
These eleven large-cap stocks were the best performers in the last week. Are they in your portfolio?
- Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. (NASDAQ:ITCI) stock surged 33.02% after Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company for $132 per share in cash, valuing it at approximately $14.6 billion. A couple of analysts downgraded the stock.
- MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) stock grew 20.92% on Bitcoin's continued upward momentum.
- Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock upped 20.13% after announcing a $45 million settlement with the SEC.
- Carvana Co. (NYSE:CVNA) stock rose 19.39% after Hindenburg Research, which previously issued a short report on the stock, announced it would close down.
- BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ:ONC) shares gained 18.88% last week.
- JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:JD) shares were up 17.82% on the acceleration of China's economic activity, beating expectations for the last quarter of 2024 as stimulus measures kicked in.
- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE:BLDR) stock upped 17.26%.
- SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) shares escalated 16.61%. The company disclosed a personal loan securitization agreement with a global fixed-income manager on Thursday.
- Symbotic Inc. (NASDAQ:SYM) shares increased 16.30% after the company announced an agreement to acquire Walmart Inc.'s (NYSE:WMT) Advanced Systems and Robotics business. Northland Capital Markets maintained an Outperform rating while raising the price forecast to $41 from $35.
- XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) stock gained 15.63% last week after China's central bank reportedly indicated it would take measures to support economic growth. China's GDP growth data also fueled optimism.
- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) stock upped 14.91% after announcing it would acquire H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEES) for $4.8 billion. Additionally, Baird upgraded the stock from Underperform to Neutral.
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