Ten stocks stood firmer on Tuesday, mimicking a broader market strength, as funds poured back into stocks on strong investor optimism.
On Wall Street, all three main indices finished in the green, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq, up 0.59 percent, followed by the Dow Jones, which rose 0.39 percent, and the S&P 500, which grew 0.25 percent.
Indices aside, we spotlight the names of the 10 stocks that led Tuesday’s charge and detail the reasons behind their gains.
To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on companies with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.
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10. NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI)
NXP Semiconductors extended its rally for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, jumping 7.95 percent to close at $215.35 apiece as investors continued to load portfolios ahead of the deadline to be included in the next quarterly dividend payment.
According to NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI), it would distribute an interim dividend of $1.014 per share to all its ordinary shareholders as of the December 10 record date, payable on January 7, 2026.
The dividends would be subject to a 15 percent withholding tax for Dutch residents. Non-Dutch resident shareholders may be entitled to a full or a partial refund depending on their circumstances.
In the third quarter of the year, NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) dropped its net income attributable to shareholders by 12 percent to $631 million from 718 million in the same period last year. Revenues were down by 2 percent to $3.17 billion from $3.25 billion year-on-year, but were within the company’s previous outlook.
Despite the dismal performance, NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) said that it experienced broad-based sequential improvement across all regions and end markets.
“Our outlook reflects the strength of our company-specific growth drivers and signs of a cyclical recovery. We remain focused on disciplined investment and portfolio enhancement to drive profitable growth, while maintaining control over the factors we can influence,” said NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) President and CEO Rafael Sotomayor.
9. AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS)
AST SpaceMobile bounced back by 8.14 percent on Tuesday to close at $56.89 apiece as investors took heart from the unveiling of five new rocket launches beginning in the next two weeks.
In a social media post on the same day, AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) said that it would make five launches beginning December 15 until March 2026.
Its next-generation satellite, BlueBird 6, would launch on December 15 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India.
According to the company, the said satellite, when launched, would feature the largest commercial phased array in low Earth orbit at nearly 2,400 square feet, representing a 3.5 times increase in size over BlueBirds 1 to 5 and supports 10 times the data capacity.
“Our next-generation satellites will soon enable ubiquitous cellular broadband coverage direct to everyday smartphones from space,” said AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) Chairman and CEO Abel Avellan.
“As an American company, we are proud to demonstrate US leadership in space innovation while pioneering the next era of global connectivity,” he added.
In line with the BlueBird 6 launch, AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) also announced the expansion of its manufacturing sites in Texas and Florida.
“As we accelerate production of our next-generation BlueBird satellites, the expansion allows us to increase capacity, strengthen our supply chain, and bring even more high-technology manufacturing work back to the United States. This is about building more satellites, faster, and doing it right here at home so we can deliver on our mission to close the connectivity gaps and deliver cellular broadband where it is needed the most,” said Avellan.
8. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC)
Intel Corp. rallied to a new record high on Tuesday, as investors continued to load up portfolios amid brewing reports that it would supply chips to technology giant Apple Inc.
Last week, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he was optimistic that Apple Inc. would tap Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) to supply its lowest-end M-series chips in the next two years.
The two firms previously worked on chips used on MacBook laptops and desktops before Apple Inc. switched to its own design, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
Kuo said that the latest industry surveys indicate that “visibility on Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) becoming an advanced-node supplier to Apple has recently improved significantly.”
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) has been luring Apple Inc. to invest in the company since September this year, as part of its turnaround and revival efforts.
Apart from the iPhone maker, the US semiconductor firm in the same month also secured a $5 billion investment from chip giant Nvidia Corp.
The partnership would also cover the joint development of AI infrastructures and personal computing products that accelerate applications and workloads across hyperscale, enterprise, and consumer markets.
It also secured the backing of the US government following the latter’s acquisition of a 10 percent stake in the company.
7. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSEAmerican:BMNR)
Bitmine Immersion jumped by 10.26 percent on Tuesday to close at $31.91 apiece as investors loaded portfolios ahead of the looming deadline to receive its upcoming dividends.
According to the company, it would give out $0.01 dividend to its common shareholders on record as of Friday, December 5, payable on December 29, 2025.
Additionally, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.’s (NYSEAmerican:BMNR) rally was supported by Ethereum prices’ climb by 7.13 percent to $2,999.80 on the same day.
Last Monday, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSEAmerican:BMNR) announced that it further raised its Ethereum ownership to anew to a total of 3,726,499 following the acquisition of 96,798 additional tokens.
The total number now represents more than 3 percent of the cryptocurrency’s total market supply.
Apart from Ethereum, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSEAmerican:BMNR) also owns 192 Bitcoins and holds a $36 million stake in Eightco Holdings, which invests in Worldcoins.
In the full fiscal year of 2025, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSEAmerican:BMNR) said that it swung to a net profit attributable to shareholders of $328 million from a $3.29 million net loss in the same period last year.
Revenues increased by 84 percent to $6.09 billion from $3.31 billion year-on-year.
6. Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG)
Plug Power saw its share prices jump by 9.90 percent on Tuesday to finish at $2.11 apiece as investor sentiment was boosted by the start of its supply of hydrogen fuel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) was one of the two companies tapped by NASA to supply the agency with approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen, with the other firm being Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Under NASA’s agreement with Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), the latter would deliver approximately 480,000 pounds of the commodity to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, for a maximum contract value of about $2.8 million.
Meanwhile, Air Products would supply about 36.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida; the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; and the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for a maximum contract value of $144.4 million.
The contracts consist of a two-year base period followed by three one-year periods, which, if exercised, would extend the contracts to Nov. 30, 2030.
NASA said that the supply is critical for the agency’s centers as they use liquid hydrogen, combined with liquid oxygen, as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines, and the commodity’s unique properties support the development of aeronautics.
5. Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO)
Credo Technology soared by 10.12 percent on Tuesday to close at $188.44 apiece as investors cheered its impressive earnings performance in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026.
In an updated report, Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) said that it swung to a net income of $82.6 million from a $4.2 million net loss in the same period last year. Revenues jumped by 272 percent to $268 million from $72 million year-on-year, on the back of a 278 percent jump in product sales to $268 million from $72.03 million in the same comparable period.
“In the second quarter Credo delivered revenue of $268 million, an increase of 20 percent sequentially and an extraordinary 272 percent increase year-over-year. These are the strongest quarterly results in Credo’s history, and they reflect the continued build-out of the world’s largest AI training and inference clusters,” said Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) President and CEO Bill Brennan.
“Looking forward, the combination of continued growth in our core AEC and IC franchises, plus the upcoming ramps of our recently announced ZeroFlap Optics, ALCs, and OmniConnect gearbox solutions, gives us an outlook with strong revenue growth and profitability through fiscal 2026 and beyond,” he added.
For the third quarter of the fiscal year, revenues are expected at $335 million to $345 million.
4. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)
Boeing soared by 10.15 percent on Tuesday to close at $205.38 apiece as investors took heart from its chief finance officer’s (CFO) upbeat outlook for next year.
Speaking at a UBS conference, The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) CFO Jay Malave said that the firm projects higher deliveries for both its 737 and 787 jets next year.
“When you now fast forward to 2026, we’re going to be increasing our deliveries,” he said, adding that it would be a “big driver” for the company’s cash flow to low single digits.
Additionally, he said that certifications for the 737-10 aircraft, which were long overdue, are targeted to come later next year.
Cash margins are likewise expected to get a significant boost through 2030 on the back of its higher productivity.
In other recent developments, The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) announced that it would produce AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for international customers, including 96 for the Polish Armed Forces, under a Foreign Military Sales contract awarded by the US Army worth $4.7 billion.
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) said deliveries are expected to begin in 2028.
