Benzinga - by Avi Kapoor, Benzinga Staff Writer.
U.S. stocks traded mixed, with the Dow Jones falling over 100 points on Friday.
Shares of The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) shares gained during Friday’s session after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised FY24 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.
Clorox shares rose 4.6% to $154.77 on Friday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.
- Tyra Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYRA) shares rose 21.8% to $15.84. Tyra Biosciences, announced a $200 million private placement financing.
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) climbed 18.9% to $469.34 as the company reported upbeat fourth-quarter financial results and initiated a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share.
- Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE: DECK) gained 14% to $879.03 after reporting better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.
- Gaotu Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU) rose 12.5% to $4.11.
- PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE: PGRU) climbed 11.6% to $3.57.
- Nayax Ltd. (NASDAQ: NYAX) gained 9.2% to $26.47.
- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI) rose 8.4% to $17.90. Applied Optoelectronics is expected to release financial results for its fourth quarter on Feb. 22, 2024.
- AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) gained 8% to $44.25.
- Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) gained 7.3% to $28.03 following upbeat results.
- KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: KB) gained 6.5% to $49.41.
- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares surged 6.2% to $169.20 after the company posted stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter. The company said it sees first-quarter revenue to be between $138 billion and $143.5 billion versus estimates of $142.13 billion. Operating income is expected to be between $8 billion and $12 billion in the first quarter.
- Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP) gained 5.9% to $81.25. Wells Fargo analyst Andrew Bauch maintained Shopify with an Overweight and raised the price target from $70 to $90.
- The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) rose 5.7% to $324.87 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued a strong revenue outlook. The company also raised its dividend.
- Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) gained 5% to $209.96 after Raymond James raised its price target on the stock from $190 to $223.
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA) gained 5% to $252.46 following strong earnings.
- Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR) climbed 4.6% to $185.52 following upbeat results.
- SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) gained 4.1% to $56.30. Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth maintained SkyWest with an Outperform and raised the price target from $55 to $65.
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