Last week's top gainers and losers in the stock market.

Last week's notable gainers:
$CELH Celsius Holdings Inc +45.00%
$U Unity Software Inc +30.00%
$QBTS D-Wave Quantum Inc +13.00%
$BABA Alibaba Group Holding +12.00%
$HAS Hasbro Inc +10.00%
$HSY Hershey Co +10.00%
$MRK Merck & Co Inc +10.00%
$ADI Analog Devices Inc +9.80%
$SMCI Super Micro Computer  +9.70%
$SJM J M Smucker Co +9.20%
$CAG Conagra Brands Inc +9.00%
$BJRI BJ's Restaurants Inc +8.60%
$KHC Kraft Heinz Co +8.40%
$MCHP Microchip Technology +8.40%
$KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc +7.90%
$GIS General Mills Inc +7.70%
$MNST Monster Beverage Corp +7.60%
$MRNA Moderna Inc +7.50%
$NVO Novo Nordisk A/S +7.40%
$DVN Devon Energy Corp +7.40%
$MELI MercadoLibre Inc +7.10%
$PEP PepsiCo Inc +7.00%
$UTZ Utz Brands Inc +6.90%
$MDLZ MONDELEZ INT +6.70%

    The bar chart in the post visually ranks companies by their stock percentage gains over the past week, with Celsius Holdings Inc. leading at 45%, followed by Unity Software Inc. at 30%, indicating strong market performance in their respective sectors.

    Web results show Celsius Holdings, a Florida-based beverage company, and Unity Software, a video game software developer, recently reported positive financial results, driving their stock surges as noted in the post.

    D-Wave Quantum and Alibaba, also listed, have seen significant market activity, with D-Wave hitting a 52-week high and Alibaba maintaining strong performance, reflecting broader trends in quantum computing and e-commerce.

Last week's notable losers:
$BMBL Bumble Inc -38.00%
$GRAL Grail Inc -30.00%
$BBAI BigBear. ai Holdings -24.00%
$TEM Tempus AI Inc -24.00%
$CVNA Carvana Co -22.00%
$TDOC Teladoc Health Inc -21.00%
$HOOD Robinhood  -21.00%
$APP Applovin Corp  -20.00%
$HIMS Hims & Hers Health Inc -19.00%
$NU Nu Holdings Ltd -19.00%
$PLTR Palantir Technologies -17.00%
$RKLB Rocket Lab USA Inc -16.00%
$AFRM Affirm Holdings Inc -16.00%
$COIN Coinbase Global Inc -15.00%
$RDDT Reddit Inc -15.00%

    The bar chart in the post shows the percentage declines of various small-cap stocks over the past week, with Bumble Inc. experiencing the largest drop at 38%, followed by Grail Inc. and BigBear.ai Holdings, both down 30% and 24%, respectively. 

    Related web results indicate Bumble Inc. is a dating app company facing competition from Grindr Inc., while Grail Inc. saw a stock drop after announcing Tricare coverage for its Galleri cancer test, and BigBear.ai Holdings focuses on AI solutions, recently acquiring Pangiam Inc. 

    The post reflects broader market trends for small-cap stocks, which have market capitalizations between $250 million and $2 billion, receiving less attention than large-cap stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft.

60 companies increased their dividends, the companies with dividend raises, 5-year dividend CAGR, and dividend growth year

Last week, 60 companies increased their dividends and 2 companies cut their dividends. The following tables list the companies with their dividend changes, years of growth, and 5-year dividend CAGR.

Ticker Raise %

LUGDF  50

MLI         25

AGM 18.8

DHR 18.5

FSS         16.7

SGI         15.4

FIX         14.3

JXN         14.3

FBSI 14.3

DX         13.3

VMI 13.3

WMT 13

OLED 12.5

BNT 12.5

TXRH 11.5

WSO 11.1

MBIN 11.1

TOLWF 11.1

LAMR 10.7

SHW 10.5

GIL         10.2

WM         10

MFC 10

TMO 10

KBR 10

CEG 10

AGO 9.7

RS         9.1

DVN 9.1

OXY 9.1

HCKT 9.1

TAC 8.3

ALSN 8

DD         7.9

ADI         7.6

AGM 7.1

SFDL 7.1

SAP         6.8

SCI         6.7

ZEUS 6.7

UFPI 6.1

BYD 5.9

PEBK 5.3

PLD 5.2

PRGO 5.1

CNS 5.1

GEI         4.9

ESS         4.9

CFFI 4.5

JFWV 4.2

AESI 4.2

OBT 4

CDP 3.4

CHMG 3.2

GPC 3

CWEN 1.7

O         1.5

UBCP 1.4

HASI 1.2

NTR 0.9

GNK -25

XRX -50

Today's top and worst performers and highest option call and put volume - 02/20/2025

 Today's top 10 performers on my list:

