By The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index has declined 20.6%.
Below are two lists of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.88%
this year.
First, here are the 10 companies whose market capitalizations have dropped the most during 2022, through the close on June 30. The 2021 figures are for all of that year.
They aren’t necessarily the worst performers in the benchmark index on a percentage basis, but the companies are so large that their market values have plunged the most — hopefully only paper losses for investors who were patient enough to hold on in a plunging market:
Company
Ticker
Change in market cap – 2022
Price change – 2022
Price change – 2021
Apple Inc.
-$700,446
-23.0%
33.8%
Amazon.com Inc.
-$610,379
-36.3%
2.4%
Microsoft Corp.
-$604,244
-23.6%
51.2%
Alphabet Inc. Class A
-$579,820
-24.8%
65.3%
Meta Platforms Inc. Class A
-$552,105
-52.1%
23.1%
Tesla Inc.
-$363,617
-36.3%
49.8%
Nvidia Corp.
-$356,300
-48.5%
125.3%
Netflix Inc.
-$189,771
-71.0%
11.4%
Home Depot Inc.
-$151,272
-33.9%
56.2%
PayPal Holdings Inc.
-$140,691
-63.0%
-19.5%
Source: FactSet
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The market cap decline for Alphabet Inc. is for the company’s combined Class A
GOOGL,
-2.45%
and Class C
GOOG,
-2.57%
shares.
Here are the 10 stocks in the S&P 500 that have fallen the most during 2022 on a percentage basis. Again, the 2021 figures are for 12 months.
Company
Ticker
Change in market cap – 2022
Price change – 2022
Price change – 2021
Netflix Inc.
-$189,771
-71.0%
11.4%
Etsy Inc.
-$18,451
-66.6%
23.1%
Align Technology Inc.
-$33,170
-64.0%
23.0%
PayPal Holdings Inc.
-$140,691
-63.0%
-19.5%
Bath & Body Works Inc.
-$11,829
-61.4%
132.2%
Caesars Entertainment Inc.
-$11,784
-59.1%
25.9%
Carnival Corp.
-$11,178
-57.0%
-7.1%
EPAM Systems Inc.
-$21,067
-55.9%
86.5%
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.
-$8,620
-54.9%
-2.0%
Royal Caribbean Group
-$10,693
-54.6%
3.0%
Source: FactSet
Netflix Inc.
NFLX,
-1.96%
and PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
-2.28%
made both lists.
Now read about the prospects for the second half of 2022:
