5 Worst Dow Jones Stocks Of 2021 Include Disney, Boeing

The worst-performing Dow Jones stocks this twelvemonth see Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon (VZ), Boeing (BA) Amgen (AMGN) and Honeywell (HON).

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Disney banal and Verizon saw double-digit percent losses portion the wide Dow Jones banal scale finished up 18.7% for the year. Boeing stock, Amgen and Honeywell booked losses successful the azygous digits.

Worst Dow Jones Stock

Disney banal tumbled 14.5% successful 2021, making it the worst-performing Dow Jones banal for the year. DIS banal sank 8.4% successful Q4.

A slowdown successful Disney+ subscriber maturation wounded the media and amusement giant. In 2020, Disney's streaming work had offset the pandemic's antagonistic interaction connected different Disney businesses, ranging from movies to cruises to parks. But Disney+ subscriber maturation had slowed precocious arsenic Covid restrictions loosened and radical sought amusement extracurricular their homes. Then the omicron variant acceptable things backmost again.

Disney banal is trying to reclaim the 10-week enactment but remains good beneath the 40-week line. The comparative spot enactment is lagging, adjacent multiyear lows, according to MarketSmith illustration analysis. The RS enactment measures a company's show against the S&P 500 index.

For its latest quarter, Disney missed net and income views. But Wall Street analysts expect Disney net to leap 80% successful fiscal 2022 arsenic income ascent 24%. They're seen increasing further successful 2023, but astatine a slower pace.

Verizon Stock

Shares of Verizon fell 11.6% this year, earning the telecom elephantine the 2nd worst Dow banal title. In Q4, Verizon banal has dipped 3.8%.

Analysts pass that Verizon risks losing its "best network" presumption to T-Mobile (TMUS). It faces a pugnacious competitory situation much generally. For example, the institution relies connected cablegram companies Comcast and Charter Communication for its MVNO (mobile virtual web operator) deals, which underlie net growth.

Verizon banal has regained the 10-week enactment but remains good nether the 40-week line. Its RS enactment plunged this twelvemonth aft making a precocious successful 2020.

In its latest quarter, Verizon delivered a mixed report. Analysts foresee Verizon earnings rebounding 10% in all of 2021 arsenic income emergence 4%. Both net and income are seen falling successful 2022.

Boeing Stock

Shares of Boeing gave up 5.95% this year, making it the 3rd worst Dow stock. In Q4, Boeing banal sank 8.5%.

The plane-maker battled accumulation issues with the 787 Dreamliner successful 2021. And it faced lingering 737 Max issues aft the jets were grounded pursuing 2 fatal flights. Now Boeing's mulling a banal merchantability to wage down indebtedness from the 737 Max grounding.

Boeing banal is warring to instrumentality backmost the 10-week enactment and is beneath the 40-week line. The lagging RS enactment is astatine multiyear lows aft a plunge in 2019 and 2020.

For its latest quarter, Boeing posted an wide miss. But analysts expect the aerospace elephantine to trim nett losses per stock successful 2021. They spot Boeing net returning successful 2022 arsenic income leap 35%.

Honeywell Stock

Shares of Honeywell mislaid 2% this year, making it the 5th worst Dow Jones stock. In Q4, Honeywell banal retreated 1.8%.

The aerospace supplier faces proviso concatenation and ostentation challenges, analysts say. More generally, surging earthy worldly prices and proviso constraints raised costs for galore concern companies. Amid those woes, Honeywell's defence and abstraction concern was particularly hard hit.

Honeywell banal remains stuck beneath some the 10- and 40-week lines. The 10-week enactment is beneath the 40-week line, an uninspiring sign. The RS enactment for HON banal shows terrible lag.

For its latest quarter, Honeywell beat connected net but missed connected sales. Analysts forecast Honeywell net will grow 14% successful 2021 as sales emergence 6%. Growth rates are expected to beryllium astir akin successful 2022.

Amgen Stock

Shares of Amgen shed 2.15% this year, making it the 5th worst Dow Jones stock. In Q4, AMGN banal roseate 5.8%.

Amgen deed a grounds precocious successful January, but past plunged successful the aftermath of its Q4 2020 results. AMGN banal deed a 20-month debased earlier rebounding aboriginal December. Its RS enactment deed an 11-year low.

In each of 2021, Amgen net are seen rising conscionable 5%, with 7% maturation seen successful 2022.

Find Aparna Narayanan connected Twitter at @IBD_Aparna.

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