Nike Stock Hits 12-Year Low, Its Place in the Dow Jones Hangs in the Balance
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Nike has fallen over 43% this year to roughly $36, a 12-year low that leaves it barely 5% above its 2013 Dow entry price; already dropped from the S&P 100, the stock now carries the lowest weighting in the index — and a real risk of removal.
How far has Nike fallen?
The stock sits at roughly $36, just 5% above its price when it joined the Dow in 2013. This means → twelve years as a Dow component have delivered almost nothing for shareholders.
Over the same period the S&P 500 has more than tripled; Nike has massively underperformed.
Market cap has shrunk roughly 80% from its peak. S&P Dow Jones Indices this month removed Nike from the S&P 100, ending an 18-year run.
Could Nike actually be dropped from the Dow?
The Dow is price-weighted — in plain terms = the lower a stock's price, the less it matters to the index. Nike's 0.4% weighting is now the smallest of all 30 components.
There is no mechanical rule that triggers automatic removal, but a Reuters review of 10 Dow changes since 2013 found at least half involved the lowest-weighted stock at the time.
The latest precedent: Verizon was swapped out in June for Alphabet because of its low share price. This reflects a committee that does act on weight imbalances.
Who decides — and how?
Changes are made by the Averages Committee — three representatives from S&P Dow Jones Indices and two from *The Wall Street Journal* — meeting in private, on no fixed schedule.
One metric the committee monitors: whether the highest-weighted stock exceeds 10 times the lowest. Goldman Sachs trades at roughly $968 — about 27 times Nike's price, far beyond that benchmark.
In plain terms = by the committee's own yardstick Nike is already an outlier; the only uncertainty is when they choose to act.
What is wrong with Nike itself?
Analysts attribute the decline to three forces: slowing sales growth, insufficient product innovation, and pressure from emerging competitors.
CEO Elliott Hill returned in 2024 to lead a turnaround but acknowledged on the June earnings call that the company faces a "more complex macro environment," with consumer traffic and discretionary spending under pressure across markets.
M Science analyst Drake MacFarlane put it bluntly: "Outside of a few core product lines, Nike is not as appealing to consumers as it once was."
What to watch next?
Whether Nike follows Verizon, Intel, and Walgreens out of the Dow depends on when the Averages Committee decides the index structure is imbalanced enough to warrant action.
This means → there is no public signal to predict timing; investors can only track two variables: whether Nike's share price stabilises, and whether the Goldman-to-Nike price gap keeps widening.
In plain terms = Nike still has a Dow seat — but it is the last row, furthest corner.
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