In line with the delivery, the aircraft maker would also establish training programs and help develop a composite laboratory.
3. Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN)
Lumen Technologies extended its winning streak to a 7th consecutive day on Tuesday, adding another 10.25 percent to close at $9.14 apiece as investors continued to load up portfolios following the launch of a new advanced cybersecurity product.
Called the Lumen Defender Managed Rules for AWS Network Firewall, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN) said that enterprise customers can now detect and block threats before they cause harm, without adding infrastructure or complexity.
The new product enables action before a breach activity occurs and features high-confidence signals that minimize false positives and drive focused responses. It also provides actionable insights about indicators of compromise, helping security teams understand threat type, severity, and confidence.
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN) said that the Lumen Defender Managed Rules is now available on the AWS Marketplace.
“As cyber threats grow more automated and distributed, organizations need visibility that reaches beyond their own perimeter,” said Martin Nystrom, Vice President of Black Lotus Labs and Product Security at Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN).
“Because Lumen operates one of the world’s most deeply connected global networks, our Defender threat intelligence delivers an upstream view into malicious infrastructure before it targets customers. By integrating this intelligence directly into AWS Network Firewall, we enable earlier detection and disruption of botnets, malware, and nation-state activity—helping organizations strengthen their defenses at the network edge,” he noted.
2. TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC)
TMC the metals company soared by 17.74 percent on Tuesday to close at $7.40 apiece as investor sentiment was bolstered by the United States’ forging of alliances with other nations to ramp up the development of critical minerals.
According to Jacob Helberg, State undersecretary for economic affairs, the US would meet with representatives from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the UK, Israel, UAE, and Australia on December 12 to discuss the expansion of critical minerals globally in a bid to reduce reliance on China.
Additionally, the summit would focus on reaching agreements related to energy, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and AI infrastructure, among others.
Optimism spilled over to TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ:TMC), which is aggressively expanding on its critical minerals production.
TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) is a deep-sea mining exploration company focusing on minerals highly needed for the development of semiconductors and the artificial intelligence industry, such as nickel and copper, among others.
The company reported a dismal earnings performance in the third quarter of the year, having widened its net loss and comprehensive loss by 800 percent to $189.39 million from $20.5 million in the same period last year.
1. MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB)
MongoDB soared to a new record high on Tuesday, as investors took heart from its impressive earnings performance and upbeat outlook, alongside multiple investment firms’ bullish rating for its stock.
At intra-day trading, MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) climbed to its highest price of $419.50 before paring gains to finish the day just up by 22.23 percent at $401.99 apiece.
This followed the results of its earnings performance in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, where it narrowed its net loss by 79 percent to $2 million from $9.776 million in the same period last year.
Total revenues increased by 18.7 percent to $628.3 million from $529.37 million year-on-year, on the back of strong growth in its subscription and services segments, up 19 percent and 12 percent, respectively. The official figures exceeded the company’s third-quarter revenue guidance of $587 million to $592 million.
Following the impressive results, MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) raised its revenue outlook for the full fiscal year of 2026 to a range of $2.434 billion to $2.439 billion from the $2.34 billion to $2.36 billion previously.
Operating income was also targeted at $436.4 million to $440.4 million, higher than its previous guidance of $321 million to $331 million.
Earnings per share were projected at a range of $4.76 to $4.80, or an upgrade from the $3.64 to $3.73 earlier.
For the fourth quarter alone, revenues are expected to settle anywhere between $665 million and $670 million; operating income is targeted at $139 million to $143 million, while EPS is pegged at $1.44 to $1.48.
In other developments, MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) earned bullish coverage and price targets from Piper Sandler, Bernstein, and Citizens.
Piper Sandler gave the company an “overweight” rating with a price target of $490, higher than the $400 previously; Citizens issued a “market outperform” rating with a target of $475 versus $435; while Bernstein gave an “outperform” rating and raised its stock target to $452 from $338.
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