ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 4
The Materials sector continues to break new ground, while Industrial stocks are also showing formidable momentum.
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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 meaningful 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: 27 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 8 Highs, 0 Lows
Energy: 3 Highs, 0 Lows
Technology: 2 Highs, 1 Low
Discretionary: 1 High, 1 Low
Health Care: 1 High, 1 Low
Staples: 1 High, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 1 High, 0 Lows
Financials: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
The Materials sector continues to break new highs and the Industrials sector continues to see an increase in the number of stocks returning to yearly highs.
The S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index recorded one additional 52-week high compared to last week (27 vs. 26), with a broad list of miners spanning lithium, gold, copper, aluminium, iron ore and mining services making fresh yearly highs. While a few sectors are starting to take a breather, notably lithium and nickel, the sector as a whole continues to find pockets of strength to offset any pullbacks. Given the sheer strength and breakouts from multi-year bases, these pullbacks may very well be strongly supported and shallow.
Outside of Materials, the volume of Industrials breaking new ground has doubled week-on-week (8 vs. 4). Contracting activity among industrials remains strong, driven by rising commodity prices. So far this year, Monadelphous has already announced new contract wins with BHP, Rio Tinto and BW Offshore Australia.
Interestingly, Fletcher Building has managed to climb back to yearly highs despite a relatively downbeat update last week. Key takeaways include:
Delayed recovery expected: Despite some positive economic indicators, the company doesn't anticipate meaningful volume recovery until calendar year 2027, with competitive trading conditions and ongoing margin pressure persisting across most business units
Mixed volume performance across divisions: Light Building Products showed encouraging momentum with volumes trending above prior year levels, while Heavy Building Materials continued to contract.
Margin compression remains a headwind: The Distribution division in particular continues to face squeezed margins due to highly competitive conditions, though Light Building Products has managed to keep margins relatively stable
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Liontown | $2.15 | 4.9% | 241.3% | |
Resolute Mining | $1.29 | -2.7% | 229.5% | |
Catalyst Metals | $9.00 | 24.5% | 169.5% | |
Regis Resources | $7.74 | 2.5% | 166.0% | |
Vault Minerals | $5.91 | 5.2% | 156.1% | |
Newmont Corporation | $169.25 | 7.5% | 152.1% | |
Westgold Resources | $6.65 | 5.2% | 151.9% | |
Evolution Mining | $13.12 | 2.3% | 136.8% | |
Ora Banda Mining | $1.62 | 6.6% | 128.2% | |
Perenti | $3.01 | 3.4% | 122.1% | |
Perseus Mining | $5.83 | 2.1% | 116.7% | |
West African Resources | $3.42 | 3.3% | 114.4% | |
Ramelius Resources | $4.54 | 9.9% | 98.3% | |
Emerald Resources | $6.84 | 8.6% | 94.9% | |
Sandfire Resources | $19.15 | 2.7% | 93.8% | |
PLS Group | $4.68 | 0.7% | 91.0% | |
Greatland Resources | $12.72 | 10.4% | 74.3% | |
IGO | $8.88 | 2.7% | 62.6% | |
Mineral Resources | $59.78 | 4.7% | 59.8% | |
Orica | $26.04 | 0.0% | 56.8% | |
Bluescope Steel | $31.01 | 3.4% | 50.4% | |
Sims | $20.07 | 7.1% | 49.7% | |
Imdex | $3.86 | 4.9% | 49.0% | |
Alcoa Corporation | $95.28 | 4.5% | 48.6% | |
BHP Group | $48.99 | 2.7% | 21.7% | |
South32 | $4.16 | 8.1% | 18.5% | |
Champion Iron | $6.62 | 2.3% | 9.1% |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 16 January 2026.
ASX 200 Industrials at 52-Week Highs
S&P/ASX 200 Industrial constituents that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 16 January 2026.
Other Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light & Wonder | $180.53 | Discretionary | 16.7% | 25.0% | |
Nexgen Energy | $17.36 | Energy | 9.3% | 55.0% | |
Whitehaven Coal | $8.88 | Energy | 13.4% | 43.2% | |
Paladin Energy | $11.11 | Energy | 4.7% | 33.7% | |
Mesoblast | $2.64 | Health Care | -14.0% | -5.0% | |
National Storage Reit | $2.75 | Real Estate | 0.0% | 19.1% | |
Bega Cheese | $6.02 | Staples | 0.7% | 5.6% | |
Codan | $37.16 | Technology | 0.7% | 138.2% | |
Data#3 | $9.77 | Technology | 2.0% | 47.4% |
All other S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 16 January 2026.
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 16 January 2026.
