How Energy Transition Stocks Fared During the Market Rout

The U.S. stock market has taken its worst hit this week since March 2020, with the S&P 500 falling over 10% in just two days, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq is down 22% from its all-time high in December. The tremendous decline in stock values is a reflection of Donald Trump’s chaotic attempt at reordering the global economy, wrenching America’s average effective tariff rate to the highest level since 1909 — four years before the establishment of the federal income tax.

The clean energy economy has not been spared, although the effect has hardly been uniform. Some of the highest flying companies of 2024 and early this year — think Tesla or anyone selling power to a data center — have been some of the hardest hit, while some companies closer to the residential solar market have held their own.

Here’s a look at how some of these companies have performed over the past two days:

• GE Vernova ⬇️ 18%
• Sunrun ⬆️ 3%
• Vistra ⬇️ 23%
• NextEra ⬇️ 5%
• Orsted ⬇️ 9%
• EDP Renewables ⬇️ 5%
• Brookfield Renewable Partners ⬇️ 9%
• Enphase ⬇️ 8%
• Constellation Energy ⬇️ 20%
• Tesla ⬇️ 15%
• First Solar ⬇️ 1%
• Rivian ⬇️ 10%
• Entergy ⬇️ 9%