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09/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/27/2026 23:59

Market Movers | Winners: AESI, PPLI, WNC | Losers: ONT, KDK, TMS

A quiet day for the major indexes hid sharp, divergent moves among individual stocks.

Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) led the market with a gain of +13.5% on a day of modest advances for the major indexes. The S&P 500 returned +0.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned +0.9%, and the Nasdaq-100 returned +0.4%.

With the broad market so steady, what separates a fleeting price spike from a more durable trend? The day's biggest winners and losers are below.

Friday's Market Winners

The 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe with the highest returns on the last trading day:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 AESI Atlas Energy Solutions 13.5% 32.4%
2 PPLI People 11.3% n/a
3 WNC Wabash National 11.3% 54.3%
4 CNTN Canton Strategic 11.3% -15.2%
5 GENI Genius Sports 11.0% -41.6%
6 ORBS Eightco 10.7% -34.1%
7 ALM Almonty Industries 10.6% 55.7%
8 FBYD Falcons Beyond Global 10.1% -50.5%
9 MXL MaxLinear 10.0% 438.4%
10 VECO Veeco Instruments 9.3% 73.8%

Friday's Market Losers

And the 10 US-listed stocks in the Trefis coverage universe with the lowest returns:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 ONT Onterris -16.8% -43.6%
2 KDK Kodiak AI -12.6% -77.7%
3 TMS Teamshares -12.5% n/a
4 SRZN Surrozen -12.3% 30.7%
5 FISN Deep Fission -10.1% n/a
6 ZS Zscaler -10.1% -14.2%
7 SLI Standard Lithium -9.7% -58.4%
8 RPD Rapid7 -9.6% -23.6%
9 NGNE Neurogene -9.4% 37.4%
10 FRVO Fervo Energy -9.2% n/a

Is today's strength a new story or an old one?

Some moves build over time. MaxLinear (MXL) appears on both the one-day and one-month winners lists, showing a pattern of persistent strength. Its one-month return is +49.0%. The stock's gain extends beyond a single day; it gained +35.4% over the other sessions in that period.

Movers Over The Last Week

Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the Trefis coverage universe:

Winners

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 SRZN Surrozen 78.5% 30.7%
2 GRAL GRAIL 57.1% 48.3%
3 CD Chaince Digital 52.3% 7.2%
4 DNA Ginkgo Bioworks 35.3% 28.3%
5 BALY Ballys 34.5% -15.3%
6 PRTH Priority Technology 33.4% 42.8%
7 MNTK Montauk Renewables 30.2% 75.4%
8 EGHT 8×8 29.9% 16.8%
9 MRNA Moderna 29.1% 574.4%
10 VICR Vicor 26.6% 157.3%

Losers

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 XNDU Xanadu Quantum Technologies -32.9% n/a
2 CGEM Cullinan Therapeutics -29.7% 43.1%
3 ALKT Alkami Technology -27.9% -40.2%
4 BYND Beyond Meat -27.5% -66.1%
5 FISN Deep Fission -26.2% n/a
6 KDK Kodiak AI -25.9% -77.7%
7 GEN Gen Digital -25.5% -19.3%
8 PBLS Parabilis Medicines -25.2% n/a
9 CTEV Claritev -24.7% -45.7%
10 ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals -24.2% -22.6%

Movers Over The Last Month

And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the Trefis coverage universe:

Winners

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 INDP Indaptus Therapeutics 237.7% 32.3%
2 CYPH Cypherpunk Technologies 152.8% 255.2%
3 SVIA Silvia 80.6% 11.0%
4 MNTK Montauk Renewables 64.6% 75.4%
5 CD Chaince Digital 62.3% 7.2%
6 GRAL GRAIL 59.4% 48.3%
7 BALY Ballys 54.0% -15.3%
8 MXL MaxLinear 49.0% 438.4%
9 SDGR Schrodinger 48.2% 61.4%
10 DNA Ginkgo Bioworks 47.4% 28.3%

Losers

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns 		YTD
Returns
1 ALMS Alumis -69.9% -27.3%
2 XNDU Xanadu Quantum Technologies -51.5% n/a
3 RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical -45.2% -37.0%
4 SWMR Swarmer -44.0% n/a
5 IMUX Immunic -43.3% 75.1%
6 XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals -42.1% -17.6%
7 BYND Beyond Meat -41.4% -66.1%
8 ALHC Alignment Healthcare -40.9% -58.4%
9 PRLD Prelude Therapeutics -40.9% 33.6%
10 EVMN Evommune -39.8% -50.4%

A movers list is a starting point, not a finish line.

The tables above show the largest percentage moves, which is simply information about where attention and risk have been focused. A large gain or loss is never an instruction. The disciplined next step for any name on these lists is to check the business behind the price. A stock's direction over one day, one week, or one month may or may not reflect its underlying operational reality.

The next step is never to trade the list; it is to test it. Our Guidance Momentum screen shows which risers have management raising guidance behind them, and our Buy the Dip screen shows which of the fallers still generate the growth and cash that make a recovery plausible.

Volatility Is The Cost Of Owning Stocks. Concentration Makes It A Bill

Every name on these lists made a move big enough to notice. A diversified holder reads that as noise; a concentrated holder feels it as real money. The difference is not the stock, it is the portfolio around it.

Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb bad days, selected and rebalanced by rules. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the Russell 2000. Let the movers list remind you why diversification exists.

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