Stocks Trading Near 52-Week Highs and Lows
Momentum trading strategies often involve the buying of stocks that are trading at or near their 52-week high in the expectation that the stock will continue to reach new highs. See study "52-Week High and Momentum Investing" cited below for evidence on the effectiveness of this trading strategy.Contrarian trading strategies, on the other hand, can involve buying stocks at or near 52-week lows in anticipation that a bottom may be near, but this strategy can be quite risky, as such stocks tend to be highly volatile in either direction.
Short selling stocks at 52-week lows may be quite profitable, but is also dangerous, as stocks will frequently bounce higher after hitting 52-week lows, even if they are headed far lower in the longer term.
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Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
(As of market close 12/01/2023)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) | $191.24 | $125.02 | $196.45 | 94% |
| Accenture Ltd (NYSE:ACN) | $338.06 | $246.17 | $338.06 | 100% |
| Adobe Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ADBE) | $612.47 | $320.54 | $623.32 | 97% |
| American International Group (NYSE:AIG) | $65.97 | $47.16 | $65.97 | 100% |
| Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) | $147.03 | $81.82 | $147.73 | 99% |
| Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) | $233.87 | $176.50 | $238.85 | 93% |
| Booking Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:BKNG) | $3159.56 | $1931.44 | $3243.01 | 95% |
| Blackrock Incorporated (NYSE:BLK) | $756.35 | $598.08 | $770.73 | 93% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) | $596.25 | $450.19 | $596.78 | 100% |
| Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) | $260.00 | $128.27 | $260.00 | 100% |
| Fedex Corp (NYSE:FDX) | $264.42 | $164.35 | $269.95 | 96% |
| General Dynamics Corp (NYSE:GD) | $249.69 | $204.18 | $255.74 | 89% |
| General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) | $122.50 | $60.59 | $122.50 | 100% |
| International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) | $160.55 | $120.90 | $160.55 | 100% |
| Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) | $43.74 | $24.90 | $44.94 | 95% |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co (NYSE:JPM) | $156.84 | $124.91 | $158.00 | 97% |
| Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) | $411.70 | $305.49 | $414.22 | 98% |
| Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) | $414.36 | $341.26 | $417.13 | 97% |
| Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) | $374.51 | $222.31 | $382.70 | 96% |
| Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) | $465.74 | $276.88 | $479.56 | 95% |
| Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) | $152.66 | $136.57 | $157.09 | 80% |
| Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) | $128.82 | $101.25 | $131.79 | 91% |
| T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ:TMUS) | $152.25 | $126.55 | $152.41 | 99% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) | $547.16 | $447.75 | $552.97 | 95% |
| Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) | $231.37 | $185.72 | $238.00 | 89% |
| Visa Inc (NYSE:V) | $256.45 | $204.82 | $256.68 | 100% |
Stocks Near 52-Week Lows
(As of market close 12/01/2023)| Ticker - Company | Closing Price | 52 Week Low | 52 Week High | Price Relative to 52 Week Range (0 to 100%) |
| Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) | $144.81 | $141.77 | $187.79 | 8% |
| Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) | $28.91 | $28.91 | $54.48 | 0% |
52-Week Highs and Lows, and Price Relative to 52-Week Range, of all S&P-100 Stocks
(As of market close 12/01/2023)Notes:
Stocks are deemed to be near their 52-week high (low) if they are within 3 percent of the high (low) or they achieved a new high (low) within the 5 most recent market days.Price relative to 52-week range is calculated as [log(price)-log(low price)]/[log(high price)-log(low price)]*100%. Thus a stock with a current price of $4 with a 52-week high of $8 and a 52-week low of $2 will have price relative to range of 50%.
See George, Thomas J. and Chuan-Yang Hwang (2004). "The 52-Week High and Momentum Investing." The Journal of Finance. Volume LIX. Number 5. 2145-2176.