NVIDIA, Starbucks And Dell Are Among Top 10 Large Cap Gainers Last Week (Aug 11-Aug 17): Are The Others In Your Portfolio?

Lekha Gupta

August 18, 2024

These ten large-cap stocks were the best performers in the last week. Are they in your portfolio?

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock escalated 24.08% after the company announced that Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) CEO and Chairman Brian Niccol was named Starbucks’ new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 9.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) stock jumped 23.06% following Soros Fund Management’s disclosure in its SEC Form 13F filing, revealing that the fund has purchased 24,898 shares of Super Micro Computer.
Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) shares increased 20.72% following price target increases from the analysts.
Sea Limited (NYSE:SE) stock upped 18.42% after the company reported second-quarter results, and several analysts raised the price target on the stock.
Carvana Co (NYSE:CVNA) stock rose 17.55% amid a gain in auto-related stocks following a rise in July auto sales.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) shares jumped 17.43% after Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK) added a stake.
NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock gained 17.19% last week. Semiconductor stocks gained amid overall market strength following softer-than-expected PPI figures that could lead to an interest rate cut.
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) stock gained 16.12% in the last week amid overall market strength in semiconductor stocks following softer-than-expected PPI figures, which could lead to an interest rate cut.
Nomura Holdings Inc (NYSE:NMR) stock gained 14.48% last week.
Coherent Corp (NYSE:COHR) stock upped 14.02% after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results. Several analysts raised their price forecasts on the stock.

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