Nearly 8% of the S&P 500 has taken a bath this week — 39 stocks fell at least 10%

This stock market is very sensitive to any hint of an increase in interest rates, so it may be no surprise that many tech high-flyers have been falling to earth.

But there are others whose shareholders are feeling the pain; 39 components of the S&P 500 have fallen 10% for a range of reasons.

For example, homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc.
DHI,
-6.17%
was down 6.2% on Jan. 7, when the benchmark S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.41%
declined only 0.4%. Why would the company’s shares fall so much in only one day when demand for housing in the U.S. is so high? Because even though mortgage loan rates are still at historically low levels, their recent increase to their highest levels in a year has put some people into panic mode.

The decline in the U.S. unemployment rate to 3.9% in December, the high inflation rate and this week’s release of the minutes of the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting all have investors expecting a significant increase in interest rates. That means more demand for bonds as yields become more attractive. And that can put downward pressure on the stock market, especially tech stocks that trade at high valuations to earnings.

To be sure, not all of these declines have been caused by the fear of rising interest rates. Humana Inc.
HUM,
-1.19%
is the worst performer of 2022 among the S&P 500. The shares plunged 19% on Jan. 6 after the company lowered its guidance for membership growth for individual Medicare Advantage plans in 2022. CEO Bruce Broussard made several comments about the company being “disadvantaged,” but pointed to 2023 for expected investments to better compete in that market.

The S&P 500 Index has pulled back 1.9% so far in 2022 through the close on Jan. 7. (All price changes in this article exclude dividends). But 125 components of the index are down at least 5% this year.

Here are the 39 stocks in the S&P 500 that have fallen at least 10% this year:

Company

Ticker

Price change – 2022

Price change – Jan. 7

Closing price – Jan. 7

Decline from 52-week high

Date of 52-week high

Humana Inc.

HUM,
-1.19%
-21.7%

-1.2%

$363.17

-23.6%

05/10/2021

Enphase Energy Inc.

ENPH,
-4.20%
-20.7%

-4.2%

$145.13

-48.6%

11/22/2021

Bio-Techne Corp.

TECH,
-2.64%
-19.7%

-2.6%

$415.28

-23.6%

09/23/2021

Align Technology Inc.

ALGN,
-3.63%
-16.8%

-3.6%

$546.99

-25.8%

09/23/2021

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

WST,
-4.24%
-16.7%

-4.2%

$390.47

-17.9%

09/09/2021

EPAM Systems Inc.

EPAM,
-3.86%
-16.7%

-3.9%

$556.68

-23.3%

11/05/2021

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

IDXX,
-4.52%
-16.4%

-4.5%

$550.30

-22.2%

07/29/2021

Moderna Inc.

MRNA,
-1.02%
-15.8%

-1.0%

$213.86

-57.0%

08/10/2021

Etsy Inc.

ETSY,
-5.99%
-15.4%

-6.0%

$185.15

-39.8%

11/26/2021

Paycom Software Inc.

PAYC,
-0.29%
-14.3%

-0.3%

$355.80

-36.3%

11/02/2021

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.

CDAY,
-0.75%
-14.3%

-0.8%

$89.57

-31.3%

11/03/2021

Bath & Body Works Inc.

BBWI,
-3.91%
-14.2%

-3.9%

$59.90

-27.0%

11/18/2021

Zoetis Inc. Class A

ZTS,
-2.91%
-13.5%

-2.9%

$211.09

-15.3%

12/30/2021

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.

CRL,
-1.58%
-12.8%

-1.6%

$328.68

-28.6%

09/24/2021

ServiceNow Inc.

NOW,
-1.33%
-12.7%

-1.3%

$566.39

-20.0%

11/04/2021

Fortinet Inc.

FTNT,
+0.21%
-12.4%

0.2%

$314.66

-15.4%

12/29/2021

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Class A

BIO,
-2.98%
-12.2%

-3.0%

$663.16

-20.4%

09/02/2021

DexCom Inc.

DXCM,
-2.38%
-12.2%

-2.4%

$471.49

-28.5%

11/18/2021

D.R. Horton Inc.

DHI,
-6.17%
-12.2%

-6.2%

$95.24

-13.8%

12/13/2021

Intuit Inc.

INTU,
-3.10%
-11.8%

-3.2%

$567.56

-20.8%

11/19/2021

Lennar Corp. Class A

LEN,
-4.74%
-11.4%

-4.7%

$102.95

-12.4%

12/13/2021

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.

SEDG,
+0.27%
-11.3%

0.3%

$248.91

-36.1%

11/22/2021

ABIOMED Inc.

ABMD,
-5.10%
-11.1%

-5.1%

$319.28

-17.6%

01/28/2021

Pool Corp.

POOL,
-3.33%
-11.1%

-3.3%

$503.17

-13.6%

11/19/2021

Cadence Design Systems Inc.

CDNS,
-4.10%
-10.9%

-4.1%

$166.02

-13.8%

12/28/2021

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A

ZBRA,
-4.38%
-10.8%

-4.4%

$530.86

-13.7%

12/10/2021

Iron Mountain Inc.

IRM,
+0.04%
-10.6%

0.0%

$46.79

-11.9%

12/31/2021

SBA Communications Corp. Class A

SBAC,
-0.36%
-10.6%

-0.4%

$347.91

-11.1%

12/31/2021

Accenture Plc Class A

ACN,
-1.92%
-10.6%

-1.9%

$370.75

-11.2%

12/29/2021

Gartner Inc.

IT,
-2.23%
-10.4%

-2.2%

$299.39

-18.9%

11/02/2021

Synopsys Inc.

SNPS,
-4.24%
-10.4%

-4.2%

$330.36

-12.5%

12/28/2021

Cintas Corp.

CTAS,
-1.38%
-10.3%

-1.4%

$397.42

-13.9%

12/13/2021

Netflix Inc.

NFLX,
-2.21%
-10.2%

-2.2%

$541.06

-22.8%

11/17/2021

Salesforce.com Inc.

CRM,
-0.37%
-10.2%

-0.4%

$228.31

-26.8%

11/09/2021

Danaher Corp.

DHR,
-2.71%
-10.1%

-2.7%

$295.67

-11.5%

09/10/2021

Tyler Technologies Inc.

TYL,
-2.03%
-10.1%

-2.0%

$483.59

-13.3%

11/17/2021

Generac Holdings Inc.

GNRC,
-0.26%
-10.1%

-0.3%

$316.55

-39.6%

11/02/2021

Copart Inc.

CPRT,
-3.58%
-10.0%

-3.6%

$136.41

-15.3%

11/16/2021

Source: FactSet

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