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As of Friday's market close, $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ slipped about 0.04%, $S&P 500(.SPX)$ edged down roughly 0.03%, and $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ declined about 0.09%, showed flat performance. Data from TradingView shows that 19 companies with a market cap of over $10 billion have reached new highs.

• Holiday trading and light volume: With much of the world still observing post‑Christmas holidays, market participation was low and trading was thin. This often leads to muted price action and higher sensitivity to small flows.

• Precious metals surge: Gold and silver prices continued to climb on expectations of future rate cuts and safe‑haven demand, partly driven by global uncertainty and a weaker dollar, which contrasted with the small dip in equity prices.

• Outlook and policy focus: As 2025 draws to a close, markets are looking ahead to 2026 with optimism, though investors remain focused on the Federal Reserve’s policy direction—especially potential rate cuts and leadership changes—as key factors shaping the year ahead. Rotation into cyclical sectors like financials and materials also underpinned broader gains over the year.

According to TradingView, on Monday, there were 19 stocks with market value over $10B that saw prices hit all time high. Below are the TOP 10 stocks with analyst rating of buy and ranked by market value: $JPMorgan Chase(JPM)$ $Bank of America(BAC)$ $GE Aerospace(GE)$ $Micron Technology(MU)$ $Morgan Stanley(MS)$ $Lam Research(LRCX)$ $Charles Schwab(SCHW)$ $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ $Capital One(COF)$ $Chubb(CB)$

Looking at the specific data analysis:

• 9 companies with EPS dil growth rate over 30%: $Nasdaq(NDAQ)$ $Royal(RGLD)$ $Charles Schwab(SCHW)$ $Morgan Stanley(MS)$ $Lam Research(LRCX)$ $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ $Howmet Aerospace Inc.(HWM)$ $Bank of America(BAC)$ $GE Aerospace(GE)$

• 9 companies with negative EPS growth: $Capital One(COF)$ $Tapestry Inc.(TPR)$ $Old Republic(ORI)$ $Chubb(CB)$

• 1 company without EPS dil growth rate provided: $Newmont Mining(NEM)$

The following is a compilation of key drivers behind the record-high stock prices of the top 10 companies, based on publicly available information. This is for discussion purposes only.

1. $JPMorgan Chase(JPM)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Global universal bank with consumer & community banking, corporate & investment banking, commercial banking, asset & wealth management. Latest focus: AI-driven cash-flow analytics rolled out to 5 million Chase retail customers, expansion of international corporate-bank hubs, and a 2025 efficiency target of <54 %.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025, record revenue $43.8 billion (+8 % YoY), net income $14.7 billion, EPS $5.10, ROTCE 21 %; credit-loss reserve build of $1.5 billion on consumer normalization; CET1 15.2 %; returned $8.9 billion to shareholders.

  

2. $Bank of America(BAC)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Consumer-led franchise serving ~68 million accounts plus global wealth, corporate and investment banking. Key moves: AI “Erica” assistant now handles 2 billion annual interactions, expansion of preferred-rewards cross-sell, and $1 billion annual run-rate tech savings.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025: revenue $26.3 billion (+3 % YoY), net income $7.1 billion, EPS $0.91, ROTCE 12 %; deposit growth of 5 % YoY to $1.0 trillion; CET1 11.9 %; repurchased $3.0 billion stock.

  

3. $GE Aerospace(GE)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Leading pure-play jet-engine OEM (commercial, defense, aftermarket services). Growth driven by record LEAP deliveries, 28 % services revenue jump, and FLIGHT-DECK productivity; backlog now exceeds $175 billion.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025: revenue $12.2 billion (+24 % YoY), operating profit $2.3 billion (+26 %), adjusted EPS $1.66 (+44 %), FCF $2.4 billion (+30 %); raised full-year guidance to mid-teens revenue growth, operating profit $8.2-$8.5 billion and FCF $6.5-$6.9 billion.

  

4. $Micron Technology(MU)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Leading memory supplier whose core DRAM/NAND portfolio is pivoting to AI-centric, high-margin products; HBM revenue more than doubled sequentially and is fully booked and priced through CY-26.

• Recent Financial Highlights: Q1 FY-26: record revenue $8.7 billion (+17 % YoY), gross margin 36 % (+12 pp YoY), diluted EPS $2.25; management guides Feb-qtr revenue $7.9-8.3 billion on continued data-center strength.

  

5. $Morgan Stanley(MS)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Global investment bank with dominant wealth-management franchise (> $5 trn client assets) and expanding AI-driven risk-analytics platform.

• Recent Financial Highlights: Q3 2025: net revenue $15.9 billion (+9 % YoY), EPS $2.02, ROTCE 16.8 %; returned $4.4 billion to shareholders while growing fee-based client assets by $110 billion.

  

6. $Lam Research(LRCX)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Top supplier of wafer-fab etch & deposition tools, riding AI/foundry inflections—gate-all-around and advanced-packaging shipments expected to top $3 billion in CY-25.

• Recent Financial Highlights: Q3 2025: record revenue $5.32 billion, gross margin 50.6 %, non-GAAP EPS $1.26, cash balance $6.7 billion; China 43 % of sales but guided to moderate in 2025 on export-rule headwinds.

  

7. $Charles Schwab(SCHW)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Top-three U.S. brokerage/custody platform serving 38 million accounts.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025 record revenue $6.1B (+27% YoY), EPS $1.26 (+77%), ROTCE 25%; added $137.5B core net-new assets and returned $2.7B via buy-backs while hiking the quarterly dividend 8%.

  

8. $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Leading semiconductor process-control vendor with >50% share; riding AI node shrinks and advanced-packaging demand.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025 revenue $3.21B, non-GAAP EPS $8.81, gross margin 62.5%; guided to mid-teens WFE out-performance in 2025 as advanced-packaging revenue tops $925M (+70% YoY).

  

9. $Capital One(COF)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Tech-heavy consumer bank anchored by one of the largest U.S. credit-card books; integrating Discover to add a payments network.

• Recent Financial Highlights: Q3 2025 revenue $9.4B (+4% YoY), net income $1.2B, EPS $3.16; credit-loss normalization partly offset by 5% deposit growth and $450M share buy-backs.

  

10. $Chubb(CB)$

• Core Business & Latest Business Developments: Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property & casualty insurer, serving commercial, personal and specialty clients across 54 countries.

• Recent Financial Highlights: In Q3 2025 record net premiums written $14.9 billion (+7.5 % YoY), core EPS $7.49 (+31 %), P&C combined ratio a record 81.8 %, core ROTE 24.5 %; capital returned $1.62 billion in the quarter.

  

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