--- title: "Merlin, Concrete Pumping Holdings, And Krispy Kreme And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/288881457.md" description: "U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq down over 425 points. However, several individual stocks surged: Merlin Inc. rose 35.93% after a successful CDR announcement; Concrete Pumping Holdings jumped 35.46% on strong Q2 results and raised guidance; Krispy Kreme gained 8.25%; Cooper Companies rose 7.40% on record revenue; and Chipotle Mexican Grill increased 5.67% following an analyst upgrade." datetime: "2026-06-05T14:38:51.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/288881457.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288881457.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/288881457.md) --- # Merlin, Concrete Pumping Holdings, And Krispy Kreme And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq down more than 425 points. Shares of **Merlin Inc.** (NASDAQ:MRLN) rose sharply, after the company announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its C-130J autonomy program with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) on June 4. Merlin shares gained 35.93% to reach $9.76 on Friday. Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session. - **Concrete Pumping Holdings Inc.** (NASDAQ:BBCP) surged 35.46% to $10.81, following the company's better-than-expected Q2 financial results. Concrete Pumping also raised its FY26 sales guidance above estimates. - **Krispy Kreme Inc.** (NASDAQ:DNUT) rose 8.25% to $3.54. The company announced that in celebration of National Doughnut Day this Friday, it was offering with a free doughnut to all customers with no purchase needed and a dozen Original Glazed doughnuts at $2 with any doughnut purchase. - **Cooper Companies Inc.** (NASDAQ:COO) gained 7.40% to $66.61, after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results, with record revenue of $1.08 billion, representing an 8% year-on-year increase, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.21, up 26% from the same quarter last year. - **Insperity Inc.** (NYSE:NSP) advanced 7.26% to $35.90. On June 2, the company won the 2026 Great Place to Work Certification™, reflecting insperity's strong company culture, focused on workforce readiness, employee engagement, community impact and wellbeing initiatives. - **G-III Apparel Group Ltd.** (NASDAQ:GIII) rose 6.77% to $34.21, after the company's first quarter financial results beat estimates with loss per share of $0.21 on revenue of $535.96 million. - **Shattuck Labs Inc.** (NASDAQ:STTK) climbed 6.66% to $5.12. - **AppLovin Corp.** (NASDAQ:APP) rose 5.86% to $591.67, after Edgewater Research analyst Joe Wittine upgraded the stock to Outperform. - **Argan Inc.** (NYSE:AGX) gained 5.85% to $729.80, after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results, with revenue surging 50% year-on-year to $291 million, and EPS of $3.24 beating the estimate of $1.02. - **Liberty Capital Corp. Series A** (NASDAQ:GLIBA) climbed 5.82% to $21.98. - **Stevanato Group S.p.A.** (NYSE:STVN) rose 5.78% to $19.58. On June 3, the announced that all resolutions proposed to the shareholders at the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders, held virtually on May 26, 2026, have passed. - **Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.** (NYSE:CMG) gained 5.67% to $29.78. JP Morgan analyst John Ivankoe upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight while lowering the price target from $38 to $35. ### Related Stocks - [BBCP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BBCP.US.md) - [CMG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CMG.US.md) - [MRLN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MRLN.US.md) - [DNUT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DNUT.US.md) - [COO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COO.US.md) - [.IXIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [NSP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NSP.US.md) - [GIII.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GIII.US.md) - [STTK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STTK.US.md) - [APP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/APP.US.md) - [AGX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AGX.US.md) - [GLIBA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GLIBA.US.md) - [STVN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STVN.US.md) - [GLIBK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GLIBK.US.md) - [GLBAV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GLBAV.US.md) - [GLBKV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GLBKV.US.md) - [GLIBR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GLIBR.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Chipotle and 5 more restaurant stocks that look appetizing](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289283843.md) - [Why Chipotle (CMG) Is Down 7.9% After Analyst Downgrade And Marketing Push Shift Investor Focus](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288933359.md) - [SRx Health Solutions Acquires 4.99% of Smartkem, Inc. 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