ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 9
34 ASX 200 stocks hit a fresh 52-week high last week, but momentum appears to be slowing.
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Welcome back to the 52-week Series – A recap of S&P/ASX 200 stocks that have tagged a fresh yearly highs and lows in the past week. By tracking these 52-week highs and lows, we can spot emerging trends across different stocks and sectors.
When we see clusters of stocks hitting new milestones within a sector, it often signals significant underlying factors – whether it's shifting commodity prices, evolving demand trends (like the current AI boom), or companies exceeding or falling short of earnings expectations.
52-Week Highs and Lows by Sector
Financials: 7 Highs, 1 Low
Industrials: 6 Highs, 3 Lows
Discretionary: 5 Highs, 0 Lows
Materials: 4 Highs, 5 Lows
Technology: 3 Highs, 1 Lows
Staples: 3 Highs, 0 Lows
Health Care: 2 Highs, 1 Low
Real Estate: 2 Highs, 1 Low
Telecommunication: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Energy: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Utilities: 0 Highs, 1 Low
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Fading Strength: While 34 stocks hit fresh 52-week highs, momentum appears to be slowing, particularly in the banking sector. Financials tumbled sharply last week, weighed down by disappointing trading updates from key players like Westpac, Bendigo Bank, and NAB. The broader weakness suggests that upward momentum is stalling, likely due to poor forward guidance, stretched valuations, and macroeconomic headwinds.
Rising Lows: The number of stocks hitting 52-week lows has remained relatively stable over the past month, ranging from 5 to 8. However, this week saw a sharp increase to 14, largely driven by weaker-than-expected earnings results.
Industrial Strength: Many industrial stocks reaching 52-week highs have delivered stronger-than-expected earnings, despite operating in different sub-sectors. Brambles, for example, slightly beat 1H25 earnings expectations due to cost efficiencies and also upgraded its free cash flow guidance.
Materials Struggle: Lithium and coal stocks continue to slump, pressured by weak commodity prices and poor operational performance. MinRes shares plunged 20.7% last week after the company unexpectedly raised capex guidance, citing severe weather disruptions that led to a downgrade in iron ore shipment forecasts.
ASX 200 Financials Making 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Financials constituent to have hit a 52-week high in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday 21 February 2025
ASX 200 Industrials Making 52-Week Highs
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 Industrials constituent to have hit a 52-week high in the past week. Share price and performance as at Friday 21 February 2025
Other ASX 200 Stocks and Sectors at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guzman Y Gomez | $38.58 | Discretionary | -5.4% | NA | |
Light & Wonder | $163.90 | Discretionary | 5.9% | NA | |
Aristocrat Leisure | $74.24 | Discretionary | -3.6% | 102.3% | |
Wesfarmers | $76.12 | Discretionary | -3.3% | 59.4% | |
Corporate Travel Management | $17.66 | Discretionary | 16.0% | -19.5% | |
Sigma Healthcare | $2.99 | Health Care | -4.2% | 548.1% | |
Telix Pharmaceuticals | $30.12 | Health Care | 11.2% | 522.3% | |
Ramelius Resources | $2.73 | Materials | 2.6% | 75.6% | |
Evolution Mining | $6.36 | Materials | 0.3% | 44.9% | |
Bluescope Steel | $24.29 | Materials | 8.7% | 27.2% | |
Sims | $14.00 | Materials | 0.4% | -20.8% | |
Ingenia Communities | $5.63 | Real Estate | -1.8% | 12.2% | |
Charter Hall Group | $17.53 | Real Estate | 10.3% | 9.7% | |
A2 Milk | $7.77 | Staples | 30.6% | 45.5% | |
Bega Cheese | $5.49 | Staples | -6.8% | 12.0% | |
Coles Group | $19.60 | Staples | -0.6% | 10.1% | |
Technology One | $32.04 | Technology | -0.5% | 228.6% | |
Codan | $16.16 | Technology | -3.5% | 127.0% | |
Xero | $182.02 | Technology | -2.0% | 95.3% | |
Telstra Group | $4.15 | Telecommunication | 6.7% | 5.1% | |
EVT | $12.03 | Telecommunication | -2.8% | -17.0% |
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 constituent to have hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector and 1-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday 21 February 2025
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Lows
Other ASX 200 Stocks and Sectors
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graincorp | $6.95 | Consumer Staples | -1.3% | -11.8% | |
Viva Energy Group | $2.44 | Energy | -0.8% | 0.4% | |
Whitehaven Coal | $5.65 | Energy | 1.4% | 78.2% | |
Challenger | $5.56 | Financials | -9.5% | -19.7% | |
Cochlear | $268.81 | Health Care | 2.3% | 25.1% | |
IPH | $4.88 | Industrials | 1.2% | -40.2% | |
Aurizon Holdings | $3.27 | Industrials | 2.5% | -9.9% | |
Reece | $21.95 | Industrials | -2.4% | 14.5% | |
NextDC | $14.52 | Technology | -2.9% | 40.5% | |
Pexa Group | $11.39 | Real Estate | -4.0% | -39.9% | |
APA Group | $6.61 | Utilities | -1.2% | -34.2% |
Data shows S&P/ASX 200 constituent to have hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by sector and 1-year returns. Share price and performance as at Friday 21 February 2025
