Worst Stocks Of 2023’s First Half: Battered Banks And Vaccine Makers

The slump in energy, healthcare and utility stocks follows a year in which the three sectors were the only positive returners on the S&P. The energy sector gained 66% in 2022 as soaring oil and commodity prices led to record profits at oil and gas giants like Chevron and Exxon, whose shares each touched all-time highs last year. But the well’s run dry for the sector thus far this year as energy prices stabilized.

Pfizer and Moderna’s combined market capitalization is down some $260 billion from September 2021 as each reported 30% and 70% annual declines in revenue during 2023’s first quarter and forecasted further pain as the pandemic subsides.Small and mid-sized banks “will have a very difficult time moving forward,” Wells Fargo Investment Institute Sameer Samana said on a conference call last month, putting a sell rating for the regional banking stocks even after they plunged following prior failures.

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