ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 34
Miners, retailers and ex-CBA banks rallied to 52-week highs last week. But value and defensive pockets of the market continue to struggle.
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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
Materials: 7 Highs, 1 Low
Discretionary: 6 Highs, 1 Low
Financials: 6 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 4 Highs, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 4 Highs, 0 Lows
Technology: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Telecommunications: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Utilities: 1 High, 1 Low
Energy: 1 High, 0 Lows
Health Care: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Solid breath but lack of participation from value/defensive sectors. The S&P/ASX 200 rallied 1.49% last week and closed above 8,900 for the first time on record. Despite the broader market strength, value/defensive sectors like Staples and Healthcare recorded zero yearly highs, suggesting momentum continues to favour growth. Overall, sector leadership is starting to shift — gold has lost its shine while copper, mining services and lithium are gaining momentum. Within financials, momentum has rotated away from high-flying names like CBA and Hub24 toward the other Big Four banks.
Retail stocks trend higher: Temple & Webster, JB Hi-Fi and Nick Scali all reported FY25 results that met or exceeded expectations, driving TPW and NCK shares up 8.7% and 6.8% respectively on results day. These results reflect broader sector strength, with retailers demonstrating resilient revenue growth, successfully navigating competitive pressures, and showing accelerating earnings momentum as FY26 begins. The only problem is ... valuation.
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday, 15 August 2025
ASX 200 Discretionary Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Discretionary constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday, 15 August 2025
ASX 200 Financials at 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Financials constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday, 15 August 2025
Other Stocks and Sectors at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metcash | $4.16 | Consumer Staples | 3.7% | -1.7% | |
Santos | $8.05 | Energy | 2.2% | 13.9% | |
NIB Holdings | $7.66 | Financials | 0.4% | 6.7% | |
Qantas Airways | $11.63 | Industrials | 6.3% | 143.8% | |
Ventia Services Group | $5.50 | Industrials | 4.8% | 95.0% | |
Qube Holdings | $4.43 | Industrials | 1.6% | 61.1% | |
ALS | $18.68 | Industrials | 1.0% | 55.5% | |
Charter Hall Group | $22.01 | Real Estate | 1.1% | 70.0% | |
Stockland | $5.68 | Real Estate | 0.9% | 49.1% | |
GPT Group | $5.27 | Real Estate | 1.9% | 22.6% | |
Charter Hall Long Wale Reit | $4.47 | Real Estate | 1.6% | 0.2% | |
Life360 | $43.34 | Technology | 14.3% | 653.7% | |
Codan | $24.18 | Technology | 2.3% | 203.8% | |
Chorus | $8.43 | Telecommunications | 0.0% | 18.2% | |
EVT | $17.50 | Telecommunications | 2.6% | 14.3% | |
Origin Energy | $12.78 | Utilities | 7.0% | 116.2% |
Data shows all other S&P/ASX 200 constituents to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday, 15 August 2025
ASX 200 Stocks Making 52-Week Lows
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 constituents to have hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday, 15 August 2025
