Lucid Group (LCID), Oracle Corp. (ORCL) and Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ), all sank to fresh 52-week lows on Tuesday on growing concerns over profitability, financing needs and balance-sheet pressure across industries.

Lucid stock crashed 16% during the trading session, and Oracle fell 2%. Hertz Global regained losses and ended Tuesday 0.5% higher.

Lucid Collapses After Bankruptcy Rumors Rock 

faced one of the most turbulent trading sessions in its history on Tuesday, plummeting to an intraday record low of $2.37 after restructuring speculation triggered a dramatic sell-off in the luxury electric vehicle maker’s shares.

The steep decline followed reports that restructuring adviser AlixPartners was reviewing options for the company, including possibilities that investors interpreted as potential bankruptcy or a private-market transaction.

Lucid  quickly to deny the claims, saying the bankruptcy-related speculation was “completely false.” The company said AlixPartners was assisting with operational improvements, including cost management, manufacturing efficiency and supply-chain efforts rather than preparing for insolvency proceedings.

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around the stock jumped to ‘extremely bullish’ from ‘bearish’ territory the previous day.

Oracle Faces AI Infrastructure Concerns

fell to a one-year low of $127.83 as investors questioned the financial burden of its aggressive expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company’s stock has declined 33% over the past month as concerns about spending, financing needs, and customer concentration have overshadowed optimism about its large cloud business.

Oracle has a huge backlog of cloud orders, but the company is taking on more debt to build the data centers needed to complete those contracts.

A major factor weighing on Oracle has been a downgrade from S&P Global, which lowered the company’s credit rating to BBB-, only one level above non-investment-grade status. The agency highlighted concerns about Oracle’s reliance on large customers, including OpenAI, which represents a large portion of its remaining performance obligations.

Retail sentiment around the stock remained in ‘extremely bullish’ territory.

Hertz Battles Debt And Fleet Challenges

Hertz Global stock fell to a six-year low of $1.75 as investors reacted to falling used-vehicle prices, heavy debt obligations and weakening financial conditions.

Hertz recently pursued a $350 million convertible note offering to strengthen liquidity and slashed its adjusted second-quarter EBITDA outlook to between $50 million and $80 million. The company also reported higher fleet depreciation costs, adding pressure to its recovery efforts.

Retail sentiment around the stock remained in ‘bullish’ territory.

So far this year, ORCL, LCID and HTZ stocks have crashed between 34% and 64%.