This is a list of the 10 worst-performing stocks of 2014 in the S&P 500 according to FactSet. Six of the 10 worst-performing stocks were from the energy sector. Oil and gas driller Transocean suffered the biggest loses in the S&P 500 in 2014.
10 Worst-performing S&P 500 stocks of 2014
Coach Inc. COH $36.83 -33% -30% 37%
Whole Foods Market Inc. WFM $39.14 -32% 27% 183%
Mattel Inc. MAT $34.49 -25% 46% 131%
Staples Inc. SPLS $11.68 -25% -13% -39%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY $64.26 -20% 13% 73%
Best Buy Co. BBY $31.89 -19% 37% -4%
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. DO $43.94 -19% -19% -35%
Transocean Ltd. RIG $38.65 -18% -21% -43%
Peabody Energy Corp. BTU $15.88 -17% -66% -50%
Avon Products Co. AVP $14.04 -17% -31% -50%
The total returns assume dividends are reinvested.
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