DATA INSIGHTS

35 ASX stocks hit 52-week highs in the past week: Gold, Industrials and Tech

Stocks from sectors like Industrials, Materials and Tech are rallying into yearly highs.

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18 July 2023
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35 ASX stocks hit 52-week highs in the past week: Gold, Industrials and Tech

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KEY POINTS

  • Industrials stocks rallying into 52-week highs are all infrastructure-related companies
  • Gold prices rallied on the cooler-than-expected US inflation print. Mid-cap gold miners are leading the charge (as opposed to large caps)
  • 35 stocks from the All Ords hit 52-week highs in the past week, up from 14 a week ago

Welcome back to the 52-week Series – A recap of stocks making 52-week highs in the past week.


# Highs by sector

  • Discretionary – #4

  • Energy – #3

  • Financials – #3

  • Healthcare – #2

  • Industrials – #6

  • Materials – #8

  • Staples – #1

  • Technology – #6

  • Utilities – #2

A total of 35 companies from the All Ords hit 52-week highs in the past week vs. 14 from last week. The highlighted sectors have separate tables for ease of reading.


Stocks making 52-week highs

Ticker
Company Name
Close Price
Sector
Market Cap
1 Year
Kogan
$5.72
Discretionary
$564.3m
110.29%
Temple & Webster
$6.29
Discretionary
$768.4m
88.32%
Cettire
$3.46
Discretionary
$1,326.7m
810.53%
Eagers Automotive
$14.73
Discretionary
$3,802.1m
29.67%
Melbana Energy
$0.09
Energy
$320.2m
-1.08%
MMA Offshore
$1.23
Energy
$441.8m
105.88%
Worley
$16.97
Energy
$8,858.3m
28.85%
Helia Group
$3.59
Financials
$1,105.8m
48.96%
Netwealth
$13.98
Financials
$3,336.4m
11.48%
Suncorp Group
$13.78
Financials
$17,339.0m
24.14%
Mesoblast
$1.39
Healthcare
$1,131.7m
68.48%
Invocare
$12.74
Healthcare
$1,832.5m
19.18%
Blackmores
$94.71
Staples
$1,842.9m
30.06%
AGL Energy
$11.48
Utilities
$7,669.3m
42.26%
Origin Energy
$8.58
Utilities
$14,781.2m
55.43%

Key themes

  • Discretionary: eCommerce/Covid runners (Kogan, Temple & Webster and Cettire)

  • Energy: Resource-services (MMA Offshore, Worley)

  • Financials: All insurance-related companies


A closer look at Industrials, Materials and Tech

Ticker
Company Name
Close Price
Sector
Market Cap
1 Year
IPD Group
$4.63
Industrials
$382.6m
169.19%
Steamships
$12.53
Industrials
$388.5m
4.24%
Austal
$2.75
Industrials
$993.1m
7.42%
Mader Group
$6.14
Industrials
$1,176.0m
154.77%
Fletcher Building
$5.15
Industrials
$3,993.8m
11.96%
James Hardie Industries
$40.19
Industrials
$17,802.9m
19.33%

Key themes

  • Industrial leaders are very infrastructure oriented

    • IPD: Distributor of electrical infrastructure products

    • Steamships: Logistics, property management, hotels

    • Austral: Shipbuilding and defence

    • Mader: Plant equipment maintenance

    • Fletcher and James Hardie: Building products


Ticker
Company Name
Close Price
Sector
Market Cap
1 Year
Smartpay
$1.73
Technology
$413.7m
195.73%
Infomedia
$1.70
Technology
$638.8m
9.32%
Fineos Corp
$2.28
Technology
$727.3m
47.10%
Megaport
$9.44
Technology
$1,513.8m
38.82%
Xero
$124.41
Technology
$18,732.5m
44.09%
REA Group
$149.26
Technology
$19,738.3m
24.83%

Ticker
Company Name
Close Price
Sector
Market Cap
1 Year
Sovereign Metals
$0.53
Materials
$233.1m
17.78%
Westgold Resources
$1.63
Materials
$824.1m
42.98%
Latin Resources
$0.35
Materials
$968.6m
407.35%
Alpha HPA
$1.18
Materials
$1,012.2m
174.42%
Emerald Resources
$2.32
Materials
$1,363.6m
157.78%
Bellevue Gold
$1.59
Materials
$1,808.3m
133.09%
CSR
$5.55
Materials
$2,649.5m
33.73%
Boral
$4.38
Materials
$4,809.5m
70.43%

Key themes

  • By extension of James Hardie and Fletcher Building, CSR and Boral are another two building-related names clearing 52-week highs

  • Gold prices have bounced from around US$1,900 to US$1,960 in the past week thanks to the cooler-than-expected US inflation print. This has seen a broad-based rally for gold stocks. In the midst of this, a handful of mid cap names are leading and clearing 52-week highs

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lead Writer

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is passionate about equity research and trading (swing and intraday), with a focus on breaking down market-related catalysts into clear, contextual insights and developing data-driven market biases.

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