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 09/10/2021)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) | $128.80 | $100.92 | $129.06 | 99% |
| Accenture Ltd (NYSE:ACN) | $341.92 | $213.94 | $343.33 | 99% |
| Adobe Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ADBE) | $658.94 | $421.20 | $666.59 | 97% |
| American International Group (NYSE:AIG) | $54.44 | $26.43 | $55.23 | 98% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) | $465.16 | $311.42 | $465.94 | 100% |
| Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) | $57.89 | $35.69 | $59.53 | 95% |
| Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR) | $329.99 | $203.67 | $332.43 | 98% |
| Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) | $49.91 | $34.48 | $50.36 | 98% |
| Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) | $378.69 | $245.64 | $382.18 | 98% |
| General Dynamics Corp (NYSE:GD) | $201.60 | $131.32 | $204.40 | 97% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) | $70.99 | $56.65 | $73.03 | 89% |
| Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) | $2838.42 | $1415.21 | $2916.84 | 96% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) | $2817.52 | $1409.39 | $2904.31 | 96% |
| Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) | $331.95 | $250.93 | $341.12 | 91% |
| McDonalds Corp (NYSE:MCD) | $239.18 | $204.84 | $246.35 | 84% |
| Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) | $131.14 | $100.57 | $135.17 | 90% |
| Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) | $103.62 | $46.42 | $105.45 | 98% |
| Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) | $295.71 | $200.39 | $304.65 | 93% |
| NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) | $84.93 | $68.33 | $86.87 | 91% |
| Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) | $598.72 | $469.96 | $606.71 | 95% |
| NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) | $224.78 | $115.93 | $228.43 | 98% |
| Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) | $89.68 | $55.59 | $90.95 | 97% |
| Pepsico Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) | $155.46 | $128.83 | $158.91 | 90% |
| Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) | $144.13 | $122.15 | $145.09 | 96% |
| Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) | $103.57 | $70.04 | $106.10 | 94% |
| Southern Company (NYSE:SO) | $66.21 | $51.76 | $67.32 | 94% |
| rmo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE:TMO) | $571.96 | $418.14 | $572.58 | 100% |
Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 09/10/2021)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) | $213.75 | $213.75 | $259.14 | 0% |
| AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) | $27.18 | $26.50 | $32.63 | 12% |
| Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) | $54.23 | $54.15 | $61.74 | 1% |
52-Week Highs and Lows, and Price Relative to 52-Week Range, of all S&P-100 Stocks
(As of market close 09/10/2021)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.