ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 8
The Big Four Banks have rallied to fresh year highs, though breadth across retail, defensives and growth-related sectors continue to tank.
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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: 8 Highs, 0 Lows
Financials: 3 Highs, 4 Lows
Industrials: 1 High, 3 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 6 Lows
Health Care: 0 Highs, 5 Lows
Technology: 0 Highs, 5 Lows
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 4 Lows
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 4 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Energy: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Banks have come to play: The Big Four banks traded sharply higher last week after CBA, Westpac and ANZ reported stronger than expected results and trading updates. The results featured solid beats across earnings, net interest margins and credit charges, while costs were relatively in line with expectations. While banks are starting to trade at relatively expensive valuations, there's no denying how strong the results have been.
Resources bounce amid volatility: The commodity complex remains very volatile after a strong run up, with volatility the price you pay when prices are rather overextended and overbought (e.g. gold is still trading ~23% above the 200-day moving average). A few miners managed to tag yearly highs last week, though breadth isn't matching previous weeks. Nothing overly alarming, just a sector working through a massive run up.
Breadth continues to deteriorate: The S&P/ASX 200 is trading within 2% of all-time highs, yet 32 constituents (up from 26 last week) are trading at yearly lows. This weakness isn't confined to one sector but spans a broad range of consumer-facing, defensives and growth-related names.
AI smashes insurance stocks: Insurance stocks got obliterated after OpenAI approved the first AI insurance app on ChatGPT, driving names broadly lower with many struggling to bounce. Steadfast shares dipped as much as 14.2% last Tuesday (10 Feb) but recouped some losses to close down 9.4%, though the stock has continued to dwindle a further 6.3% since the selloff.
Tech looking for a bottom: Tech stocks have been sold to oblivion, with the S&P/ASX 200 Tech Index down 5.3% last week to the lowest level since December 2023.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANZ | $40.89 | Financials | 10.5% | 31.2% | |
National Australia Bank | $46.01 | Financials | 6.1% | 13.6% | |
Westpac | $40.52 | Financials | 2.8% | 21.7% | |
Dalrymple Bay | $5.08 | Industrials | 2.6% | 39.2% | |
BHP | $51.13 | Materials | 4.8% | 25.3% | |
Evolution Mining | $15.44 | Materials | 7.7% | 148.6% | |
Nickel Industries | $0.98 | Materials | 9.6% | 27.5% | |
Northern Star Resources | $28.37 | Materials | 6.0% | 58.4% | |
Orora | $2.20 | Materials | 6.8% | -0.9% | |
Rio Tinto | $169.74 | Materials | 8.1% | 40.4% | |
South32 | $4.42 | Materials | 0.2% | 19.8% | |
Sims | $21.12 | Materials | 8.4% | 50.1% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 13 February 2026.
ASX 200 Discretionary stocks at 52-week lows
S&P/ASX 200 Discretionary constituents that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 13 February 2026.
ASX 200 Financials at 52-week lows
S&P/ASX 200 Financials constituents that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 13 February 2026.
ASX 200 Healthcare stocks at 52-week lows
S&P/ASX 200 Healthcare constituents that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 13 February 2026.
Other ASX 200 stocks at 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Computershare | $30.17 | Industrials | -2.9% | -29.7% | |
Reliance Worldwide | $3.94 | Industrials | 8.2% | -26.6% | |
Atlas Arteria | $4.60 | Industrials | 0.4% | -9.3% | |
Lendlease | $4.42 | Real Estate | -3.3% | -34.7% | |
Ingenia Communities | $4.43 | Real Estate | -2.9% | -24.5% | |
Dexus | $6.21 | Real Estate | -3.0% | -20.6% | |
Mirvac | $1.91 | Real Estate | -1.8% | -14.2% | |
Graincorp | $5.67 | Staples | 1.1% | -19.2% | |
Wisetech Global | $42.62 | Technology | -10.5% | -65.6% | |
Xero | $73.49 | Technology | -10.1% | -60.3% | |
Digico Infrastructure | $2.20 | Technology | -3.1% | -54.0% | |
Siteminder | $3.46 | Technology | -14.8% | -46.8% | |
Technology One | $20.17 | Technology | -7.7% | -37.1% | |
REA | $158.09 | Telecommunications | -6.0% | -40.9% | |
Seek | $15.84 | Telecommunications | -13.5% | -34.6% | |
News Corp | $36.36 | Telecommunications | -5.1% | -34.5% | |
CAR Group | $25.07 | Telecommunications | 2.4% | -34.5% |
All other 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, 13 February 2026.
