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February 22, 2023
Against the current: Markets are down, yet New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., Freshpet, Inc., TAL Education Group go up and make this list of top gainers.
The leading indices are falling — S&P 500 slipping 0.26% and closing at 3,986.75. Nasdaq trades at 11,461 after losing 0.27%.
Amid the market gloom, United States Existing Home Sales (Jan) released yesterday at 15:00 UTC with a figure of 4 million, while the previous figure was 4 million.
Though markets had an unsatisfactory day yesterday, some consumer_defensive stocks manage to recover as Top Gainers. Take a look:
+2.14%: Tyson Foods goes up 2.14% to $62.02
After closing the previous trading day at $60.72, Tyson Foods Inc is up to $62.02, which makes for a move of 2.14%/$1.3 today. Currently, the meat processing company has a market capitalization of $22 billion with an average daily trading volume of 3.64 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P by 8.86%.
+2.67%: TAL Education moves up to $7.3
After closing the previous trading day at $7.11, TAL Education is up to $7.3, which makes for a move of 2.67%/19 cents today. The company's market cap currently stands at $4.74 billion with an average daily volume of 6.95 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 15.57%.
New Oriental Education & Technology | +4.8% to start today's session
The Chinese education business has fallen back around 68.19% from the significant high of $126 set 10 months ago. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 6.05%. The Chinese education business's market cap currently stands at $7.14 billion with an average daily trading volume of 2.27 million shares.
Freshpet | +3% to start today's session
This year has been a bright one for the quality pet food supplier after trading as low as $38.8 and going on to appreciate by 18.57% year to date. The company has a market cap of $3 billion with an average daily volume of 656,905 shares.
Freshpet is scheduled to announce earnings results Monday. The consensus Earnings Per Share estimate is -0.08 and the consensus revenue estimate is $148.33 million.
