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ASX 200 stocks with fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 4

Mon 22 Jan 24, 12:00pm (AEST)
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Welcome back to the 52-week Series – A recap of ASX 200 stocks marking yearly highs and lows in the past week.


52-Week Highs and Lows by Sector

  • Financials: 6 Highs, 0 Lows

  • Discretionary: 3 Highs, 0 Lows

  • Energy: 2 Highs, 1 Low

  • Materials, 2 Highs, 8 Lows

  • Communication Services, Industrials, Staples, Healthcare, Technology: 1 High, 0 Lows

  • Real Estate, Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows


Why do 52-Week Highs and Lows Matter

Here are some of the key points our first 52-Week article:

  • A research thesis by Thomas J. George and Chuan-Yang Hwang titled The 52-Week High and Momentum Investing found that a) the closer a stock's current price is to its 52-week high, the stronger the stock performs in the subsequent period and b) nearness to the 52-week high is a better predictor of future returns than past returns.

  • US trader Mark Minervini also notes that “when you see a growing number of names in a particular industry making new 52-week highs (especially coming off a market low), this could be an indication that a group advance is underway.” In 2023, this proved useful for identifying moves made by construction and building materials, iron ore and insurance stocks.

  • 1851 Capital Chief Investment Officer Chris Stott says the numbers are useful in helping to determine which stocks have the momentum to keep making fresh highs. The data is used to identify continuous winners and generate fresh ideas.


What Does the Data Tell Us

  • Last week we noted how "large cap retailers are pushing higher, backed by sound earnings." They continue to do so, although the stocks are beginning to stall

  • A number of banks, insurers and investment administrators hit 52-week highs last week. The sector continues to push higher, with ANZ and CBA both hitting record highs on Monday

  • Uranium stocks are in the midst of a pullback after a sector wide move to decade highs

  • Battery metal stocks continue their downward spiral, notably Arcadium Lithium, Liontown Resources, IGO, Nickel Industries, Chalice Mining and Sayona


ASX 200 Financials at 52-Week Highs

Ticker

Company Name

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

HLI

Helia

$4.58

Financials

3.4%

65.9%

HUB

Hub24

$36.98

Financials

0.9%

48.2%

NWL

Netwealth

$17.12

Financials

5.0%

37.8%

MPL

Medibank Private

$3.85

Financials

1.6%

32.8%

ANZ

ANZ

$26.13

Financials

0.9%

5.6%

CBA

Commonwealth Bank

$113.28

Financials

-0.3%

4.3%

Data as at Friday, 19 January 2024 close for any ASX 200 company that hit a 52-week low last week

... And Everything Else

Ticker

Company Name

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

CAR

Car Group

$31.90

Communication Services

0.6%

42.4%

SUL

Super Retail Group

$16.11

Discretionary

1.9%

28.9%

JBH

JB Hi-Fi

$57.23

Discretionary

-1.1%

19.0%

WES

Wesfarmers

$57.16

Discretionary

-0.5%

15.9%

BOE

Boss Energy

$5.40

Energy

6.1%

136.8%

PDN

Paladin Energy

$1.23

Energy

2.1%

61.8%

PME

Pro Medicus

$99.69

Health Care

4.7%

60.5%

JLG

Johns Lyng

$6.85

Industrials

0.2%

13.2%

EMR

Emerald Resources

$3.16

Materials

-1.3%

135.8%

CSR

CSR

$6.77

Materials

3.8%

30.2%

ING

Inghams

$4.26

Staples

4.4%

47.9%

DTL

Data#3

$9.12

Technology

8.4%

27.6%

Data as at Friday, 19 January 2024 close for any ASX 200 company that hit a 52-week low last week

ASX 200 stocks at 52-week lows

Ticker

Company Name

Close Price

Sector

1 Week

1 Year

KAR

Karoon Energy

$1.84

Energy

-6.1%

-14.0%

LTM

Arcadium Lithium

$8.09

Materials

-9.3%

na

NEM

Newmont Corp

$52.60

Materials

-5.2%

na

LTR

Liontown Resources

$1.20

Materials

-19.5%

-13.1%

LYC

Lynas Rare Earths

$5.95

Materials

-6.9%

-31.6%

NIC

Nickel Industries

$0.59

Materials

-10.7%

-46.1%

IGO

IGO

$7.20

Materials

-10.7%

-51.1%

SYA

Sayona Mining

$0.05

Materials

-18.2%

-82.4%

CHN

Chalice Mining

$1.07

Materials

-16.7%

-84.1%

Data as at Friday, 19 January 2024 close for any ASX 200 company that hit a 52-week low last week

 

Written By

Kerry Sun

Content Strategist

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is an avid swing trader, focused on technical set ups and breakouts. Outside of writing and trading, Kerry is a big UFC fan, loves poker and training Muay Thai. Connect via LinkedIn or email.

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