Best- and Worst-Performing UK Stocks of October 2024

Standard Chartered and Pearson rank among the best stocks for the month, while the worst include Smith & Nephew and JD Sports.

Bella Albrecht 4 November, 2024 | 9:21AM
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The Morningstar UK Large-Mid Cap Index fell 1.5% in October amid struggles in the real estate sector. The large-mid index tracks the performance of the top 90% of the UK investable universe by market cap, and each month we screen from among the stocks in this index to find the best- and worst-performing companies. Data in this article is sourced from Morningstar Direct.

Best-Performing Stocks of October 2024

• Coca-Cola Europacific Partners CCEP
• Fresnillo FRES
• DS Smith SMDS
• Standard Chartered STAN
• Pearson PSON
• Games Workshop GAW

Worst-Performing Stocks of October 2024

• Vistry Group VTY
• JD Sports Fashion JD.
• Abrdn ABDN
• Smith & Nephew SN.
• Renishaw RSW

Best-Performing UK Stocks for October 2024

Source: Morningstar Direct.

Metrics for the Best-Performing Stocks

Fresnillo FRES

• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Precious Metals & Mining
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Fresnillo jumped 20.9%, having risen 35.5% from one year ago. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

DS Smith SMDS

• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Packaging & Containers
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

DS Smith surged 18.1%, having risen 100.3% from one year ago. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

Standard Chartered STAN

• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Diversified
• Economic Moat: None

Standard Chartered surged 13.5%, having risen 47.9% from one year ago. The company’s stock has a Morningstar Rating of 3 stars and is trading at a 10% discount to its fair value estimate of £9.95.

Pearson PSON

• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Publishing
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Pearson advanced 12.4%, leaving the stock up 22.4% for the year. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

Games Workshop GAW

• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Leisure
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Games Workshop rallied 12.1%, having risen 26.0% from one year ago. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 1 star.

Worst-Performing UK Stocks for October 2024

Source: Morningstar Direct

Metrics for the Worst-Performing Stocks

Vistry Group VTY

• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Residential Construction
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Vistry tumbled 30.4% in October, but was still up 28.6% from one year ago. Shares are 36.7% below their last high on Sept. 6, 2024. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 5 stars.

JD Sports Fashion JD.

• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Apparel Retail
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

JD Sports slid 19.5%, having fallen 2.1% from one year ago. Shares are 30.2% below their last high on Dec. 20, 2023. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

Abrdn ABDN

• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Abrdn slid 19.1%, leaving the stock down 7.0% for the year. Shares are 29.1% below their last high on Dec. 15, 2023. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

Smith & Nephew SN.

• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Medical Devices
• Economic Moat: Narrow

Smith & Nephew slid 16.2%, but was still up 7.3% from one year ago. Shares are 22.8% below their last high on Aug. 1, 2024. The company’s stock has a Morningstar Rating of 5 stars and is trading at a 36% discount to its fair value estimate of £15.12.

Renishaw RSW

• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Scientific & Technical Instruments
• Economic Moat: Not Rated

Renishaw slid 14.3%, but shares were still up 6.5% for the year. Shares are 30.0% below their last high on April 2, 2024. The company’s stock has a quantitative Morningstar Rating of 3 stars.

Companies that are not formally covered by a Morningstar analyst are statistically matched to analyst-rated companies, allowing our models to calculate a quantitative star rating.


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Securities Mentioned in Article

Security NamePriceChange (%)Morningstar
Rating
abrdn PLC140.90 GBX-0.14
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC77.68 USD-0.91Rating
DS Smith PLC562.50 GBX-0.09
Fresnillo PLC655.50 GBX-1.21
Games Workshop Group PLC14,140.00 GBX-0.56
JD Sports Fashion PLC104.65 GBX2.20
Pearson PLC1,253.00 GBX0.16
Renishaw PLC3,180.00 GBX0.95
Smith & Nephew PLC980.00 GBX0.12Rating
Standard Chartered PLC973.60 GBX0.33Rating
Vistry Group PLC669.50 GBX0.75

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Bella Albrecht  is associate data journalist at Morningstar

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