this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
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This chart ranks major Fortune Global 500 companies by the steepest percentage drop in market capitalization between the end of 2020 and mid‑2025, using USD‑denominated data from MarketCapWatch. Only publicly listed companies were included; state‑owned enterprises, private firms, and entities with frozen or unreliable market caps were excluded.

Key takeaway: Some of the world’s largest revenue‑generating companies have seen their market value collapse by 25%–95% in just three years. The steepest declines are concentrated in China’s real estate and internet sectors, U.S. retail and telecom, and select European industrials — reflecting a mix of sector‑specific headwinds, regulatory shifts, and macroeconomic pressures.

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[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Didnt Tesla also lose like a huge amount of value this year?

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, but the data in the chart above is over the last 5 years.

It would be interesting to see the same chart for the last year.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago

Actually a pretty interesting chart given each of those companies is its own unique story.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Surprised Evergrande isn't on there but it did just die so maybe 100% market cap drop would throw off the data.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm always wondering how chinese companies can be doing so bad in the stock market when they are basically producing everything

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The stock market doesn't reflect how well companies are doing; it reflects a combination off how well speculators think they're doing now vs their previous hopes&dreams and how much better they're going to do next year.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know rite-aid is bankrupt and going thru a process of closing all pharmacies state by state but did Walgreens get hit from the same opiate court ruling that destroyed rite-aid?

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 3 days ago

The Walgreens fine was $350 million, which likely wouldn’t have affected them too badly if they weren’t already struggling. CVS’s agreement was $4.9 billion.

Walgreens has been failing for a few years now because they over-expanded and a lot of their stores weren’t profitable. They have been closing stores and threatening to close stores since the COVID lockdowns.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Surprised about samsung :/