ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 21
Last week, Industrials and Financials stocks continued to trend higher into 52-week high territory.
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Welcome back to the 52-Week Series, where we recap the S&P/ASX 200 stocks that have hit fresh yearly highs and lows over the past week. Tracking this data point helps identify emerging trends across various stocks and sectors.
When clusters of stocks within a sector reach new highs or lows, it often points to powerful underlying drivers — such as shifting commodity prices, changing demand patterns (such as AI, pivots into defensive sectors, consumer weakness etc), or companies beating/missing earnings expectations.
52-Week Highs and Lows by Sector
Industrial: 6 Highs, 0 Lows
Financials: 5 Highs, 0 Lows
Telecos: 3 Highs, 0 Lows
Discretionary: 3 Highs, 0 Lows
Technology: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 1 High, 0 Lows
Materials: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Health Care: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Energy: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Industrials Momentum: Several industrial stocks, buoyed by robust earnings and strong performance over the past year, continue to climb steadily.
Financials Hitting Highs: Commonwealth Bank reached unprecedented heights, briefly surpassing $170 last Friday, joined by other financials like Bank of Queensland’s turnaround momentum, dividend favorite Soul Patts, and yield-driven QBE Insurance, all notching new highs.
Selective Strength: The ASX 200 is riding an eight-day winning streak and sitting just 3% below its February 14 record high, but only a handful of stocks are driving the momentum. Liquidity is flowing into heavyweights like Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers, alongside demand for defensive names like Coles and Telstra, and standout earnings from companies like Temple & Webster and Life360, though broader market themes remain somewhat subdued.
ASX 200 Financials Making 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Financials constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year % chg. Share price and performance as at Friday 16 May 2025
ASX Industrials Making 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Financials constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year % chg. Share price and performance as at Friday 16 May 2025
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple & Webster | $19.49 | Discretionary | 3.0% | 361.9% | |
Wesfarmers | $82.56 | Discretionary | 2.9% | 79.9% | |
Eagers Automotive | $17.77 | Discretionary | -8.5% | 61.0% | |
Mirvac Group | $2.26 | Real Estate | -3.4% | 4.6% | |
Charter Hall Retail Reit | $3.85 | Real Estate | -1.5% | -10.3% | |
Coles Group | $21.44 | Staples | -4.6% | 20.3% | |
Life360 | $30.08 | Technology | 27.6% | 766.9% | |
Technology One | $33.10 | Technology | 3.4% | 230.0% | |
Telstra Group | $4.53 | Telecommunication | -1.7% | 15.3% | |
EVT | $15.26 | Telecommunication | 1.6% | 2.8% | |
TPG Telecom | $5.10 | Telecommunication | -1.9% | -15.0% |
Data shows all other S&P/ASX 200 constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year % chg. Share price and performance as at Friday 16 May 2025
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows
Data shows all other S&P/ASX 200 constituents to have hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by one-year % chg. Share price and performance as at Friday 16 May 2025
