5 Stocks Outperforming Wall Street with Outsized Gains

1. Fastly Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLY)

Fastly soared to a new four-year high on Wednesday, as investors took heart from its appointment of a new executive to lead its global marketing efforts.

In a statement, Fastly Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLY) named Joan Jenkins as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), tasked to help the company accelerate growth and further its leadership in security and edge computing, as well as scaling AI workloads.

In intra-day trading, Fastly Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLY) climbed to a record high of $32.95 before trimming gains to finish the session just up by 11.36 percent at $32.36 apiece.

Jenkins boasts of more than two decades of leadership experience, accelerating growth and expanding market presence at critical inflection points for B2B technology companies. She has a strong background in building high-performing teams, driving category leadership, and accelerating growth, having held leadership positions at Informatica, Oracle, Mindtickle, and Cisco.

With extensive experience in AI-powered marketing and data-driven strategies, Jenkins’ leadership will focus on accelerating Fastly’s growth initiatives to expand its market reach and enhance its global brand, delivering outstanding value to customers and partners worldwide.

“Joan is an exceptional marketing leader with a proven track record of driving growth for some of the world’s most innovative technology companies,” said Fastly Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLY) Kip Compton.

“Fastly’s modern edge platform is built for an internet increasingly defined by AI, performance, and security. I’m confident Joan’s vision will help accelerate our momentum as we bring Fastly to more customers worldwide,” he noted.