Ten stocks capped off the trading week with strong gains, outperforming a lackluster performance on Wall Street, thanks to a series of corporate earnings and upbeat outlooks, among others.
On Wall Street, only the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 registered gains, up 0.10 percent and 0.05 percent, respectively. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, fell by 0.22 percent.
In this article, we focus on the 10 top-performing stocks on Thursday and detail the reasons behind their gains.
To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.
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10. Procore Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PCOR)
Procore Technologies bounced back on Friday, jumping 9.31 percent to close at $52.34 apiece after a stellar earnings performance last year and posting a double-digit growth outlook for 2026.
In an updated report, Procore Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PCOR) narrowed its full-year net loss by 4.9 percent to $100.78 million from $105.96 million in 2024, while revenues jumped by 13 percent to $1.3 billion from $1.15 billion year-on-year.
In the fourth quarter alone, net loss declined by 40 percent to $37.6 million from $62.29 million, while revenues increased by 15.56 percent to $349 million from $302 million.
Net revenue retention rate also stood at 106 percent, while total organic customers ended at 17,850, with the addition of 227.
“We closed out a strong year with exceptional Q4 results. Procore has built an incredible franchise with amazing technology. We believe AI stands to be the next meaningful catalyst for our industry and that Procore is strongly positioned to be an AI winner as we drive immense efficiency gains across our customers and the entire construction lifecycle,” Procore Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PCOR) President and CEO Ajei Gopal said.
For the full-year 2026, Procore Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PCOR) is targeting to grow its revenues by 13 percent year-on-year to a range of $1.489 billion to $1.494 billion, while first-quarter revenues are expected to be in the range of 13 to 14 percent to $351 million to $353 million.
9. H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB)
H&R Block rebounded by 9.56 percent on Friday to close at $31.05 apiece, as investors snapped up bargains following nine consecutive days of losses, while repositioning portfolios ahead of a dividend payment.
Common shareholders as of March 4 record are set to receive $0.42 per share on April 6, 2026.
Since 2016, H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) has grown its dividends by 110 percent and returned more than $5 billion to shareholders through dividend payments and share buyback transactions.
The initiative followed the release of H&R Block Inc.’s (NYSE:HRB) earnings performance in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, where it narrowed its net loss to $242 million from $243 million in the same period a year earlier.
The figures brought its six-month net loss lower by 2 percent to $407.98 million from $416 million year-on-year.
Total revenues during the three-month period amounted to $198.86 million, an increase of 11 percent from the $179.07 million in the same quarter a year earlier, bringing the six-month tally higher by 8 percent to $402.4 million from $372.88 million.
For this year, H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) is targeting revenues to be in the range of $3.875 billion to $3.895 billion, or a jump of 3 to 3.5 percent from $3.76 billion in 2025.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share are projected at $4.85 to $5.
