Investing
The Best- and the Worst-Performing Stocks of First Quarter 2001
Dan Bernstein
03/30/01 - 06:52 PM EST
No matter how you slice it, it was an ugly first quarter. However, there were some winners -- big ones, in fact. The list below shows the best of the best on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The general theme among the Big Board winners is retail, while a few beaten-down old tech stocks turned it around during this first quarter on the Nasdaq. | The Best of Both Worlds The top 15 performers on the Big Board and the Nasdaq for the first quarter 2001 with a minimum market capitalization of $1 billion* | |||
| NYSE | Nasdaq | ||
| Company Name | Quarterly Return | Company Name | Quarterly Return |
| Rite Aid | 191.4% | Earthlink | 132.3% |
| Service Corp. Int'l | 148 | Nvidia | 111 |
| Arch Coal | 115.6 | Network Associates | 85.1 |
| Advanced Micro Devices | 104.9 | Lam Research | 77.6 |
| Massey Energy | 97 | Efficient Networks | 75.2 |
| Dillard's | 85.1 | Electronic For Imaging | 74 |
| Kmart | 81.6 | Informix | 65.3 |
| Blockbuster | 75.5 | Compuware | 56.5 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 64.3 | Dell Computer | 54.5 |
| Visx | 58.9 | Radio One | 52 |
| Owens-Illinois | 52.6 | Apple Computer | 51.5 |
| Cendant | 50.6 | ASE Test | 42.6 |
| Toys 'R Us | 49.6 | Worldcom | 36.2 |
| Freeport-MCM | 49 | Semtech | 34.8 |
| Autonation | 48.3 | Electronic Arts | 31.7 |
| *Through March 29. | |||
| The Worst of Both Worlds The bottom 15 performers on the Big Board and the Nasdaq for the first quarter 2001 with a minimum market capitalization of $1 billion* | |||
| NYSE | Nasdaq | ||
| Applera - App Biosystems | -71.6% | Ariba | -85.1% |
| Corning | -62.2 | TIBCO Software | -83.1 |
| Nortel Networks | -57.9 | Brocade Communications | -78.9 |
| EMC | -55.4 | Applied Micro Circuits | -77.3 |
| C-Mac Industries | -53.6 | Emulex | -76.8 |
| Perkinelmer | -52.9 | Webmethods | -75.5 |
| Celestica | -49.3 | Network Appliance | -74.6 |
| Amer Tower | -49.2 | i2 Technologies | -74.4 |
| Entravision Communications | -48.3 | Handspring | -74.3 |
| Primedia | -47.6 | Research in Motion | -73.8 |
| Computer Sciences | -46.8 | Sycamore Networks | -73.4 |
| Waters | -46.6 | Corvis | -72.7 |
| Charles Schwab | -46.1 | Palm | -71.7 |
| Agilent Technologies | -45.2 | Redback Networks | -70.5 |
| Solectron | -44.8 | Interwoven | -70 |
| Genentech | -40.7 | Qlogic | -69.7 |
| *Through COB 3/29/01. Minimum market cap of $1 billion. | |||
| The Big Ones* | ||
| Company Name | Market Cap ($ billions) | Quarterly Return* |
| General Electric | 410.2 | -13.6% |
| Microsoft | 295.5 | 27.7 |
| Exxon Mobil | 272.2 | -9.9 |
| Pfizer | 252.3 | -13.1 |
| Wal-Mart | 226.1 | -4.7 |
| Citigroup | 224.5 | -12.5 |
| BP Amoco | 183.3 | 1.6 |
| American International Group | 181.8 | -20.8 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 179.6 | -8.4 |
| Intel | 178.8 | -12.2 |
| AOL Time Warner | 176.3 | 17.1 |
| Merck | 171.1 | -20.7 |
| IBM | 166.7 | 11.8 |
| Vodafone Group | 165.7 | -22.1 |
| SBC Communications | 147.2 | -8.9 |
| *returns through 3/29/01 | ||
| Sector Blues* | |
| S&P Sector | Q1 2001 Return |
| Consumer Discretionary | -0.4% |
| Telecom | -1.4 |
| Materials | -6.5 |
| Energy | -8.8 |
| Utilities | -9.6 |
| Consumer Staples | -11.4 |
| Industrials | -11.8 |
| Financials | -12.1 |
| Healthcare | -15.8 |
| Infotech | -26.2 |
| S&P 500 Index | -13.1 |
| Source: Standard & Poor's *returns through 3/29/01 | |