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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Energy stocks may be the biggest losers of the past year. Some of the worst-performing sectors lately have been financials, health care and industrials—each tumbling more than the 5. Stocks in areas such as athletic wear, finance and technology now look considerably cheaper, despite little or no change in their long-term outlooks.

Analysts have actually raised their profit forecasts on some of these stocks. All prices and yields are as of February 3. Price-earnings ratios are based on estimated earnings for the next 12 months.

By Daren Fonda , Associate Editor February A falling stock market has dampened its trading revenue and pressured other parts of the business. And the shares have slumped because of concerns that interest rates may not climb as quickly as anticipated.

Even without higher rates, the stock looks compelling. Its exchange-traded fund business and new robo-advisory service are thriving. And Schwab is expanding its base of customers who pay fees to have Schwab manage their money. Tech giant Hewlett-Packard now consists of two companies.

And HP generates more than enough cash to buy back shares, cover its dividend and hike payments in the future. Aiming to lift sales, the firm tried to buy pesticide maker Syngenta.

Meanwhile, Dow Chemical DOW and DuPont DD recently announced plans to merge and then combine their agriculture divisions into a separate company.

For Monsanto, the upshot of all this could be a much tougher competitive landscape. Yet Monsanto remains a top-tier player in agriculture, with an array of products in development and plenty of opportunities to expand globally. Its Dekalb brand corn, for example, produces seven to 10 more bushels per acre than the national average.

Mosanto is also rolling out a new generation of soybean seeds, and it has launched digital agriculture tools to help farmers lift production and profits.

Earnings are dipping because of the strength of the dollar against Latin American currencies such as the Brazilian real and Argentinian peso which makes profits earned in those currencies worth less when converted to greenbacks. Under Armour aims to achieve that goal by expanding aggressively abroad, hiking sales directly to consumers and opening more stores with partner companies.

But earnings are depressed in part because Under Armour plows almost all of the cash it generates into expanding the business.

Year-over-year sales growth at stores open at least a year—a key measure of performance in retailing—fell to 2. The case for the stock is that business and profits have bottomed and should start to pick up. Aiming to capture sales from more price-conscious shoppers, the company is rolling out a new chain of stores that focuses on its less expensive, in-house brand, Everyday Value.

Altogether, the firm plans to open about 30 stores in its current fiscal year, bringing the total to more than If all goes well, the firm says, same-store sales should stabilize in the next few months and turn positive over the summer. The stock should start to rebound if the grocer shows even modest progress in its revival plans.

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