The Dow's Worst-Performing Stocks of 2026. Here's the 1 I'd Buy for 2027.

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Even with a couple of recent (albeit short-lived) setbacks, it's been a pretty solid year for blue chip stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a little more than 9% since…

Even with a couple of recent (albeit short-lived) setbacks, it's been a pretty solid year for blue chip stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a little more than 9% since the end of 2025.

Not every Dow name has done nearly as well, however. In fact, some of them are well into the red for the year despite the broader bullish tide. In one of these bearish cases, though, this year's weakness is a buying opportunity for the year ahead.

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McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) got the year off to a good start, adding to 2025's gains. Things soured in a big way beginning in March, as persistent inflation finally eroded its core customers' ability to continue visiting its restaurants.

As CEO Christopher Kempczinski explained about the economy during May's first-quarter earnings call, "It's certainly not improving, and it may be getting a little bit worse." This was evident in Q2's same-store sales growth of only 1.3% too, which fell well short of estimates.

Although up somewhat since early October -- and boosted by the recent release of encouraging third-quarter results -- the stock's still down a little more than 10% year-to-date.

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) may be one of the Dow's least conspicuous and least surprising laggards of 2026. No disastrous quarterly numbers that flesh out a bearish narrative. Just a slow grind stemming from the proliferation of AI-powered computer-coding platforms that could replace the need for this company's customer management solution. A handful of relatively expensive acquisitions is also weighing on investors' minds. All told, CRM stock is down 13% since the end of 2025.

Like Salesforce, the reason International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) stock is down nearly 14% year-to-date isn't…

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