the markets are headed toward a positive week and certain stocks stood out from the rest as of friday afternoon all the major averages were in the green for the week the s  p 500 and nasdaq composite were up 15 and 29 week to date respectively the dow jones industrial average also rose about 02 since monday regional bank stocks were among this weeks most notable gainers after a difficult few weeks further while debt ceiling negotiations abruptly hit a wall on friday investors sentiment through the week had been bolstered by earlier statements from house speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden that the nation would not default on its obligations take a look at some of this weeks top outperformers and where analysts see them going forward the data is current as of 935 am edt friday regional bank stocks comerica and zions bancorporation saw the largest gains this week with shares surging 227 and 218 respectively analysts are bullish on comerica with over half of those covering the stock rating it a buy according to factset to be sure while the stock is down roughly 12 in may and 43 year to date its average price target implies shares could rally 463 in the coming months western digital shares popped 166 as of friday morning investor sentiment was buoyed this week by a reuters report that the tech company is accelerating merger deal talks with japanbased kioxia holdings analysts covering western digital believe shares could rise almost 16 this year more than 40 of these analysts rate it a buy according to factset data semiconductor design company synopsys  stock jumped 125 week to date and hit a new 52week high on friday earlier this week the company posted betterthanexpected fiscal secondquarter earnings and revenue according to factset synopsys also raised its fullyear outlook the stock has surged 28 in 2023 and analysts think it could rise 67 from here eighty percent of the analysts covering the stock rate it a buy capital one and keycorp were some of the other financial stocks that made this weeks list of top gainers with shares rising 156 and 125 respectively although capital one shares are up more than 5 year to date they lag behind the broadmarket indexs 9 rise consumer names carnival corporation and bath  body works also outperformed this week telecommunications group dish network and insurance company lincoln national also managed to beat the market