Why VF Corporation (VFC) Went Down On Friday?

We recently published a list of 10 Firms Suffer Amid Optimistic Market Environment. In this article, we are going to take a look at where VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) stands against other firms that suffer amid optimistic market environment.

Wall Street’s main indices recovered losses on Friday, as investors repositioned portfolios while digesting the ongoing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

After a battering this week, the Nasdaq finished the day up 2.06 percent; the S&P 500 rose 1.81 percent; and the Dow Jones grew 1.56 percent.

Ten companies, on the other hand, defied a wider market optimism, recording modest losses during the day. In this article, we have listed Friday’s worst performers and detailed the reasons behind their declines.

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

A model walking down the runway wearing a fashionable and performance-based apparel designed by the company.

VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC)

VF Corporation declined for a second day on Friday, losing 2.88 percent to end at $11.11 apiece as investors continued to sell off positions in the company to minimize risks from the heightening US-China trade war.

VFC designs, manufactures, and markets branded apparel such as The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Dickies, Jansport, and Kipling and has one of the largest international exposures with various facilities across the world, including China.

With the ongoing trade war, VFC faces the risks of higher prices and, potentially, lower demand for its products after the US and China slapped more-than-double tax rates on each other’s goods.

In recent news, VFC said that it would continue to install new concept stores for its Kipling brand this year, which has been adapted for travel-retail gondolas.

“With Kipling, we are continuously expanding our international presence, with a steadily growing business in the Americas,” said VFC Director Thomas Falcy.

“Our presence in South American airports has been expanding significantly, and we will continue to fuel and strengthen this growth. We are also looking to enhance our presence in North American airports, as we see a major development opportunity there, driven by Kipling’s domestic success and international appeal,” he added.

Overall, VFC ranks 8th on our list of firms that suffer amid optimistic market environment. While we acknowledge the potential of VFC 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 VFC 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.