Moderna MRNA Breaks to a New 52-Week High at $242.08

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MRNA Moderna

Oct 20, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $242.08 +2.4% vs prior high · 2026-10-15

Moderna just set a fresh 52-week high at $242.08, 2.36% above the peak it reached on October 15. A year ago the stock traded near $27.

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Moderna hit a new 52-week high of $242.08 on October 20, clearing the prior peak set just five days earlier. With no overhead resistance left, there is no obvious technical ceiling on the stock.

A year ago the stock traded near $27, so holders have seen it multiply nearly nine times in twelve months. Investors who missed that move have a shrinking window to justify chasing it.

The steepest leg came in recent weeks, with the stock climbing from the $63 range to $174 before pushing through the $200s. A move that fast points to a catalyst rather than slow accumulation.

A fresh 52-week high with the prior peak only days old signals sustained buying pressure. Watch whether the stock holds above that October 15 peak on any pullback, since it is now the first meaningful support.

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Gainers

GPROGoPro$1.12+7.7%
CLOVClover Health$4.78+7.5%
BILLBill Holdings$48.93+7.1%
MRNAModerna$240.74+6.1%
ARGXargenx$874.58+5.9%

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GMGeneral Motors$76.56-7.5%
GEGE Aerospace$299.39-3.8%
IRENIREN$26.68-3.8%
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PWRQuanta Services$597.07-3.5%

General Motors shed 7.5% into the close, the worst showing across 387 priority names and nearly double the next-biggest decline. GoPro and Clover Health anchored the other end, each up more than 7.5%.

Biggest movers · On the open Oct 19, 9:51am ET

Gainers

GPROGoPro$1.16+10.3%
MRNAModerna$235.83+8.2%
SNDKSanDisk$1,382.56+6.4%
DDOGDatadog$261.02+5.6%
APLDApplied Digital$19.07+5.6%

Losers

HDBHDFC Bank$23.02-3.4%
SESea$90.77-3.2%
BCSBarclays$22.33-2.0%
NFLXNetflix$69.16-1.9%
NGGNational Grid$79.65-1.9%

GoPro's 10.3% jump leads the open, with Moderna close behind and the entire downside capped under 3.5%. Across the priority names, the gains are doing all the work this morning.

52-week highs Oct 16, 6:00pm ET

54 stocks hit new 52-week highs this week

MRNAModerna$218.01+16.2%
BOXBox$39.56+8.9%
SUSuncor Energy$78.05+8.6%
BPBP p.l.c.$50.21+6.9%
SHELShell$106.66+6.5%
DOCUDocuSign$74.65+6.0%
PSXPhillips 66$293.17+5.6%
PBRPetrobras$26+5.3%
PBR-APetrobras$23.3+5.2%
XOMExxon Mobil$178.98+5.1%

54 stocks printed fresh 52-week highs this week, and Big Oil showed up in force: Suncor, BP, Shell, Phillips 66, Petrobras and Exxon all cleared prior peaks. Moderna led the whole list, topping its old high by 16%.

Biggest movers · At the close Oct 14, 4:10pm ET

Gainers

BMYBristol Myers Squibb$59.29+4.6%
UNHUnitedHealth Group$393.7+4.2%
DOCUDocuSign$75.22+4.0%
AZNAstraZeneca$162.05+4.0%
MRNAModerna$224.51+3.8%

Losers

CRWVCoreWeave$65.81-15.4%
DOCNDigitalOcean$109.43-14.7%
CIFRCipher Digital$9.94-12.4%
IRENIren$30.52-12.3%
DELLDell Technologies$505.56-11.7%

Every one of today's five worst performers in a 383-name universe lost double digits, led by CoreWeave's 15.42% drop. The best gain on the other side was capped at 4.62%, so the downside is moving far faster than the upside.

52-week highs Oct 9, 6:00pm ET

36 stocks hit new 52-week highs this week

PBRPetrobras$25.3+16.2%
PEverpure$154.49+15.2%
PBR-APetrobras$22.47+14.8%
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise$73.46+13.8%
MRNAModerna$225+10.6%
MPCMarathon Petroleum$455.03+9.1%
FTNTFortinet$194.75+8.9%
RBRKRubrik$125.14+8.8%
ITUBItau Unibanco$10.16+8.4%
GTLBGitLab$55.09+7.9%

36 stocks set fresh 52-week highs this week, with Petrobras clearing its old peak by 16%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moderna, Marathon Petroleum, Fortinet, Rubrik and GitLab round out the breakout list.

MRNA Moderna

After-hours

Oct 9, 4:20pm ET

$225.00

+12.56% open $199.89

A 12.6% run to $225 piles roughly $11 billion onto Moderna's $89.8 billion market value in a single session, a move of a size this name rarely posts. Keep an eye on whether the gain holds through the after-hours tape.

Biggest movers · At the close Oct 9, 4:10pm ET

Gainers

MRNAModerna$224.1+13.8%
HIMSHims & Hers$30.89+10.1%
AMTAmerican Tower$181.7+9.0%
DOCNDigitalOcean$134.75+8.8%
ZSZscaler$233.23+7.6%

Losers

TMUST-Mobile US$148.02-13.6%
TAT&T$22.13-11.0%
VZVerizon$41.52-10.4%
JOBYJoby Aviation$5.44-5.5%
FUBOfuboTV$8.87-5.2%

All three major US wireless carriers closed down double digits on the same day, a rare sweep for names usually bought as defensive income. Moderna's 13.8% gain topped the board on the other side.

Reddit Pulse r/wallstreetbets

Oct 9, 1:54pm ET

Another $600k USD gain on $MRNA (total +1.18M USD gain)

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70k to 1.2M. Living the dream

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A $70,000 bet turned into roughly $1.2 million, and the trader is rotating out instead of riding it. The hardest part of a concentrated winner is deciding when to cut the position down.

Biggest movers · At the close Oct 7, 4:11pm ET

Gainers

SPOTSpotify$513.73+5.2%
MRNAModerna$196.4+4.8%
FUBOfuboTV$9.24+4.6%
VSTVistra$166.87+4.0%
MUMicron Technology$1,085.72+3.8%

Losers

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MSTRMicroStrategy$153.17-6.9%
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AAOIApplied Optoelectronics$122.19-6.1%
LCIDLucid$3.91-6.1%

Spotify closed the session's best performer at 5.24%, taking the stock to $513.73. GoPro, MicroStrategy, Iren, Applied Optoelectronics and Lucid all shed more than 6%.

Biggest movers · At the close Oct 6, 4:10pm ET

Gainers

CIENCiena$445.37+14.3%
CEGConstellation Energy$300.52+12.3%
FNFabrinet$488.18+7.6%
NBISNebius Group$250.1+7.5%
ALABAstera Labs$388.9+7.3%

Losers

TEMTempus AI$71.68-14.2%
STXSeagate Technology$806.34-9.1%
MRNAModerna$187.05-8.0%
APPSDigital Turbine$10.48-6.6%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.$182.3-6.5%

Nearly 29 points of spread separated the top and bottom of the board at Monday's close, with Ciena up 14.29% to $445.37 and Tempus AI down 14.21% to $71.68. Four of the five leaders sit in AI infrastructure names.

New insider tie · Form 3 Juan Andres

Oct 4, 8:00pm ET

Now Chief Operating Officer at Moderna, Inc.

Moderna put manufacturing veteran Juan Andres back in an operating seat as Jerh Collins retires, and the market read it as a launch-readiness move: the stock rose 5.71% on Oct. 5. For an $81.1 billion vaccine maker whose next act depends on getting new products out the door, who runs operations is the whole story.