The stock market finished Tuesday’s trading on a positive note with all major indices ending in the green, buoyed by the influx of corporate earnings results.
The Dow Jones grew by 0.75 percent, the S&P 500 rose by 0.58 percent, and the Nasdaq was up by 0.55 percent.
Ten companies mirrored the broader market optimism, leading the charge with strong gains, predominantly driven by impressive earnings results.
In this article, let us explore Tuesday’s 10 top-performing stocks and 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 trading volume.
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10. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB)
Shares of Deutsche Bank rallied for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, adding 4.06 percent to close at $26.78 apiece as investors cheered the company’s strong earnings performance for the first three months of the year.
In its earnings release, net income attributable to shareholders rose by 39 percent to €1.775 billion from €1.275 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Meanwhile, net revenues increased by 9.25 percent to €8.5 billion from €7.78 billion year-on-year, with revenues from investment banking operations contributing the largest chunk with €3.4 billion, followed by private banks with €2.4 billion, corporate banks with €1.9 billion, and asset management at €730 million.
According to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) CEO Christian Sewing, the strong performance put the company “on track for delivery on all our 2025 targets,” underscoring that the first quarter marked “our best quarterly profit for fourteen years.”
9. Peloton Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:PTON)
Peloton Interactive grew its share prices by 5 percent on Tuesday, a sixth straight day, to end at $6.93 apiece as investor sentiment was boosted by an investment firm’s rating upgrade for the company.
On Monday, Truist Securities upgraded its rating for Peloton Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:PTON) to Buy from Hold previously, while giving it a price target of $11, or a 59-percent upside from its latest closing price.
Truist said the upgrade was based on its improving fundamentals, cleaner balance sheet, and a clearer path to sustained profitability under new leadership, and that its efforts to reduce operating expenses and stabilize cash flow are starting to bear fruit.
Meanwhile, Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTON) will release its key financial and operational highlights before the market opens on Thursday, May 8, 2025, where investors will be looking out for any cues on the company’s outlook for the next quarter and the rest of the year amid the growing global economic uncertainties.
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