These U.S. stocks have been hit hardest amid Turkey’s turmoil

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Shares of Newell Brands, the maker of Rubbermaid products, dropped 21% during the first 10 days of August while the Turkish lira fell 25% against the U.S. dollar.

The Turkish lira’s sharp drop and tough trade talk from President Trump are putting pressure on stock markets around the world. While U.S. stocks have held up well, helped by strong corporate earnings reports, there are a number of companies whose shares have fallen dramatically.

Last week’s turmoil showed no signs of letting up on Monday.

More on Turkey and international trade fears:

Here’s a chart showing the value of the Turkish lira TRYUSD, -8.3187%  in U.S. dollars this year:

FactSet

The lira was down 42% in 2018 through Friday. But the decline in the first 10 days of August was particularly sharp: 25%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.26%  returned 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.43%  was flat for the first 10 days of the month.

But a dozen S&P 500 stocks were down at least 10% in the first 10 days of August:

Company Ticker Price change - July 31 through Aug. 10 Price change - 2018 through Aug. 10 Price change - 2017 Precentage of sales outside U.S.
Newell Brands Inc. NWL, -1.54% -21% -33% -31% 29%
Dentsply Sirona Inc. XRAY, +1.95% -19% -41% 14% 66%
Hanesbrands Inc. HBI, -1.14% -16% -11% -3% 32%
Noble Energy Inc. NBL, -1.00% -15% 5% -23% 14%
Perrigo Co. PLC PRGO, -0.86% -13% -20% 5% 34%
News Corp. Class A NWSA, +2.84% -12% -19% 41% 59%
Stericycle Inc. SRCL, -1.63% -12% -10% -12% 24%
Unum Group UNM, -0.72% -11% -36% 25% 6%
Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN, -0.54% -11% -12% 95% 73%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. ALXN, +0.15% -11% -1% -2% 56%
Coty Inc. Class A COTY, -3.69% -10% -39% 9% 71%
Sealed Air Corp. SEE, -1.32% -10% -19% 9% 65%
Source: FactSet

You can click on the tickers for more information about each company, including news, business profiles, charts and other financials.

The right-most column shows the percentage of each company’s sales derived outside the U.S. according to their most recently filed annual reports, with data supplied by FactSet.

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Philip van Doorn covers various investment and industry topics. He has previously worked as a senior analyst at TheStreet.com. He also has experience in community banking and as a credit analyst at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

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