Canadian-listed stocks with the greatest momentum.From this morning G&M
Andrew Cullivan, CFA, is the head of FactSet’s quantitative and risk specialty team in Canada. Note ALA is listed 15 Very good ranking in the study
Fifteen Canadian-listed stocks with the greatest price momentum
Canadian-listed stocks with the greatest momentum.
Momentum investing is the concept of purchasing stocks that exhibit persistent and positive increases in price. During periods of extreme market downturns, positive momentum can be hard to find, but as we have seen recently, investors can look to momentum during market rebounds to find outsized returns.
| RANK | COMPANY* | TICKER | MKT. CAP. ($ MIL.) | RECENT CLOSE ($) | YTD RTN. (%) | 12M RTN. (%) | DIV. YLD. (%) |
| 1 | Facedrive Inc. | FD-X | 1,331 | 15.90 | 591.3 | 2,346.2 | n/a |
| 2 | SunOpta Inc. | SOY-T | 715 | 8.02 | 148.3 | 122.2 | n/a |
| 3 | Aurora Cannabis Inc. | ACB-T | 1,597 | 14.15 | -57.7 | -86.0 | n/a |
| 4 | Docebo, Inc. | DCBO-T | 1,082 | 38.00 | 123.7 | 135.3 | n/a |
| 5 | Victoria Gold Corp. | VGCX-T | 1,016 | 16.53 | 94.5 | 179.0 | n/a |
| 6 | Sagicor Financial | SFC-T | 989 | 6.63 | -31.5 | -19.4 | 4.5 |
| 7 | ATS Automation Tool. | ATA-T | 1,604 | 17.41 | -18.8 | -20.3 | n/a |
| 8 | Trillium Therapeutics | TRIL-T | 859 | 10.33 | 676.7 | 2,195.6 | n/a |
| 9 | Great Bear Res. | GBR-X | 884 | 18.02 | 121.0 | 246.1 | n/a |
| 10 | Wall Financial Corp. | WFC-T | 637 | 18.77 | -44.1 | -15.8 | n/a |
| 11 | Real Matters Inc. | REAL-T | 2,420 | 28.65 | 132.5 | 258.6 | n/a |
| 12 | Charlotte's Web ** | CWEB-T | 451 | 4.99 | -49.8 | -74.9 | n/a |
| 13 | Kinross Gold Corp. | K-T | 14,613 | 11.62 | 88.6 | 107.9 | n/a |
| 14 | Aurinia Pharma. | AUP-T | 2,087 | 18.54 | -29.5 | 126.7 | n/a |
| 15 | AltaGas Ltd. | ALA-T | 4,650 | 16.64 | -15.9 | -13.8 | 5.8 |
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