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ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 18

Mon 29 Apr 24, 10:51am (AEST)
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Welcome back to the 52-week Series – A recap of ASX 200 stocks that have tagged a fresh yearly highs and lows in the past week.


52-Week Highs and Lows by Sector

Materials (particularly gold and copper miners) stands out as the only notable sector with stocks reaching fresh 52-week highs amidst a broader market pullback.

  • Materials: 9 Highs, 1 Low

  • Utilities: 1 High, 0 Lows

  • Health Care: 1 High, 0 Lows

  • Industrials: 1 High, 0 Lows

  • Financials, Staples, Real Estate: 0 Highs, 1 Low

  • Energy: 0 Highs, 2 Lows

  • Discretionary: 0 Highs, 3 Lows

  • Telecommunication: 0 Highs, 5 Lows


Why do 52-Week Highs and Lows Matter

Here are some of the key points our first 52-Week article:

  • A research thesis by Thomas J. George and Chuan-Yang Hwang titled The 52-Week High and Momentum Investing concludes that stocks nearing their 52-week high tend to outperform in the future, surpassing the predictive power of past returns.

  • US trader Mark Minervini also notes that “when you see a growing number of names in a particular industry making new 52-week highs (especially coming off a market low), this could be an indication that a group advance is underway.”

  • 1851 Capital Chief Investment Officer Chris Stott says the numbers are useful in helping to determine which stocks have the momentum to keep making fresh highs. The data is used to identify continuous winners and generate fresh ideas.


Materials at 52-Week Highs

Most gold stocks opened at a fresh 52-week high last Monday but sold off after a sharp pullback in gold prices.

Newmont emerged as a standout performer last week following its first-quarter earnings report, which surpassed analyst expectations. This marks the stock's best earnings reaction day in more than two decades. With gold price trending higher, many low-cost producers are likely to become cash-flow machines. While Newmont is still working through a number of synergies, productivity improvements and operational hurdles, last week's earnings was just a glimpse of what's to come.

Ticker

Company

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

NEM

Newmont Corporation

$65.70

Materials

9.9%

na

RED

Red 5

$0.44

Materials

2.3%

158.8%

CSR

CSR

$8.86

Materials

0.1%

68.8%

RMS

Ramelius Resources

$2.01

Materials

-2.0%

52.9%

SFR

Sandfire Resources

$9.24

Materials

2.0%

41.9%

SLR

Silver Lake Resources

$1.44

Materials

-0.4%

13.4%

NST

Northern Star

$15.10

Materials

-1.3%

12.2%

ORI

Orica

$17.78

Materials

-1.2%

9.8%

RRL

Regis Resources

$2.21

Materials

-2.6%

3.8%

Data shows any stock to have hit a 52-week high in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday, 26 April close

ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Highs

Ticker

Company

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

TLX

Telix Pharmaceuticals

$14.91

Health Care

8.7%

46.9%

CWY

Cleanaway Waste

$2.66

Industrials

4.3%

9.9%

ORG

Origin Energy

$9.71

Utilities

-1.2%

16.4%

Data shows any stock to have hit a 52-week high in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday, 26 April close

Telcos at 52-Week Lows

Telcos and media stocks have been grinding lower since early-to-mid March. Interestingly, Mark Minervini's quote about 52-week highs and group advances can be flipped to make sense in this context: “When you see a growing number of names in a particular industry making new 52-week lows , this could be an indication that a group decline is underway.”

Ticker

Company

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

NEC

Nine Entertainment

$1.49

Telecommunication

-3.6%

-27.9%

TPG

TPG Telecom

$4.14

Telecommunication

-2.6%

-22.9%

TLS

Telstra Group

$3.64

Telecommunication

-0.8%

-16.7%

SPK

Spark New Zealand

$4.25

Telecommunication

-0.5%

-12.4%

DHG

Domain Holdings

$2.94

Telecommunication

-2.0%

-11.7%

Data shows any stock to have hit a 52-week low in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday, 26 April close

ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows

Ticker

Company

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

SGR

The Star Entertainment

$0.39

Discretionary

-7.1%

-66.8%

IEL

IDP Education

$15.92

Discretionary

-5.4%

-43.5%

CTD

Corporate Travel Management

$14.99

Discretionary

-5.3%

-28.4%

STX

Strike Energy

$0.20

Energy

-9.1%

-57.9%

WDS

Woodside Energy

$28.26

Energy

-4.0%

-16.1%

NHF

NIB Holdings

$7.31

Financials

-0.0331

-0.0531

LTM

Arcadium Lithium

$5.98

Materials

1.9%

na

LIC

Lifestyle Communities

$11.62

Real Estate

-18.0%

-30.7%

WOW

Woolworths

$31.59

Staples

-0.5%

-18.7%

Data shows any stock to have hit a 52-week low in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday, 26 April close

 

Written By

Kerry Sun

Content Strategist

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is an avid swing trader, focused on technical set ups and breakouts. Outside of writing and trading, Kerry is a big UFC fan, loves poker and training Muay Thai. Connect via LinkedIn or email.

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