How Layoffs Move Stock Prices
Tracking AI-era layoff announcements and their impact on stock prices at 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month after the announcement.
Avg 1-Day Impact
+1.56%
29 public companies
1-Day Market Cap
+$203.1B
aggregate next-day change
1-Week Market Cap
+$396.2B
aggregate 1-week change
Biggest 1-Day Drop
-12.90%
Workforce Cut vs Stock Impact
Layoff Events
| Date | Company | Ticker | Jobs | Type | 1d | 1w | 1m | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Cisco | CSCO | 4,000 5.0% | MIXED | +16.04% | — | — | +16.70% |
| May 8, 2026 | Cloudflare | — | 1,100 20.0% | EXPLICIT | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2026 | Coinbase | COIN | 700 14.0% | EXPLICIT | -2.42% | +2.05% | — | -4.20% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | UKG | — | 950 9.5% | EXPLICIT | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Snap Inc. | SNAP | 1,000 16.0% | EXPLICIT | +7.50% | +4.29% | -4.29% | +1.25% |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Meta | META | 198 0.3% | EXPLICIT | +0.10% | +10.46% | +5.31% | +6.40% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Oracle | ORCL | 30,000 18.5% | EXPLICIT | +4.63% | +3.50% | +16.28% | +34.45% |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Dell Technologies | DELL | 11,000 10.0% | MIXED | +12.20% | +4.43% | +36.14% | +50.97% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Crypto.com | CRO-USD | 180 12.0% | EXPLICIT | -1.20% | -0.13% | -6.52% | -6.84% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Atlassian | TEAM | 1,600 10.0% | EXPLICIT | -0.32% | -1.13% | -18.75% | +18.54% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Amazon | AMZN | 100 0.0% | BLAMED | +0.53% | -0.69% | +3.77% | +24.22% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | MS | 2,500 3.0% | MIXED | -1.29% | -4.72% | +3.62% | +18.54% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | eBay | EBAY | 800 6.5% | MIXED | -1.35% | +2.26% | +0.18% | +25.94% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Block | XYZ | 4,000 40.0% | EXPLICIT | +18.19% | +21.64% | +4.58% | +29.52% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | WiseTech | WTC.AX | 2,000 28.6% | EXPLICIT | -0.42% | -0.36% | -19.65% | -20.15% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Autodesk | ADSK | 1,000 6.5% | BLAMED | +2.82% | +15.90% | +7.67% | +11.37% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Baker McKenzie | — | 1,200 10.0% | BLAMED | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Livspace | — | 1,000 12.5% | EXPLICIT | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Expedia | EXPE | 162 1.0% | BLAMED | -0.35% | -12.97% | -19.76% | -19.10% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Amazon | AMZN | 16,000 4.6% | MIXED | -1.53% | -8.36% | -14.25% | +8.99% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Dow | DOW | 4,500 13.0% | BLAMED | -0.83% | +10.15% | +10.15% | +38.80% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | ASML | ASML | 1,700 4.0% | MIXED | +0.04% | -7.94% | -0.28% | +1.22% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | — | 70 8.8% | EXPLICIT | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2026 | PINS | 700 13.4% | BLAMED | -12.90% | -19.81% | -31.24% | -23.05% | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Meta | META | 1,500 1.9% | BLAMED | +0.77% | +7.03% | +3.86% | -0.70% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Amazon | AMZN | 14,000 4.0% | BLAMED | +1.47% | +9.85% | +0.96% | +16.69% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Chegg | CHGG | 388 45.1% | EXPLICIT | -10.07% | -32.37% | -35.25% | -25.90% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Meta | META | 600 0.8% | MIXED | +0.10% | +2.51% | -19.65% | -16.65% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Accenture | ACN | 11,000 1.4% | BLAMED | +3.19% | +3.85% | +6.02% | -25.70% |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Salesforce | CRM | 4,000 5.3% | EXPLICIT | +4.54% | +6.39% | +2.55% | -23.09% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Scale AI | — | 200 14.3% | MIXED | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Microsoft | MSFT | 9,000 4.0% | MIXED | +1.38% | +1.92% | +6.52% | -13.92% |
| May 13, 2025 | Microsoft | MSFT | 6,000 2.6% | MIXED | +0.82% | +1.98% | +6.59% | -5.72% |
| May 7, 2025 | CrowdStrike | CRWD | 500 4.9% | EXPLICIT | -3.29% | -1.64% | +5.69% | +39.62% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Workday | WDAY | 1,750 8.5% | EXPLICIT | +6.96% | -0.70% | -2.83% | -50.38% |