183.62 | $247.41 | 96% |
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) | $475.83 | $349.32 | $479.48 | 98% |
Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) | $72.39 | $49.12 | $72.67 | 99% |
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) | $416.42 | $272.23 | $425.22 | 95% |
Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) | $605.88 | $293.90 | $619.34 | 97% |
Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) | $125.54 | $85.26 | $127.54 | 96% |
Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) | $161.38 | $142.50 | $162.30 | 96% |
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) | $150.77 | $101.25 | $152.41 | 97% |
Thermo Fischer Scientific Inc (NYSE:TMO) | $584.15 | $431.41 | $599.43 | 92% |
Visa Inc (NYSE:V) | $283.04 | $217.39 | $286.41 | 96% |
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) | $57.51 | $36.23 | $57.82 | 99% |
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) | $60.68 | $46.47 | $61.41 | 96% |
Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 03/15/2024)Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) | $182.53 | $177.73 | $264.27 | 7% |
Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) | $73.69 | $71.58 | $87.29 | 15% |
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) | $90.12 | $89.48 | $114.56 | 3% |
52-Week Highs and Lows, and Price Relative to 52-Week Range, of all S&P-100 Stocks
(As of market close 03/15/2024)Notes:
Stocks are deemed to be near their 52-week high (low) if they are within 3 percent of the high (low) or they achieved a new high (low) within the 5 most recent market days.Price relative to 52-week range is calculated as [log(price)-log(low price)]/[log(high price)-log(low price)]*100%. Thus a stock with a current price of $4 with a 52-week high of $8 and a 52-week low of $2 will have price relative to range of 50%.
See George, Thomas J. and Chuan-Yang Hwang (2004). "The 52-Week High and Momentum Investing." The Journal of Finance. Volume LIX. Number 5. 2145-2176.