Deep Dive: These 21 large-cap stocks have now crashed at least 50%

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Stocks soured on April 26, with major declines for broad indexes that underlined what a difficult year it has been, so far, for technology stocks.

Below is a list of 21 large-cap stocks that have dropped at least 50% from their 52-week highs.

The trading action for the indexes took a turn for the worse ahead of a slew of earnings announcements for major tech companies.

  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average
    DJIA,
    -2.38%

    fell 809 points (or 2.4%) on Tuesday to close at 33,240 points. The Dow has now declined 8.5% for 2022 and 10% from its intraday high set on Jan. 5. (All price changes in this article exclude dividends.)

  • The benchmark S&P 500 Index
    SPX,
    -2.81%

    was down 2.8% for the session. It has fallen 12.4% year-to-date and 13.4% from its intraday high on Jan. 4.

  • The worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 was Tesla Inc.
    TSLA,
    -12.18%
    ,
    which sank 12.2%. Shares of Tesla have now declined 17.1% in 2022 and are down 29.5% from their intraday high on Nov. 4. Tuesday’s decline followed an agreement on April 25 for Twitter Inc.
    TWTR,
    -3.91%

    to be acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk for $44 billion in cash.

  • The Nasdaq Composite Index
    COMP,
    -3.95%

    dropped 4% and is now down 20.2% for 2022 and 23% from its intraday high, which was set on Nov. 22.

  • The Nasdaq-100 Index
    NDX,
    -3.87%

    slipped 3.9%. It has fallen 20.3% this year and is down 22.4% from its intraday high on Nov. 22. (The Nasaq-100 is made up of the largest non-financial stocks in the Nasdaq Composite Index. It is therefore heavily weighted toward technology stocks. It is tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust
    QQQ,
    -3.77%
    .
    )

Tech stocks suffer biggest declines

Combining the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 and removing duplicates produces a list of 519 stocks and American depositary receipts listed on U.S. exchanges.

Among these 519 stocks, 21 have fallen 50% or more from their 52-week intraday highs:

Company

Ticker

Decline from 52-week high

Date of 52-week intraday high

Price change – April 26

Price change – 2022

Price change – 2021

Pinduoduo Inc. ADR Class A

PDD,
-2.13%
-75.9%

04/28/2021

-2.1%

-40.2%

-67.2%

Zoom Video Communications Inc. Class A

ZM,
-3.98%
-75.8%

07/07/2021

-4.0%

-46.5%

-45.5%

DocuSign Inc.

DOCU,
-6.18%
-73.2%

08/10/2021

-6.2%

-44.6%

-31.5%

PayPal Holdings Inc.

PYPL,
-4.65%
-73.0%

07/26/2021

-4.6%

-55.6%

-19.5%

Netflix Inc.

NFLX,
-5.48%
-71.7%

11/17/2021

-5.5%

-67.1%

11.4%

Moderna Inc.

MRNA,
-3.07%
-70.7%

08/10/2021

-3.1%

-42.6%

143.1%

Lucid Group Inc.

LCID,
-8.74%
-69.5%

11/17/2021

-8.7%

-53.6%

280.1%

Etsy Inc.

ETSY,
-1.91%
-67.5%

11/26/2021

-1.9%

-54.3%

23.1%

EPAM Systems Inc.

EPAM,
-5.39%
-63.5%

11/05/2021

-5.4%

-60.4%

86.5%

Penn National Gaming Inc.

PENN,
-4.33%
-61.9%

04/27/2021

-4.3%

-29.2%

-40.0%

IPG Photonics Corp.

IPGP,
-4.38%
-60.4%

04/27/2021

-4.4%

-46.2%

-23.1%

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.

CDAY,
-4.11%
-56.9%

11/03/2021

-4.1%

-46.2%

-2.0%

Match Group Inc.

MTCH,
-3.66%
-56.3%

10/21/2021

-3.7%

-39.9%

-12.5%

Generac Holdings Inc.

GNRC,
-6.27%
-56.1%

11/02/2021

-6.3%

-34.7%

54.8%

Biogen Inc.

BIIB,
-3.52%
-55.8%

06/07/2021

-3.5%

-13.7%

-2.0%

Okta Inc. Class A

OKTA,
-6.29%
-54.7%

04/27/2021

-6.3%

-42.1%

-11.8%

Meta Platforms Inc. Class A

FB

-52.9%

09/01/2021

-3.2%

-46.2%

23.1%

Align Technology Inc.

ALGN,
-2.05%
-51.0%

09/23/2021

-2.0%

-45.0%

23.0%

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

WYNN,
-5.53%
-50.1%

06/02/2021

-5.5%

-19.8%

-24.6%

Atlassian Corp. PLC Class A

TEAM,
-4.20%
-49.7%

10/29/2021

-4.2%

-36.3%

63.0%

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.

CRL,
-8.55%
-49.7%

09/24/2021

-8.6%

-38.5%

50.8%

Source: FactSet

Click on the tickers for more about each company.

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