25 worst stocks (1926-2022)

The 25 Worst Stocks by Shareholder Wealth Losses (1926-2022)

Among publicly-listed U.S. companies, the 25 worst stocks have lost shareholders a collective $1.2 trillion since 1926. Put another way, just 0.1% of all stocks have led to 14% of all cumulative losses in shareholder wealth.

In this graphic, we use data from Henrik Bessembinder of Arizona State University to show the worst stocks of the last century

 

 

The 25 Worst Stocks in Modern History

With this context in mind, here are the worst stocks since 1926.

Rank	Company	Lifetime Wealth Losses	First Month	Last Month
1	WORLDCOM	-$102B	Dec‐80	Jul‐02
2	RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE	-$92B	Dec‐21	Dec‐22
3	VIAVI SOLUTIONS	-$87B	Dec‐93	Dec‐22
4	LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES	-$85B	May‐96	Nov‐06
5	WACHOVIA	-$68B	Jan‐73	Dec‐08
6	DUPONT DE NEMOURS	-$60B	Oct‐17	Dec‐22
7	DAIMLER	-$60B	Dec‐98	Jun‐10
8	QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL	-$59B	Jul‐97	Mar‐11
9	COUPANG	-$55B	Apr‐21	Dec‐22
10	NORTEL NETWORKS	-$54B	Dec‐75	Jan‐09
11	DEUTSCHE BANK	-$47B	Nov‐01	Dec‐22
12	COINBASE	-$45B	May‐21	Dec‐22
13	SPRINT NEXTEL	-$40B	May‐63	Jul‐13
14	BROADWING	-$38B	Aug‐00	Jan‐07
15	TIME WARNER	-$37B	Apr‐92	Jun‐18
16	KRAFT HEINZ	-$35B	Aug‐15	Dec‐22
17	ARCELORMITTAL SA LUXEMBOURG	-$35B	Sep‐97	Dec‐22
18	PALM	-$34B	Apr‐00	Jun‐10
19	UBER	-$34B	Jun‐19	Dec‐22
20	GLOBAL CROSSING	-$33B	Sep‐98	Oct‐11
21	DOORDASH	-$32B	Jan‐21	Dec‐22
22	PARAMOUNT	-$30B	Jul‐87	Dec‐22
23	SNOWFLAKE	-$30B	Oct‐20	Dec‐22
24	SYCAMORE NETWORKS	-$29B	Nov‐99	Mar‐13
25	AIRBNB	-$27B	Jan‐21	Dec‐22

 

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