Why Baker Hughes Company (BKR) Lagged Performance on Wednesday

We recently published an article titled These 10 Firms Led Lagged Performance on Wednesday. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) stands against the other stocks.

Wall Street’s major indices finished in the green territory anew on Wednesday as worries about tariff policies and the Federal Reserve’s independence tapered off following President Donald Trump’s assurance that he had no intentions of ousting Jerome Powell.

The Nasdaq surged by 2.5 percent, the S&P 500 rose by 1.67 percent, while the Dow Jones increased by 1.07 percent.

Ten companies, on the other hand, led the highest declines, booking modest losses during the trading session.

In this article, we have identified Wednesday’s 10 worst-performing stocks and detailed the reasons behind their lagging performance.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with more than $2 billion in market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

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Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR)

Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) saw its share price decline by 6.44 percent on Wednesday to end at $35.89 each as investor sentiment was weighed down by the company’s dismal earnings performance and cautious business outlook for the rest of the year.

In the first quarter of the year, Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) saw net income drop by 12 percent to $402 million from $455 million in the same period a year earlier, while revenues ended flat at $6.4 billion.

Looking ahead, the company tempered its outlook for the year amid macroeconomic challenges brought about by uncertainties in trade policies.

“We believe Baker Hughes is well-positioned to navigate near-term challenges and deliver sustainable growth in shareholder value,” said BKR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Simonelli.

Overall BKR ranks 6th on our list of the worst performing stocks on Wednesday. While we acknowledge the potential of BKR as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BKR but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.