U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 100 points on Friday.
Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) rose sharply during Friday's session after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly EPS and sales.
Booz Allen Hamilton reported fiscal second-quarter adjusted EPS of $1.81, topping the analyst consensus estimate of $1.49. Quarterly sales of $3.15 billion, up 18% year-on-year, beat the street view of $2.97 billion. The backlog grew by 17.7%, reaching $41.3 billion, while the quarterly book-to-bill ratio stood at 2.61x.
Booz Allen Hamilton shares jumped 10% to $183.21 on Friday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today's session.
- ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBRX) shares jumped 49.6% to $6.30. ImmunityBio recently announced it dosed its first patients in its Phase 1 clinical study of CAR-NK cell therapy for relapsed B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
- Fitell Corporation (NASDAQ:FTEL) gained 32.4% to $29.50.
- Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL) climbed 22.8% to $8.81 after the company reported third-quarter financial results and raised its 2024 guidance.
- ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited (NASDAQ:ZK) gained 21.5% to $28.08.
- Tapestry, Inc. (NYSE:TPR) gained 13.3% to $50.37 following a report alleging that a judge blocked the company's proposed acquisition of Capri. The company issued a statement on the ruling saying it intends to appeal the decision.
- Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO) rose 11.7% to $1.6650.
- Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ:DJT) gained 11.2% to $38.85.
- AppFolio, Inc. (NASDAQ:APPF) gained 10.4% to $211.98 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results and raised its FY24 revenue guidance. Also, Piper Sandler maintained an Overweight rating on the stock.
- Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:DECK) rose 10.2% to $167.53 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.
- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) gained 10.2% to $182.01 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter FFO results and raised its FY24 FFO guidance.
- Saia, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIA) gained 9.2% to $452.58 following strong quarterly sales.
- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD) surged 6.7% to $68.60 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
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