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 02/19/2021)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| American Express Co (NYSE:AXP) | $131.71 | $68.96 | $134.90 | 96% |
| Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) | $34.54 | $18.08 | $34.54 | 100% |
| Booking Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:BKNG) | $2293.05 | $1152.24 | $2293.05 | 100% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Cl B (NYSE:BRKB) | $241.85 | $162.13 | $245.28 | 97% |
| Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) | $209.91 | $91.85 | $209.91 | 100% |
| Comcast Corp Cl A (NASDAQ:CMCSA) | $52.10 | $32.42 | $53.23 | 96% |
| Capital One Financial Cp (NYSE:COF) | $119.56 | $42.27 | $119.80 | 100% |
| Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) | $60.39 | $22.00 | $61.04 | 99% |
| Emerson Electric Co (NYSE:EMR) | $85.45 | $38.08 | $86.52 | 98% |
| Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) | $11.58 | $ 4.24 | $11.93 | 97% |
| General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) | $12.02 | $ 5.49 | $12.25 | 98% |
| Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) | $2101.14 | $1056.62 | $2128.31 | 98% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) | $2088.81 | $1054.13 | $2118.62 | 98% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) | $315.62 | $134.97 | $315.62 | 100% |
| Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) | $63.01 | $44.11 | $64.34 | 94% |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co (NYSE:JPM) | $148.02 | $79.03 | $148.02 | 100% |
| Lowes Companies Inc (NYSE:LOW) | $177.54 | $65.02 | $179.17 | 99% |
| Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) | $56.07 | $23.53 | $56.07 | 100% |
| Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) | $76.00 | $27.81 | $76.47 | 99% |
| Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) | $240.97 | $135.42 | $244.99 | 97% |
| NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) | $597.06 | $196.40 | $613.21 | 98% |
| Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ:TXN) | $178.35 | $93.50 | $180.76 | 98% |
Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 02/19/2021)No stocks this week are near 52-week lows.
52-Week Highs and Lows, and Price Relative to 52-Week Range, of all S&P-100 Stocks
(As of market close 02/19/2021)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.