The 10 Worst Stocks of 2025

I wanted to take a look at some of the companies that have been hit the hardest this year.

Here's a cool link to a site that will let you see all the SP500 companies and how they've performed year-to-date (YTD)

The Stinky 10

FiServ (-69% YTD)
FiServ has been hammered as growth in its merchant-services segment slowed sharply while competition from Stripe, Adyen, and Square intensified. Investors have also punished the stock over concerns that legacy payment infrastructure is losing relevance in a world moving toward software-integrated financial stacks. Margin pressure and weaker guidance have fueled a sentiment shift away from the once-steady compounder.
The Trade Desk (-66% YTD)
The Trade Desk suffered a dramatic rerating as digital ad budgets decelerated and retail media networks began capturing more incremental ad dollars. Concerns around the long-term effectiveness of UID2 and signal loss after cookie deprecation added uncertainty. With TTD priced for perfection entering 2025, even modestly slower growth led to a steep multiple contraction.
Deckers Brands (-54% YTD)
Deckers, despite strong fundamentals, was crushed after signs of cooling consumer demand in high-end discretionary shoes, especially HOKA. Investors fear the brand has peaked in its hypergrowth phase and now faces tougher comps and rising marketing costs. The market is questioning whether margins can stay elevated in a more competitive athletic-footwear landscape.
Gartner (-51% YTD)
Gartner’s core enterprise spend has slowed as companies tighten research and advisory budgets heading into an uncertain macro environment. The stock had accumulated a premium multiple after years of consistent growth, which made it vulnerable to even small disappointments. Weak forward bookings and concerns that AI may reshape how companies consume research have further pressured sentiment.
Lululemon Athletica (-51% YTD)
Lululemon has been hit by slowing North American growth, rising inventory levels, and intensifying competition from both incumbents and upstart athleisure brands. Margins have come under pressure due to higher discounting and expansion costs abroad. Investors are questioning whether the brand can maintain its cultural dominance and pricing power.
Molina Healthcare (-49% YTD)
Molina fell sharply as medical cost ratios rose and states renegotiated Medicaid contracts on less favorable terms. The company also faces rising reimbursement uncertainty heading into a turbulent political year. Any deterioration in enrollment quality or margin outlook tends to hit Medicaid-focused insurers particularly hard.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (-45% YTD)
Alexandria has struggled with the continued downturn in life-sciences funding and reduced lab-space demand from biotech tenants. Higher interest rates have pressured REIT valuations broadly, but ARE was especially vulnerable due to its development pipeline. Vacancy fears and questions around long-term demand for specialized lab real estate have driven the selloff.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (-42% YTD)
Chipotle saw its once-premium multiple compress as traffic growth slowed and menu-price increases pushed consumers to trade down. Labor and commodity costs also squeezed margins, challenging the company’s reputation for operational excellence. Even though Chipotle remains strong fundamentally, investor expectations simply grew too high.
Charter Communications (-41% YTD)
Charter has been hit by continued broadband subscriber losses as fiber and fixed-wireless competitors gain traction. Heavy capex spending on its network upgrade strategy has also worried investors who see limited payoff in the near term. With cord-cutting accelerating, the entire cable bundle thesis is being reevaluated.
FactSet (-41% YTD)
FactSet slid as buy-side demand weakened and fears rose that AI-driven research tools could erode its competitive moat. Sluggish net-new ACV and higher customer churn have pressured growth rates. The market is also concerned that FDS lacks the AI defensibility of larger data competitors like Bloomberg or Refinitiv.

I'm going to take a quick look at all of these for this week's video! Maybe we'll find something in one of them :)