ASX 200 stocks with the best performance: Return, momentum, risk-vs-reward – Week 46

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Welcome to ASX 200 Data Insights: Performance. At Market Index we continuously maintain an extensive database of critical financial and performance data for the Australian share market. You can find much of this data in the dedicated pages in “Stock Scans” and “Popular Pages” in the main menu above, or in our Data Insights category. In this edition of Data Insights, we aim to bring you a summary of some of the most interesting performance data we’ve collected for the stocks listed in the S&P/ASX 200. The main criteria of focus are: KEY DATA – RETURN-BASED METRICS 1-week Share Price Performance % 1-month Share Price Performance % 1-year Share Price Performance % KEY DATA – MOMENTUM-BASED METRICS Share Price Performance: Furthest from 12-month low % (“Strongest”) Share Price Performance: Furthest from 12-month high % (“Weakest”) KEY DATA – REWARD-VS-RISK-BASED METRICS 1-yr Sortino Ratio: Best 1-yr Sortino Ratio: Worst Don’t worry if all these datapoints seem like a different language! For each category, we’ll provide an explanation of what it does, its importance, and how to practically use it to compare stocks across the ASX 200. If a stock is highlighted in green, it means it is a new entrant to a particular list. All of our data is accurate at the time of publication, and is based on the close of trading on Thursday XX November. KEY DATA – RETURN-BASED METRICS Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-week return Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 1-week return. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. The best performing stocks over the last 5 trading days, a momentum scan for stocks exhibiting strong very short term positive momentum. Bottom 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-week return Bottom 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 1-week return. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. The worst performing stocks over the last 5 trading days, a momentum scan for stocks exhibiting strong very short term negative momentum. 1-Week Return Observations 🧐 Top 20 INS LITHIUM! 🔋 Yes, it's been a long time in the wilderness for ASX lithium stocks, but those who rode the 2021-22 wave up, held all the way down (lithium minerals prices fell 90%, many stocks didn't fare much better!), are finally seeing some green shoots! Liontown Resources ASX:LTR , IGO ASX:IGO , Pilbara Minerals ASX:PLS , and Mineral Resources ASX:MIN , took up 4 of the top spots in the best weekly performance list. MIN’s news of a partial equity sale of its WA lithium assets and offtake agreement with POSCO no doubt helped the sector, but so too has rising lithium minerals prices. Lynas Rare Earths ASX:LYC and Iluka Resources ASX:ILU were 2025’s ‘big new thing’ before lithium usurped them, but both pulled savagely in October. It was good to see a modest bounce this week. Gold is also another sector that’s seen a massive rally – pullback – and rally this week. Perseus Mining ASX:PRU , Evolution Mining ASX:EVN , Bellevue Gold ASX:BGL , Capricorn Metals ASX:CMM , Regis Resources ASX:RRL are new entrants this week, but kudos to Newmont Corp. ASX:NEM and Vault Minerals ASX:VAU who backed it up for a second week in a row 💪. Flight Centre Travel Group ASX:FLT , Monadelphous Group ASX:MND and Bega Cheese ASX:BGA each prospered on well received trading updates. Alcoa Corp. ASX:AAI and Nickel Industries ASX:NIC are interesting because they didn’t release news of any note – they just seem to be benefiting from a broad rotation into low P/E Ratio and cyclical stocks. Top 20 OUTS The biggest outs have to be the big banks. They were enjoying a tidy resurgence of late, but poorly received trading updates from Bendigo and Adelaide Bank ASX:BEN and Commonwealth Bank of Australia ASX:CBA put pay to that. Bottom 20 INS Banks! As per the above. But a diverse list here of largely “High P/E Ratio” stocks. It seem investor appetite for risk-on and the promise of future earnings growth is being replaced by a desire for “value”. There are also a few poorly received trading updates / results releases in there (e.g., Life360 ASX:360 , Block ASX:XYZ , Graincorp ASX:GNC and Aristocrat Leisure ASX:ALL but if one had been paying attention to the charts, many of these were already in developing downtrends. Droneshield ASX:DRO gets a special mention for topping the list for a second week in a row… it’s demise from the best performing stock of 2025 at one point has been swift… and appears to be accelerating! Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-month return Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 1-month return. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. The best performing stocks over the last month. Also included for your reference are the Top 20’s proximity to their 1-month high, e.g., “-2%” indicates the stock in question is currently 2% from its 1-month high (lower is generally considered better). This is a momentum scan for stocks exhibiting strong short-term momentum. 1-Month Return Observations 🧐 INS Lovely lithium, again! But base metals, iron ore and energy stock round out the Low P/E Ratio + cyclicals group of monthly winners. OUTS Nick Scali ASX:NCK , EVT ASX:EVT , Ansell ASX:ANN , Woolworths Group ASX:WOW , The A2 Milk Company ASX:A2M , and coal stocks Whitehaven Coal ASX:WHC and Yancoal Australia ASX:YAL . Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-year return Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 12-month return. