Biggest S&P 500 winners and losers of 2017: Tech, health care and home builders lead – MarketWatch
nrg shares benefited from a gain of more than 43% in one week in July, after the utility said it would shift its focus from renewables and sell power plants in a bid to become more efficient.
As for align, the company has consistently beat wall street earnings and revenue estimates for the past three quarters, and 12 of the 13 analysts covering the company have a buy or overweight rating on the stock.
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The worst performer was baker hughes us:bhge, but to be fair, that dent in performance was due to the shareholders of the former baker hughes inc. earning a special cash dividend of $17.50 per share on July 6 after General Electric Co. acquired the company.
a component of the dow jones djia industrial average, +1.63% appeared on each best and worst list. while shares of boeing co. ba, +2.53% emerged as the fifth-best performing stock in the s&p 500 index, helped along by a “near-perfect” earnings report in july, general electric co. ge, +2.95% of shares made the top 10 list of worst performers as stocks have been consistently punished as the industrial conglomerate seeks to redefine itself himself under the chairmanship of John Flannery.
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By comparison, the S&P 500 expects to close 20% higher this year, with tech stocks the best performer, up almost 34%, and telecom stocks the worst performer, up nearly 34%. drop of almost 13%. The S&P fared worse than the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index for the year.
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shares of vertex pharmaceuticals inc. vrtx, -1.02% have been on a steady rise throughout the year and received an increase of more than 20% in one day in July thanks to the positive results from a study of a drug for cystic fibrosis.
Chipmakers grabbed some of the top 10 with shares of micron technology inc. mu, +3.80% and nvidia corp. nvda, +5.92%, benefiting from trends in growing data centers, while shares of d.r. horton inc. dhi, +4.67% and pultegroup inc. phm, +4.62% have benefited from increased construction and record confidence levels.
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While energy names like range resources corp. and chesapeake energy corp. struggled, stocks in consumer-facing companies like under armor inc. andmattel inc. took a beating this year over earnings issues. Furthermore, Mattel bonds were recently downgraded to “junk” and there is no definite word on whether Hasbro Inc. has, +0.63% will acquire his rival.
Shares of advance auto parts inc. were among the worst 10, even after the shares rose in early November following better-than-expected quarterly results.
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