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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S&P 100 Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
(As of market close 04/18/2019)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| ACN - Accenture Ltd | $178.61 | $133.67 | $179.30 | 99% |
| AXP - American Express Co | $113.67 | $89.50 | $113.67 | 100% |
| CELG - Celgene Corp | $93.76 | $59.21 | $95.10 | 97% |
| CHTR - Charter Communications | $359.37 | $261.04 | $366.27 | 94% |
| CL - Colgate-Palmolive Co | $69.35 | $57.88 | $69.77 | 97% |
| CMCSA - Comcast Corp Cl A | $42.43 | $30.59 | $42.57 | 99% |
| COST - Costco Wholesale Corp | $245.81 | $189.99 | $246.52 | 99% |
| CSCO - Cisco Systems Inc | $56.40 | $40.28 | $56.95 | 97% |
| DIS - Walt Disney Company | $132.45 | $98.76 | $132.45 | 100% |
| DUK - Duke Energy Corp | $89.14 | $72.12 | $91.53 | 89% |
| EXC - Exelon Corporation | $49.40 | $38.60 | $50.68 | 91% |
| GOOG - Alphabet Inc | $1236.37 | $976.22 | $1268.33 | 90% |
| HON - Honeywell International | $169.06 | $124.83 | $169.06 | 100% |
| INTC - Intel Corp | $58.49 | $42.42 | $58.56 | 100% |
| LOW - Lowes Companies Inc | $113.74 | $81.48 | $117.18 | 92% |
| MA - Mastercard Incorporated | $240.89 | $172.47 | $241.00 | 100% |
| MCD - McDonalds Corp | $194.91 | $155.41 | $194.91 | 100% |
| MDLZ - Mondelez International Inc | $50.09 | $37.57 | $50.28 | 99% |
| MMM - 3M Company | $218.88 | $178.62 | $218.88 | 100% |
| MSFT - Microsoft Corp | $123.37 | $92.31 | $123.37 | 100% |
| NEE - NextEra Energy | $189.36 | $155.40 | $195.00 | 87% |
| NKE - Nike Inc Cl B | $89.20 | $65.73 | $89.20 | 100% |
| ORCL - Oracle Corp | $54.52 | $42.69 | $54.63 | 99% |
| PEP - Pepsico Inc | $127.09 | $96.16 | $127.09 | 100% |
| PG - Procter & Gamble Co | $106.05 | $70.94 | $106.42 | 99% |
| PYPL - PayPal Holdings Inc | $107.36 | $71.73 | $108.81 | 97% |
| QCOM - Qualcomm Inc | $79.89 | $49.40 | $79.89 | 100% |
| SBUX - Starbucks Corporation | $76.06 | $48.54 | $76.65 | 98% |
| SO - Southern Company | $51.96 | $42.66 | $52.72 | 93% |
| TXN - Texas Instruments Inc | $115.51 | $87.80 | $118.11 | 92% |
| UNP - Union Pacific Corp | $176.66 | $128.21 | $176.66 | 100% |
| V - Visa Inc | $160.16 | $121.21 | $160.44 | 99% |
| WMT - Walmart Inc | $103.18 | $82.40 | $105.56 | 91% |
S&P 100 Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 04/18/2019)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| ABBV - AbbVie Inc | $77.57 | $77.14 | $106.23 | 2% |
| BMY - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | $45.52 | $45.12 | $63.23 | 3% |
| CVS - CVS Health Corporation | $52.63 | $52.13 | $80.80 | 2% |
| UNH - UnitedHealth Group Inc. | $221.75 | $216.84 | $286.33 | 8% |
| WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | $54.63 | $53.44 | $85.69 | 5% |
52-Week Highs and Lows, and Price Relative to 52-Week Range, of all S&P 100 Stocks
(As of market close 04/18/2019)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| AAPL - Apple Inc | $203.86 | $142.19 | $232.07 | 74% |
| ABBV - AbbVie Inc | $77.57 | $77.14 | $106.23 | 2% |
| ABT - Abbott Laboratories | $73.92 | $57.85 | $80.06 | 75% |
