Here are the 20 worst-performing stocks among the S&P 500 in 2023

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The U.S. stock market staged a remarkable rally in 2023, but 173 stocks in the S&P 500 were still down for the year.

Here’s a roundup of how well the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 fared through 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday:

Sector or index

2023 price change

2022 price change

Price change since end of 2021

Forward P/E

Forward P/E at end of 2022

Forward P/E at end of 2021

Information Technology

57.1%

-28.9%

11.5%

26.7

20.0

28.2

Communication Services

54.9%

-40.4%

-7.6%

17.4

14.3

21.0

Consumer Discretionary

42.1%

-37.6%

-11.4%

26.2

21.7

34.7

Industrials

16.2%

-7.1%

8.0%

20.0

18.7

22.0

Materials

10.4%

-14.1%

-4.9%

19.5

15.8

16.6

Financials

10.2%

-12.4%

-3.4%

14.6

13.0

16.3

Real Estate

9.0%

-28.4%

-21.6%

18.3

16.9

24.7

Healthcare

0.3%

-3.6%

-3.3%

18.2

17.7

17.3

Consumer Staples

-2.3%

-3.2%

-5.4%

19.3

20.6

21.4

Energy

-4.7%

59.0%

51.8%

10.9

9.8

11.1

Utilities

-10.4%

-1.4%

-11.4%

15.9

18.7

20.4

S&P 500
SPX
24.6%

-19.4%

0.4%

19.7

16.8

21.6

Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA
13.8%

-8.8%

3.8%

17.6

16.6

18.9

Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP
44.2%

-33.1%

-3.5%

26.9

22.6

32.0

Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX
54.6%

-33.0%

3.5%

26.3

20.9

30.3

Source: FactSet

All price changes in this article exclude dividends.

Also read: These 20 stocks soared the most in 2023

Because the 2023 rally followed a dismal 2022, the table includes price changes from the end of 2021, as well as forward price-to-earnings values based on current data and those at the end of 2022 and 2021.

Here are the 20 stocks in the S&P 500 whose prices have fallen the most in 2023:

Company

Ticker

2023 price change

2022 price change

Price change since end of 2021

Forward P/E

Forward P/E at end of 2022

Forward P/E at end of 2021

FMC Corp.

FMC,
-0.79%
-49%

14%

-42%

14.1

14.9

14.2

Enphase Energy Inc.

ENPH,
-1.26%
-49%

45%

-26%

31.9

48.8

60.1

Dollar General Corp.

DG,
+0.30%
-45%

4%

-42%

18.3

20.2

21.2

Moderna Inc.

MRNA,
+0.01%
-44%

-29%

-61%

N/A

38.7

9.3

Pfizer Inc.

PFE,
-0.45%
-44%

-13%

-51%

12.5

10.5

9.7

Estee Lauder Cos. Class A

EL,
-0.88%
-41%

-33%

-60%

45.6

39.8

46.4

Paycom Software Inc.

PAYC,
-0.77%
-33%

-25%

-50%

25.4

42.3

73.9

Albemarle Corp.

ALB,
-4.23%
-33%

-7%

-38%

11.2

7.8

38.9

AES Corp.

AES,
-0.39%
-33%

18%

-20%

10.2

16.4

14.7

Etsy Inc.

ETSY,
-0.94%
-31%

-45%

-62%

31.3

44.9

64.0

VF Corp.

VFC,
-2.10%
-31%

-62%

-74%

10.5

11.9

20.4

Illumina Inc.

ILMN,
-2.25%
-30%

-47%

-63%

152.3

66.0

90.2

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL,
+0.20%
-30%

-7%

-34%

20.3

23.9

24.6

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

WBA,
-2.74%
-30%

-28%

-50%

7.7

8.1

10.4

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

BMY,
+0.22%
-29%

15%

-18%

7.1

9.0

7.9

NextEra Energy Inc.

NEE,
-0.69%
-27%

-10%

-35%

17.9

27.0

34.0

Eversource Energy

ES,
-0.61%
-27%

-8%

-32%

13.6

19.2

22.1

Insulet Corp.

PODD,
-1.37%
-26%

11%

-18%

87.4

260.4

194.9

Conagra Brands Inc.

CAG,
+0.39%
-26%

13%

-16%

10.5

15.2

13.3

Devon Energy Corp.

DVN,
-0.91%
-26%

40%

4%

7.6

7.0

8.4

Source: FactSet

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