$QBTS D-Wave Quantum Inc +13%
$RGTI Rigetti Computing Inc +3.99%
$TXN Texas Instruments Inc +3.89%
$LNG Cheniere Energy Inc +3.71%
$QMCO Quantum Corp +3.6%
$RS Reliance Inc +3.08%
$WY Weyerhaeuser Co +2.64%
$DVN Devon Energy Corp +2.61%
$IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF +2.54%
$KULR KULR Technology +2.5%

Today's 10 worst performers on my list:

$AXON Axon Enterprise Inc -8.7%

$WMT Walmart Inc -6.53%

$HOOD Robinhood Markets -5.35%

$GRMN Garmin Ltd -5.34%

$PLTR Palantir Technologies  -5.22%

$DASH DoorDash Inc -5.15%

$CF CF Industries Holdings  -4.24%

$CE Celanese Corp  -4.19%

$SOFI SoFi Technologies Inc  -3.83%

$CEG Constellation Energy Corp  -3.81%

Today's highest option volume:

$SMCI     2.76M

$NVDA     2.34M

$TSLA     2.17M

$PLTR     1.64M

$INTC     955.62K

$AAPL     623.47K

$MSFT     601.59K

$META     587.78K

$BABA     496.09K

$AMD     432.91K

$MSTR     412.23K

$AMZN     410.27K

$HIMS     349.76K

$CELH     268.44K

$GRAB     247.74K

$WMT     240.76K

$GOOGL     222.12K

$HOOD     221.69K

$OXY     209.41K

$RGTI     205.46K

Today's top option call volume:

$NVDA     1,456,334

$PLTR     1,429,895

$BP     1,099,202

$BABA     1,021,707

$TSLA     926,028

$SMCI     890,128

$INTC     576,293

$AAPL     507,231

$MSFT     487,714

$AMZN     379,291

$AMD     344,443

$META     309,379

$MSTR     299,345

$U     288,538

$WMT     282,249

$IBIT     255,430

$RIVN     254,572

$HOOD     253,974

$SOFI     210,424

$CNVA     171,647

Today's top option put volume:

$PLTR     1,455,931

$NVDA     939,538

$TSLA     798,065

$SMCI     615,898

$BABA     458,692

$AAPL     288,552

$AMD     238,521

$WMT     204,808

$MSFT     196,115

$INTC     182,334

$RIVN     170,601

$IBIT     170,043

$AMZN     163,817

$MSTR     156,291

$META     148,366

$SOFI     140,503

$CNVA     136,694

$HOOD     116,175

$U     92,547

$BP     6,421

This week 73 companies raised and 1 cut their dividends.

 This week 73 companies raised and 1 company cut its dividends. The following companies are:

PriceSmart, Inc. PSMT

Ameren Corp AEE

Ametek Inc AME

ITT Inc ITT

Victory Capital Holdings Inc VCTR

Principal Financial Group Inc PFG

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp WAB

Allegion PLC ALLE

Camden Property Trust CPT

Alpine Income Property Trust Inc PINE

WK Kellogg Co KLG

Exponent Inc EXPO

Monolithic Power Systems Inc MPWR

Expedia Group Inc EXPE

Alliancebernstein Holding LP AB

CMS Energy Corp CMS

Tradeweb Markets Inc TW

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc ELS

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc FR

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc REXR

PC Connection Inc CNXN

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH

Marketaxess Holdings Inc MKTX

Moelis & Co MC

Viper Energy Inc VNOM

InterDigital Inc IDCC

CME Group Inc CME

Intercontinental Exchange Inc ICE

Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM

Yum China Holdings Inc YUMC

United Parcel Service Inc UPS

Century Communities Inc CCS

Renaissancere Holdings Ltd RNR

AvalonBay Communities Inc AVB

Csg Systems International Inc CSGS

Kemper Corp KMPR

New York Times Co NYT

American Assets Trust, Inc AAT

Amdocs Ltd DOX

Prudential Financial Inc PRU

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc ODFL

Trane Technologies PLC TT

Ares Management Corp ARES

Equinor ASA EQNR

3M Co MMM

Otter Tail Corp OTTR

Xylem Inc XYL

FirstService Corp FSV

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co ADM

Herc Holdings Inc HRI

Morris State Bancshares Inc MBLU

Graphic Packaging Holding Company GPK

PepsiCo Inc PEP

United States Lime & Minerals Inc USLM

Healthpeak Properties Inc DOC

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock WWD

Kforce Inc KFRC

First National Bank Alaska FBAK

International Bancshares Corp IBOC

PB Financial Corp PBNC

First Business Financial Services Inc FBIZ

Standard Motor Products Inc SMP

Brookfield Renewable Corp BEPC

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp MGY

Cincinnati Financial Corp CINF

Commerce Bancshares Inc CBSH

GATX Corp GATX

River City Bank Ord Shs RCBC

Great-West Lifeco GWO.CA

TotalEnergies SE TTE

Powell Industries Inc POWL

TMX Group Ltd TMXXF

Patrick Industries Inc PATK