Benzinga - by Avi Kapoor, Benzinga Staff Writer.
U.S. stocks were higher, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 80 points on Friday.
Shares of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:DECK) rose sharply during Friday's session after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
Deckers Outdoor reported quarterly earnings of $4.95 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.90 by 70.69%. Quarterly sales clocked in at $959.758 million, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $887.548 million by 8.14% and representing a 21.25% increase over sales of $791.571 million from the same period last year, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
Deckers Outdoor shares climbed 11.6% to $1,009.99 on Friday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today's session.
- Merus N.V. (NASDAQ:MRUS) jumped 30% to $57.26 after the company announced the publication of an abstract regarding petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab on the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting website.
- Magnite, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGNI) shares rose 12.3% to $12.43. B of A Securities analyst Omar Dessouky upgraded Magnite from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $13 to $15.
- Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO) gained 11.8% to $8.48 after the company announced a collaboration with Wyoming Hyperscale to supply 100 megawatts of clean power to a data center campus.
- Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:GH) gained 11.2% to $25.05 after the company announced that the FDA Advisory Committee Panel recommends approval of Shield blood test for colorectal cancer screening.
- CI&T Inc. (NYSE:CINT) climbed 11.2% to $4.3950. Wedbush analyst Moshe Katri initiated coverage on CI&T with an Outperform rating and announced a price target of $5.
- Azul S.A. (NYSE:AZUL) gained 9% to $6.18. Azul and GOL airlines disclosed a commercial cooperation agreement that will connect their flight networks in Brazil through a codeshare agreement.
- Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) gained 8.2% to $142.68 after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and increased its profit forecast for the year.
- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE:ZIM) jumped 7.4% to $20.85.
- Cool Company Ltd. (NYSE:CLCO) rose 7.4% to $13.02.
- PDD Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PDD) gained 7.2% to $164.64. Goldman Sachs analyst Ronald Keung upgraded PDD Holdings from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $145 to $184.
- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) rose 5.1% to $3.6250. Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet upgraded Gannett from Sell to Neutral and raised the price target from $1.95 to $3.6.
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