Benchmark Beaters is a weekly report tracking stocks making new highs relative to their benchmark. Each week we surface new leaders, repeat outperformers, and sustained streaks - objectively and consistently.

Benchmark Beaters Weekly

Every week, our Benchmark Beaters screener identifies the Canadian and US stocks that are outperforming their benchmarks. Each blog post highlights 2 Canadian and 2 US “new” stocks - with a 1-year price chart, a quick business description, and a brief investment insight.

Canadian Stocks (New This Week 🟢)

Enerflex – EFX

Theme: Natural Gas Infrastructure in Demand

EFX designs, builds, and operates modular natural gas compression, processing, and power generation infrastructure across North America, Latin America, and the Eastern Hemisphere. The company is appearing on this week's list following a strong operational quarter marked by record free cash flow generation, meaningful debt reduction, and a strategic divestiture of a non-core business that sharpens its focus on higher-margin recurring revenue streams. With global demand for natural gas infrastructure accelerating and investors rotating toward energy services names with improving balance sheet discipline, Enerflex is finding renewed investor interest.

Saputo – SAP

Theme: Dairy Giant Regaining Its Footing

SAP is one of the world's largest dairy processors, operating across Canada, the United States, Australia, and international markets with a broad portfolio of cheese, fluid milk, and dairy ingredient products. The company is earning its place on this week's list on the back of a recovering earnings profile, with recent quarterly results coming in ahead of expectations as cost discipline and improving commodity conditions begin to flow through margins. Investors are rotating toward consumer staples names with steady cash flow and credible recovery momentum, and Saputo's improving execution is making that case more convincingly.

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US Stocks (New This Week 🟢)

Lam Research – LRCX

Theme: Semiconductor Upcycle Gaining Conviction

LRCX designs and manufactures the specialized etch and deposition equipment that chipmakers depend on to build advanced memory and logic devices at scale. The company is on this week's list as the global wafer fabrication equipment spending cycle continues to broaden, with AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory and next-generation chip packaging translating into strengthening order visibility and upward earnings revisions across the semiconductor equipment sector. With institutional confidence building and multiple analysts lifting their outlooks, LRCX is benefiting from a clear convergence of fundamental momentum and sector rotation into hardware infrastructure.

Hubbell – HUBB

Theme: Grid Modernization Becoming a Multiyear Theme

HUBB manufactures electrical products and grid infrastructure solutions serving utilities, industrial facilities, and data center operators across North America. The company is new to this week's list following a strong quarterly beat driven by organic demand for grid modernization and electrification products, with management guiding for continued mid-single-digit organic growth and raising its dividend — reinforcing confidence in the durability of its end markets. As investors search for industrial names with structural tailwinds insulated from trade uncertainty, Hubbell's exposure to long-cycle utility and data center spending is driving a sustained re-rating above the broader index.

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