10 Stocks Stand Strong Amid Cautious Market Environment

1. Compass, Inc. (NYSE:COMP)

Real estate broker Compass, Inc. (NYSE:COMP) rallied for a sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, soaring 28.32 percent to end at $10.24 apiece as investors cheered the company’s improved earnings performance last year.

In its earnings release, COMP said net loss attributable to the company for the fourth quarter narrowed by 51.6 percent to $40.5 million from $83.7 million year-on-year, while net loss attributable to the parent for full-year 2024 shrunk by 51.9 percent to $154.4 million from $321.3 million in 2023.

Meanwhile, revenues for the quarter rose by 26 percent to $1.38 billion from $1.09 billion year-on-year, while revenues for full-year 2024 grew 15 percent to $5.6 billion from $4.88 billion.

For the first quarter of the year, the company pegged revenues at $1.35 billion to $1.475 billion, exceeding consensus of $1.335 billion.

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