| ACN - Accenture Ltd | $178.61 | $133.67 | $179.30 | 99% |
| AGN - Allergan Plc | $140.31 | $129.82 | $193.46 | 19% |
| AIG - American International Group | $46.04 | $36.59 | $56.31 | 53% |
| ALL - Allstate Corporation | $96.72 | $77.27 | $102.03 | 81% |
| AMGN - Amgen Inc | $177.47 | $166.39 | $208.89 | 28% |
| AMZN - Amazon.Com Inc | $1861.69 | $1343.96 | $2039.51 | 78% |
| AXP - American Express Co | $113.67 | $89.50 | $113.67 | 100% |
| BA - Boeing Co | $380.07 | $294.16 | $440.62 | 63% |
| BAC - Bank Of America Corp | $30.03 | $22.73 | $31.80 | 83% |
| BIIB - Biogen Inc | $226.39 | $216.71 | $383.83 | 8% |
| BK - Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | $48.41 | $44.49 | $57.72 | 32% |
| BKNG - Booking Holdings, Inc | $1844.31 | $1616.83 | $2194.96 | 43% |
| BLK - Blackrock Incorporated | $465.69 | $361.77 | $551.86 | 60% |
| BMY - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | $45.52 | $45.12 | $63.23 | 3% |
| BRKB - Berkshire Hathaway Cl B | $209.99 | $184.91 | $223.76 | 67% |
| C - Citigroup | $69.67 | $49.26 | $74.79 | 83% |
| CAT - Caterpillar Inc | $143.36 | $112.34 | $158.92 | 70% |
| CELG - Celgene Corp | $93.76 | $59.21 | $95.10 | 97% |
| CHTR - Charter Communications | $359.37 | $261.04 | $366.27 | 94% |
| CL - Colgate-Palmolive Co | $69.35 | $57.88 | $69.77 | 97% |
| CMCSA - Comcast Corp Cl A | $42.43 | $30.59 | $42.57 | 99% |
| COF - Capital One Financial Cp | $88.11 | $70.78 | $100.90 | 62% |
| COP - ConocoPhillips | $65.90 | $57.01 | $79.89 | 43% |
| COST - Costco Wholesale Corp | $245.81 | $189.99 | $246.52 | 99% |
| CSCO - Cisco Systems Inc | $56.40 | $40.28 | $56.95 | 97% |
| CVS - CVS Health Corporation | $52.63 | $52.13 | $80.80 | 2% |
| CVX - Chevron Corp | $119.86 | $100.99 | $130.39 | 67% |
| DHR - Danaher Corp | $126.77 | $94.85 | $132.29 | 87% |
| DIS - Walt Disney Company | $132.45 | $98.76 | $132.45 | 100% |
| DUK - Duke Energy Corp | $89.14 | $72.12 | $91.53 | 89% |
| DWDP - DowDuPont Inc | $39.00 | $33.01 | $48.03 | 44% |
| EMR - Emerson Electric Co | $72.51 | $55.49 | $78.52 | 77% |
| EXC - Exelon Corporation | $49.40 | $38.60 | $50.68 | 91% |
| F - Ford Motor Co | $ 9.55 | $ 7.63 | $12.11 | 49% |
| FB - Facebook Inc | $178.28 | $124.06 | $217.50 | 65% |
| FDX - Fedex Corp | $198.15 | $152.70 | $265.53 | 47% |
| GD - General Dynamics Corp | $176.85 | $148.21 | $225.96 | 42% |
| GE - General Electric Co | $ 9.35 | $ 6.45 | $14.70 | 45% |
| GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc | $62.95 | $60.54 | $79.00 | 15% |
| GM - General Motors Company | $40.30 | $30.56 | $44.85 | 72% |
| GOOG - Alphabet Inc | $1236.37 | $976.22 | $1268.33 | 90% |
| GOOGL - Alphabet Inc Class A | $1241.47 | $984.67 | $1285.50 | 87% |
| GS - Goldman Sachs Group Inc | $205.91 | $156.35 | $254.17 | 57% |
| HAL - Halliburton Co | $31.13 | $25.14 | $54.40 | 28% |
| HD - Home Depot Inc | $205.66 | $158.14 | $213.85 | 87% |
| HON - Honeywell International | $169.06 | $124.83 | $169.06 | 100% |
| IBM - International Business Machines Corporation | $140.33 | $107.57 | $153.75 | 74% |
| INTC - Intel Corp | $58.49 | $42.42 | $58.56 | 100% |
| JNJ - Johnson & Johnson | $137.52 | $119.40 | $147.84 | 66% |
