One day after the Nasdaq Composite Index rose more than 3%, in what appeared to be a positive reaction by investors to the Federal Reserve’s latest moves to fight inflation, U.S. stocks reversed on May 5 with brutal volatility.
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The Nasdaq COMP, -4.99% sank 5% on Thursday, more than reversing its gains over the previous three trading sessions. The tech-weighted index has now fallen 21.3% for 2022 (excluding dividends).
Diving into the index’s large-cap non-financial subset (tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ, -5.04% ), here are the 13 stocks among the Nasdaq-100 NDX, -5.06% that had the biggest two-day swings — 12% or more:
| Company | Ticker | Two-day high/low price swing | Price change – May 5 | Price change – 2022 | Decline from 52-week high | Date of 52-week intraday high |
| Match Group Inc. | MTCH, -8.35% | 23.3% | -8.3% | -41.9% | -57.8% | 10/21/2021 |
| Datadog Inc. Class A | DDOG, -5.99% | 18.8% | -6.0% | -37.2% | -44.0% | 11/17/2021 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A | CTSH, -12.75% | 16.4% | -12.8% | -17.0% | -21.3% | 03/22/2022 |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | BKNG, +3.26% | 15.6% | 3.3% | -9.5% | -20.0% | 02/16/2022 |
| eBay Inc. | EBAY, -11.72% | 15.2% | -11.7% | -27.8% | -40.8% | 10/22/2021 |
| Fortinet Inc. | FTNT, -0.99% | 14.4% | -1.0% | -20.8% | -23.5% | 12/29/2021 |
| Pinduoduo Inc. ADR Class A | PDD, -11.18% | 14.3% | -11.2% | -30.9% | -71.9% | 06/01/2021 |
| MercadoLibre Inc. | MELI, -10.75% | 14.3% | -10.7% | -32.3% | -53.6% | 09/02/2021 |
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | CRWD, -9.69% | 13.3% | -9.7% | -11.6% | -39.4% | 11/10/2021 |
| Zscaler Inc. | ZS, -8.86% | 12.7% | -8.9% | -40.7% | -49.4% | 11/19/2021 |
| Airbnb Inc. Class A | ABNB, -8.38% | 12.7% | -8.4% | -14.1% | -32.7% | 11/17/2021 |
| Moderna Inc. | MRNA, -8.40% | 12.1% | -8.4% | -44.1% | -71.5% | 08/10/2021 |
| DocuSign Inc. | DOCU, -8.56% | 12.0% | -8.6% | -46.9% | -74.3% | 08/10/2021 |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
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Jump in or head for the hills?
Buying “on the dips” hasn’t been a very good trading strategy this year:
But there are always investors looking to ride a recovery. If you are one of those, analysts polled by FactSet believe that eight of the volatile stocks listed above are worth a second look.
Leaving the list in the same order, here’s a summary of analysts’ opinions and consensus price targets:
| Company | Ticker | Share “buy” ratings | Consensus price target | Closing price – May 5 | Implied 12-month upside potential |
| Match Group Inc. | MTCH, -8.35% | 86% | $ 122.38 | $ 76.88 | 59% |
| Datadog Inc. Class A | DDOG, -5.99% | 79% | $ 179.76 | $ 111.87 | 61% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A | CTSH, -12.75% | 48% | $ 93.14 | $ 73.60 | 27% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | BKNG, +3.26% | 68% | $ 2,781.75 | $ 2,171.91 | 28% |
| eBay Inc. | EBAY, -11.72% | 41% | $ 59.60 | $ 48.04 | 24% |
| Fortinet Inc. | FTNT, -0.99% | 59% | $ 365.24 | $ 284.52 | 28% |
| Pinduoduo Inc. ADR Class A | PDD, -11.18% | 80% | $ 65.51 | $ 40.28 | 63% |
| MercadoLibre Inc. | MELI, -10.75% | 91% | $ 1,588.64 | $ 913.22 | 74% |
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | CRWD, -9.69% | 93% | $ 272.75 | $ 180.98 | 51% |
| Zscaler Inc. | ZS, -8.86% | 79% | $ 324.60 | $ 190.41 | 70% |
| Airbnb Inc. Class A | ABNB, -8.38% | 43% | $ 192.50 | $ 143.09 | 35% |
| Moderna Inc. | MRNA, -8.40% | 48% | $ 234.47 | $ 142.02 | 65% |
| DocuSign Inc. | DOCU, -8.56% | 48% | $ 104.06 | $ 80.93 | 29% |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
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