You must admit it’s a happy problem to have when your stock hits a 52-week high.
The surge in the share price may signal that the business is improving and reporting higher profits, free cash flow, and dividends.
But what should you do now?
Is it better to sell the stock and to another, hold it for more upside, or to buy even more if the business continues to grow?
This decision will depend on the attractiveness of the company and whether it has the potential to continue doing well in the long term.
We highlight five Singapore stocks that recently hit their 52-week highs, and you can decide if you should buy more, hold, or sell them.
DFI Retail Group (SGX: D01)
DFI Retail Group is a pan-Asian retailer operating around 7,700 outlets and employing over 85,000 people as of 31 May 2025.
The retailer’s share price has shot up almost 20% year-to-date (YTD) and recently hit its 52-week high of US$2.84.
DFI Retail Group released its interim management statement for the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025).
For 1Q 2025, underlying subsidiary sales were 1% lower year on year, but underlying profit shot up 28% year on year once divestments are excluded.
The group is evolving its portfolio to focus more on high-growth, high-margin businesses.
To this end, it announced the sale of its Singapore Cold Storage and Giant stores back in March 2025 for S$125 million.
In February, DFI Retail also completed the sale of its stake in Yonghui Superstores, netting proceeds which were used to pay down US$617 million of debt.
Because of this, the retailer ended the quarter in a net cash position of US$127 million.
Boustead Singapore (SGX: F9D)
Boustead Singapore, or BSL, is a conglomerate with four divisions – energy engineering, real estate, geospatial technology, and healthcare.
Boustead’s share price has risen 21.4% YTD to hit its 52-week high of S$1.25.
The conglomerate reported a mixed set of earnings for its fiscal 2025 (FY2025) ending 31 March 2025.
Revenue plunged 31% year on year to S$527.1 million as the group carried a much lower order book at the end of FY2024.
However, gross profit improved by 3% year on year to S$233.3 million because of effective cost control.
Net profit after adjusting for one-off items rose 8% year on year to S$68.6 million.
In light of the improved profit, BSL declared a final dividend of S$0.04 and a special dividend of S$0.02, taking its FY2025 total dividend to S$0.075.
VICOM (SGX: WJP)
VICOM is a leading test and inspection centre for vehicles, and the group also performs non-vehicle testing in areas such as biochemical, mechanical, and non-destructive testing.
VICOM’s share price has climbed steadily in recent months to hit its 52-week high of S$1.46, and is up nearly 10% YTD.
The test and inspection firm reported a commendable set of earnings for 1Q 2025.
Revenue jumped 19% year on year to S$33.3 million, aided by the installation of on-board units (OBUs) for the electronic road pricing 2.0.
A total of 53,000 OBUs were installed in 1Q 2025 compared with 35,000 in the previous corresponding quarter.
Operating profit increased by 8.7% year on year to S$9 million while net profit improved by 7.5% year on year to S$7.5 million.
VICOM also churned out a positive free cash flow of S$4.5 million for the quarter.
Sabana REIT (SGX: M1GU)
Sabana REIT owns a diversified portfolio of 18 properties in Singapore with total assets under management of around S$1 billion as of 31 December 2024.
The industrial REIT’s unit price shot up 11.1% YTD and hit its 52-week high of S$0.41 recently.
The REIT reported a sturdy set of results for 1Q 2025 with gross revenue rising 4.6% year on year to S$29.1 million.
The better results were because of higher occupancy at a multi-tenanted building, coupled with positive rental reversions across the portfolio.
Net property income climbed 22% year on year to S$16 million, and distributable income per unit surged 26.5% year on year to S$0.0086.
Occupancy improved slightly quarter-on-quarter to 86.4%, and the REIT continued to log a strong positive rental reversion of 15.3% for 1Q 2025.
Hongkong Land Holdings (SGX: H78)
Hongkong Land Holdings, or HKL, is a property development, management, and investment group.
The group’s real estate footprint spans more than 830,000 square metres of property in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai.
HKL’s share price has risen almost 25% YTD to hit its 52-week high of US$5.54.
Back in October 2024, the property group announced a strategic review to unlock value for shareholders and double its dividend by 2035.
For its 1Q 2025 business update, management announced the sale of office floors and selected office space of One Exchange Square in Hong Kong for around US$810 million.
This transaction means that the group has secured 30% of its target to recycle at least US$4 billion of capital by the end of 2027.
In the longer term, HKL aims to recycle up to US$10 billion of capital over 10 years.
The group’s underlying profit for 1Q 2025 remained flat year on year and had net gearing of 16% with committed liquidity of US$3.2 billion.
For Singapore, rental reversions were positive and on a committed basis, vacancy remained very low at just 0.8%.
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Disclosure: Royston Yang owns shares of VICOM and Boustead Singapore.