| JPM - JPMorgan Chase and Co | $113.46 | $92.14 | $118.63 | 82% |
| KHC - Kraft Heinz Company | $32.96 | $31.87 | $64.48 | 5% |
| KMI - Kinder Morgan Inc | $19.39 | $14.71 | $20.42 | 84% |
| KO - Coca-Cola Co | $47.48 | $41.55 | $50.51 | 68% |
| LLY - Eli Lilly & Company | $115.20 | $78.04 | $131.02 | 75% |
| LMT - Lockheed Martin Corp | $314.26 | $245.22 | $358.60 | 65% |
| LOW - Lowes Companies Inc | $113.74 | $81.48 | $117.18 | 92% |
| MA - Mastercard Incorporated | $240.89 | $172.47 | $241.00 | 100% |
| MCD - McDonalds Corp | $194.91 | $155.41 | $194.91 | 100% |
| MDLZ - Mondelez International Inc | $50.09 | $37.57 | $50.28 | 99% |
| MDT - Medtronic PLC | $84.22 | $79.37 | $99.49 | 26% |
| MET - Metlife Inc | $45.32 | $38.24 | $48.79 | 70% |
| MMM - 3M Company | $218.88 | $178.62 | $218.88 | 100% |
| MO - Altria Group Inc | $54.37 | $43.33 | $65.87 | 54% |
| MRK - Merck & Co | $73.19 | $56.76 | $83.30 | 66% |
| MS - Morgan Stanley | $47.55 | $37.01 | $55.22 | 63% |
| MSFT - Microsoft Corp | $123.37 | $92.31 | $123.37 | 100% |
| NEE - NextEra Energy | $189.36 | $155.40 | $195.00 | 87% |
| NFLX - Netflix Inc | $360.35 | $233.88 | $418.97 | 74% |
| NKE - Nike Inc Cl B | $89.20 | $65.73 | $89.20 | 100% |
| NVDA - NVIDIA Corporation | $186.30 | $127.08 | $289.36 | 46% |
| ORCL - Oracle Corp | $54.52 | $42.69 | $54.63 | 99% |
| OXY - Occidental Petro Cp | $61.82 | $57.11 | $86.48 | 19% |
| PEP - Pepsico Inc | $127.09 | $96.16 | $127.09 | 100% |
| PFE - Pfizer Inc | $39.38 | $34.76 | $46.23 | 44% |
| PG - Procter & Gamble Co | $106.05 | $70.94 | $106.42 | 99% |
| PM - Philip Morris International | $84.49 | $65.97 | $91.91 | 75% |
| PYPL - PayPal Holdings Inc | $107.36 | $71.73 | $108.81 | 97% |
| QCOM - Qualcomm Inc | $79.89 | $49.40 | $79.89 | 100% |
| RTN - Raytheon Co | $182.49 | $146.67 | $228.13 | 49% |
| SBUX - Starbucks Corporation | $76.06 | $48.54 | $76.65 | 98% |
| SLB - Schlumberger Ltd | $45.56 | $35.19 | $75.03 | 34% |
| SO - Southern Company | $51.96 | $42.66 | $52.72 | 93% |
| SPG - Simon Property Group | $178.06 | $146.74 | $190.59 | 74% |
| T - AT&T Inc | $32.03 | $27.36 | $35.20 | 63% |
| TFCF - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class B | $49.61 | $35.52 | $51.72 | 89% |
| TFCFA - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A | $49.69 | $36.02 | $52.01 | 88% |
| TGT - Target Corporation | $83.26 | $61.13 | $89.26 | 82% |
| TXN - Texas Instruments Inc | $115.51 | $87.80 | $118.11 | 92% |
| UNH - UnitedHealth Group Inc. | $221.75 | $216.84 | $286.33 | 8% |
| UNP - Union Pacific Corp | $176.66 | $128.21 | $176.66 | 100% |
| UPS - United Parcel Service Inc | $114.15 | $89.89 | $124.66 | 73% |
| USB - US Bancorp | $51.21 | $43.76 | $55.35 | 67% |
| UTX - United Technologies Corp | $137.00 | $102.06 | $142.08 | 89% |
| V - Visa Inc | $160.16 | $121.21 | $160.44 | 99% |
| VZ - Verizon Communications | $58.04 | $46.38 | $60.88 | 82% |
| WBA - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | $54.63 | $53.44 | $85.69 | 5% |
| WFC - Wells Fargo & Company | $47.58 | $43.60 | $59.19 | 29% |
| WMT - Walmart Inc | $103.18 | $82.40 | $105.56 | 91% |
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.