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CVS Health is the best performing stock in the S&P 500 this year

Tesla is the worst, as of Tuesday’s close.

This year's top performing stock is none other than CVS Health, which is leading healthcare stocks' healthy comeback in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. The massive drugstore franchise has returned 46% to date this year, thanks to its fourth quarter that smashed Wall Street estimates.

With CVS's struggling rival Walgreens also rising — although for a different reason, as the company is set to be taken private — alongside biotech and pharma companies Gilead Sciences, Baxter, and AbbVie all sporting double-digit percentage gains in 2025, healthcare stocks are dominating the S&P 500’s top ten gainers list, taking up seven out of the top ten.

Although the company is making a surge this morning, as of yesterday’s close Teslawas officially the worst performing stock of the S&P 500 this year, down 43% since the start of 2025. Elon Musk’s once-popular EV company is now trading below where it was before the election, hurt by dropping international sales and increasingly bearish Wall Street analysts. Also finding themselves towards the bottom of the list is UGG-maker and Hoka sneaker owner Deckers.

Note: Data as of Tuesday’s close (March 11, 2025).

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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