The 52-Week-Low List: 1 S&P 500 Name On Tuesday

As of Tuesday, November 3, there is 1 S&P 500 stock trading at its 52-week low.

Aptiv (APTV), with a market value of about $8.7 billion, is the largest company on the list; its stock is down 5.8% over the past month and down 41.0% over the past year. For context, the S&P 500 is down 2.6% over the past month, including dividends.

The Full List, Largest First

The table below lists the one name this screen surfaced, largest first, with one-day, one-week, one-month and one-year returns:

Damaged Businesses Or Marked-Down Prices?

Aptiv (APTV) grew revenue 5.3% over the last twelve months and offers a free cash flow yield of 7.8%.

If this name tempts you, resist buying on price alone. Our Buy the Dip screen asks the follow-up question that matters: whether a marked-down stock still has the growth and cash generation to recover.

Catching Falling Prices Is A Skill. Not Needing To Is A Strategy

Buying stocks at 52-week lows works brilliantly on the survivors and painfully on the rest, and nobody rings a bell to tell you which is which. The honest answer for most investors is to stop needing that call.

The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio holds roughly 30 businesses selected for the traits that make recoveries likely in the first place: consistent cash generation, strong margins, resilient balance sheets. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Watch the low list for information; let a disciplined basket do the buying.