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First Cut Stocks Market Actions

Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stocks

This First Cut seeks to identify the S&P 500 index stocks that have had the lowest price change compared to their peers over the last 52 weeks.

by Jack Gilleland | September 2022

This First Cut seeks to identify the S&P 500 index stocks that have had the lowest price change compared to their peers over the last 52 weeks. The S&P 500 is a market-capitalization-weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the U.S. The S&P 500 is regarded as one of the best gauges of the performance of prominent U.S. equities and, by extension, that of the overall market.

While 52 weeks is a short period relative to the investment time horizon of the individual investor, other factors included on the table can speak more to the current valuation, current earnings growth and future earnings growth estimates.

Many of the weakest performers saw much of their price change occur in the past 13 weeks. Additionally, 12 of the 30 stocks have seen negative diluted earnings from continuing operations for the most recent 12-month period.

Below are the bottom 30 S&P 500 stocks as measured by price change over the past 52 weeks, ranked by the magnitude of the decrease—largest to smallest. The S&P 500 fell by 6.3% over the same period analyzed (8/1/2021 to 8/1/2022).

Bottom 30 Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stocks (Ranked by 52-Week Price Change)

Discussion

BARRY J from TX posted over 3 years ago:

This list of the 30 worst performing SPX 500 stocks (that's the bottom 0.06%) contains a lot of recognizable "brand names" that were in on the short list (the other 0.06%) "must have in your" portfolio list over during recent bull market. What factors account for this dramatic fall? Did their Icarus-like strategies to escape the pull of Earthly gravity get them too close to the Sun? Even if they recover, it is worth investigating the defects in the leadership and strategies that enabled them to be the MOST vulnerable and MOST fragile. I cannot wait to read the creative explanations in their annual reports. I personally recommend they review the lessons in some old cartoons. Peanuts panels taught some of us not to trust every opportunity we are offered. Lucy promised repeatedly to hold (be his strategic partner) the football so Charlie Brown could fulfill his fantasy (strategy) to kick it and every time she thwarted his strategy. Pogo taught us we are all so self-absorbed that we ignore the obvious, "We have met the enemy ... and it is us." Earning a spot in the bottom 0.06% -- 1 out of 17 -- more difficult than getting into the "left tail" a 4 sigma distribution. That’s' a long way from getting back to average. It is difficult to believe the same people (Lucy) that got you into this mess will get you out of it. Charlie Brown was a slow learner. Are they?


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