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. The best performing stocks over the last year. Also included for your reference are the Top 20’s proximity to their 1-year high, e.g., “-2%” indicates the stock in question is currently 2% from its 1-year high (lower is generally considered better). This is a momentum scan for stocks exhibiting strong medium-term momentum. 1-Year Return Observations INS Gold stocks generally solidified their places in this list this week, with DRO dropping out of top spot for the first time since this series started! OUTS Generally higher P/E Ratio here, 360 (P/E Ratio 189), Temple & Webster Group ASX:TPW (P/E Ratio 222), Mesoblast ASX:MSB (no P/E Ratio), KEY DATA – MOMENTUM-BASED METRICS Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by Furthest from 1-year low % ("Strongest") Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by Furthest from rolling 1-year low % (Strongest). All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. More targeted than the previous 1-year return scan, it aims to highlight stocks that have staged the strongest recoveries from recent troughs and or those that have exhibited consistent momentum in the medium term. It signals investor confidence and assists in identifying market leaders and sectors that might be currently favoured by fund managers. Strongest Observations INS DRO remains in top spot here, but its lead is dwindling fast. Interestingly, it's to a stock that was arguable one of the worst in the ASX 200 not that long ago in MIN! Gold and lithium stocks make up a good chunk of this list, with a few list Zip Co. ASX:ZIP (P/E Ratio 50, 2nd to 7th), 360 (3rd to 12th), Eagers Automotive ASX:APE (P/E Ratio 38, 5th to 9th) tumbling down it... OUTS Again, is it the curse of high P/E Ratio? Codan ASX:CDA (P/E Ratio 55) and Catapult Sports ASX:CAT (no P/E Ratio) and Megaport ASX:MP1 (no P/E Ratio )? Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by Furthest from 1-year high % ("Weakest") Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by Furthest from 1-year high % (Weakest). All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. This scan highlights stocks trading furthest below their recent peaks, often reflecting weaker momentum, reduced investor conviction, or sector headwinds. It can help identify potential value opportunities if fundamentals remain intact, or conversely, warn of stocks and industries currently out of favour with fund managers. Weakest Observations INS Premier Investments ASX:PMV , Ebos Group ASX:EBO , and Pinnacle Investment Management ASX:PNI – the losses on these keep mounting… Domino’s Pizza ASX:DMP deserves a special mention for working its way out of this list, dropping from second spot on 10 October to fourteenth this week (but it took talk of a takeover by private equity to do it!). OUTS The escapees of this list didn't do anything special, they were simply replaced by even worse stocks! KEY DATA – REWARD-VS-RISK-BASED METRICS The Sortino Ratio is a powerful risk-reward metric. It compares excess returns to downside volatility, isolating harmful losses without penalising gains. Generally, a Sortino Ratio greater than 1.0 is considered acceptable as it signifies that the investment is generating returns above the minimum acceptable rate without taking on disproportionate downside risk. A higher Sortino Ratio is always preferred, as it signals stronger risk-adjusted performance and highlights investments delivering better returns per unit of downside risk taken. So, rather than just pure performance (or underperformance) as per the previous lists, this is a far stronger and more relevant measure of which stocks have beaten and lagged the market on a risk-adjusted basis. Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-year Sortino Ratio: Best Top 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 1-year Sortino Ratio: Best. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. This scan highlights the best performing ASX stocks over the last 12-months from a return vs risk perspective – i.e., these are the stocks that delivered the greatest return with the least volatility below the minimum acceptable return ("MAR") of 6% p.a. Best Reward vs Risk Observations INS Gold stocks VAU, Westgold Resources ASX:WGX , and Catalyst Metals ASX:CYL moved into the Best list. DRO plunged from second to second last! 💥 A2M, CDA and NCK and PRN each lost ground... OUTS TPW, MP1, 360. Bottom 20 ASX 200 Stocks by 1-year Sortino Ratio: Worst Bottom 20 ASX 200 Stocks by rolling 1-year rolling Sortino Ratio: Worst. All data as per close of trade Thursday 13 November. This scan highlights the worst performing ASX stocks over the last 12-months from a return vs risk perspective – i.e., these are the stocks that delivered the least return with the greatest volatility below the minimum acceptable return ("MAR") of 6% p.a. Worst Reward vs Risk Observations INS Xero ASX:XRO (P/E Ratio 91), Car Group ASX:CAR (P/E Ratio 46), Guzman Y Gomez ASX:GYG (P/E Ratio 176) and National Storage Reit ASX:NSR (P/E Ratio 112). The first three have been regulars in my ChartWatch ASX Scans"High Conviction" downtrends list 📉. OUTS A few outs at the bottom of the list – again generally because other stuff just got worse! Ultimately it boils down to this: If your portfolio resembles the "Best Sortino" list, then you've done a very good job of managing your money over the last 12-months. However, if your portfolio resembles the "Worst Sortino" list, then you may need to rethink your investing strategy! 😉

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