Large, mature companies with lagging stock prices often see prices that outperform the overall index over three-month and one-year periods. This strategy is usually implemented as a basket trade of the weak stocks to lower risk. The following are the weakest components of the S&P 100 index.

T AT&T Inc
MO Altria Grp
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
CVX Chevron Corporation
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
ABBV AbbVie Inc
DOW Dow Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
VZ Verizon Communications
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company
SO Southern Co Inc
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
GILD Gilead Sciences
WBA Walgreen Boots Alliance Inc
PFE Pfizer Inc
MRK Merck & Co
AMGN Amgen Inc
MMM 3M Co

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