The ASX 200 stocks that hit 52-week highs and lows this week
Several reporting season winners are refusing to give back their gains.
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KEY POINTS
- Several healthcare stocks are hitting 52-week lows
- Several reporting season winners are refusing to give back their gains
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
Sector | Highs | Lows |
|---|---|---|
Discretionary | 4 | 1 |
Financials | 3 | 1 |
Industrials | 2 | 1 |
Technology | 2 | 1 |
Materials | 1 | 3 |
Energy | 1 | 0 |
Utilities | 0 | 1 |
Staples | 0 | 2 |
Real Estate | 0 | 2 |
Healthcare | 0 | 5 |
Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company Name | Close Price | Sector | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CSR | $5.92 | Materials | 31.0% | |
Aristocrat Leisure | $40.62 | Discretionary | 16.0% | |
Eagers Automotive | $14.36 | Discretionary | 12.6% | |
News Corp | $34.12 | Discretionary | 34.6% | |
Wesfarmers | $53.20 | Discretionary | 13.3% | |
Karoon Energy | $2.53 | Energy | 24.6% | |
AUB Group | $30.63 | Financials | 46.5% | |
Hub24 | $32.66 | Financials | 42.5% | |
Medibank | $3.51 | Financials | 0.3% | |
Monadelphous Group | $13.87 | Industrials | 6.3% | |
Seven Group | $28.63 | Industrials | 49.9% | |
Altium | $46.16 | Technology | 23.9% | |
Carsales | $28.81 | Technology | 31.3% |
Key themes and takeaways:
Uneventful week for highs: It's been a relatively subdued week for stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs. We continue to see some strength from early cycle sectors such as Discretionary and Building Materials that benefit from slowing inflation and the ongoing RBA pause.
Post earnings winners: Several reporting season winners are refusing to give back their gains despite rallying +10% post earnings.
Stocks at 52-week Lows
Ticker | Company Name | Close Price | Sector | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Star Entertainment | $0.92 | Discretionary | -62.8% | |
ASX | $55.14 | Financials | -26.4% | |
Resmed | $22.47 | Healthcare | -16.4% | |
Polynovo | $2.56 | Healthcare | -29.7% | |
Ansell | $0.06 | Healthcare | -74.0% | |
Imugene | $1.34 | Healthcare | -2.6% | |
Healius | $23.45 | Healthcare | -31.8% | |
Atlas Arteria | $5.84 | Industrials | -22.0% | |
South32 | $1.01 | Materials | -26.8% | |
Alumina | $3.11 | Materials | -21.3% | |
Chalice Mining | $3.28 | Materials | -20.2% | |
Cromwell Property | $0.44 | Real Estate | -45.6% | |
Region Group | $2.10 | Real Estate | -22.2% | |
Bega Cheese | $2.78 | Staples | -26.8% | |
Endeavour Group | $5.26 | Staples | -29.6% | |
Pexa Group | $11.57 | Technology | -26.3% | |
APA Group | $8.60 | Utilities | -19.3% |
Key themes and takeaways
Healthcare slide: Healthcare names from various sub-sectors are hitting 52-week lows. Is this a cause for concern to see such sector wide weakness. The names hitting lows include:
ResMed (respiratory devices)
Polynovo (solution for treatment of complex and traumatic wounds)
Ansell (protective industrial equipment and medical gloves)
Imugene (clinical stage immuno-oncology)
Healius (pathology laboratories, collection centre and diagnostic imaging)
