The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is up a slender 0.05% in early afternoon trade, but it's not getting any help from these three ASX 200 stocks that are all plumbing 52-week-plus lows today.
Here's what's happening.
ASX 200 stocks sinking to 52-week-plus lows
The first company trading at one-year lows today is News Corp (ASX: NWS).
Shares in the diversified media conglomerate are down 0.3% at the time of writing, trading for $44.10. That's the lowest price since early November last year, with News Corp shares having closed in the red for the previous six trading days.
That selling follows a positive response to the ASX 200 stock's first-quarter (Q1 FY 2025) update, released on 7 November.
News Corp shares closed up 3% on the day, with the company reporting a 2% increase in revenue for the quarter to US$2.14 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) were up 5% to US$340 million.
Moving on to the second ASX 200 stock plumbing to one-year lows, we have Guzman Y Gomez (ASX: GYG).
Shares in the Mexican fast-food restaurant chain are down 4.2% at the time of writing, changing hands for $22 apiece. That's certainly unwelcome news to shareholders. Though not to the raft of short-sellers betting against the stock. Guzman Y Gomez shares are the sixth most shorted on the ASX this week, with a short interest of 11.8%.
Guzman Y Gomez began trading on the ASX on 20 June 2024, and shares are now at the lowest level since the company listed.
Which brings us to…
Also plunging to new all-time lows
The third ASX 200 stock marking new 52-week plus lows is TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPG).
Shares in Australia's third-largest telecommunications company are down 4% in afternoon trade today, at $3.65 each, after exiting Monday's trading halt. That marks a new all-time low for the stock.
TPG Telecom shares are under pressure today after the company announced it had raised $300 million through an Institutional Reinvestment Plan. TPG issued about 83 million new shares for $3.61 each. That's a 5% discount to last Friday's closing price of $3.81.
Speaking of last Friday, the ASX 200 stock closed down a precipitous 31.1% on the day.
However, as the Motley Fool's James Mickleboro noted on the day, the sell-down wasn't nearly as tough for existing shareholders as you might think.
That's because TPG Telecom traded ex-dividend on Friday for an outsized capital return. That was comprised of a $1.52 per share capital reduction and a 9-cent per share unfranked dividend.
That saw investors achieve a whopping 28.8% yield relative to the previous day's closing price.
