52-Week High & Low

The 52-week high and 52-week low are the highest and lowest prices a stock has traded at over the past full year. Unlike the day range, which resets every morning, this range gives you a much longer view of how much a stock's price has actually moved recently.

Where the current price sits within that 52-week range can add useful context. A price sitting near its 52-week high suggests recent strength; a price sitting near its 52-week low suggests recent weakness — though neither one, by itself, tells you what happens next.

Current Price:     $142.00
52-Week Low:       $98.50
52-Week High:      $151.20

The highest and lowest prices a stock has traded at over the past full year make up its ____ range.

It's tempting to treat a new 52-week high as a warning sign that a stock is now too expensive, or a 52-week low as an automatic bargain. Neither assumption holds up on its own — a stock at a 52-week high can keep climbing for solid reasons, and a stock at a 52-week low can keep falling for equally solid ones.

What does the 52-week high and low actually show?

A stock trading at a new 52-week high is guaranteed to fall back down soon.