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 11/27/2020)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) | $104.89 | $64.50 | $104.89 | 100% |
| Accenture Ltd (NYSE:ACN) | $250.12 | $143.69 | $250.12 | 100% |
| Blackrock Incorporated (NYSE:BLK) | $715.11 | $327.42 | $715.11 | 100% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Cl B (NYSE:BRKB) | $231.55 | $162.13 | $233.92 | 97% |
| Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) | $175.08 | $91.85 | $176.90 | 98% |
| Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) | $642.80 | $371.70 | $655.41 | 97% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE:CL) | $84.90 | $59.89 | $85.93 | 97% |
| Comcast Corp Cl A (NASDAQ:CMCSA) | $51.75 | $32.42 | $52.34 | 98% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) | $388.39 | $279.85 | $388.39 | 100% |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Com (NYSE:DD) | $64.54 | $28.46 | $66.19 | 97% |
| Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) | $147.13 | $85.76 | $151.58 | 95% |
| Emerson Electric Co (NYSE:EMR) | $78.16 | $38.08 | $79.95 | 97% |
| Fedex Corp (NYSE:FDX) | $287.41 | $90.49 | $291.68 | 99% |
| Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) | $1793.19 | $1056.62 | $1793.19 | 100% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) | $1787.02 | $1054.13 | $1787.02 | 100% |
| Honeywell International (NYSE:HON) | $209.41 | $103.86 | $209.41 | 100% |
| 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) | $176.89 | $117.87 | $181.37 | 94% |
| Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) | $63.84 | $27.81 | $63.84 | 100% |
| Nike Inc Cl B (NYSE:NKE) | $134.25 | $62.80 | $135.54 | 99% |
| Pepsico Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) | $144.60 | $103.93 | $146.99 | 95% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) | $211.39 | $85.26 | $214.46 | 98% |
| Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) | $98.66 | $56.33 | $98.66 | 100% |
| Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) | $179.77 | $91.04 | $179.82 | 100% |
| Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ:TXN) | $158.99 | $93.50 | $159.35 | 100% |
| Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) | $205.64 | $114.04 | $209.85 | 97% |
| Visa Inc (NYSE:V) | $211.00 | $135.74 | $216.48 | 95% |
| Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) | $60.58 | $49.94 | $62.07 | 89% |
| Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) | $151.60 | $104.05 | $152.44 | 99% |
Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 11/27/2020)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 11/27/2020)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.