Buy Hold Sell: 6 ASX stocks in the doghouse - which will bark back in FY27?

Buy Hold Sell, by Livewire Markets · Jul 23, 2026 · 20m

Every relationship has its ups and downs.

And every year, misunderstandings, broken promises and poor behaviour create a special list that no company wants to end up on - the Dogs of the ASX.

These are the stocks that have been punished by the market and banished to the proverbial doghouse.

This list is based on the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy, popularised by Michael O'Higgins in the early 90s - a systematic bet on mean reversion. Buy the worst performers from a large-cap index and wait for them to come back. The trick is picking which ones actually will.

Hugh Dive from Atlas Funds Management…