Why AstraZeneca Topped the Market on Thursday

A fresh earnings release was the news development powering AstraZeneca's (AZN 2.01%) share price higher on Thursday. Investors were clearly impressed by the pharmaceutical company's numbers, as the stock closed the day more than 2% higher in value. This was notably better than the 0.4% bump of the S&P 500 index.A crushing bottom-line beatAstraZeneca unveiled both its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results before market open today, revealing that its total revenue was $14.89 billion. This represented a me ...