With only a few hours remaining before the end of trading on Friday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is up 0.5% for the week, with these four ASX 200 stocks racing ahead of those gains.
Which stocks smashed the benchmark returns this week?
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Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP)
First up, we have Domino's Pizza.
Shares in the fast-food pizza retailer closed last Friday trading for $15.72. At the time of writing, shares are changing hands for $17.36 each, putting this ASX 200 stock up 10.4% for the week.
There's been no fresh price-sensitive news out from the company in some time. But with Domino's shares kicking off this week down 28% year to date, investors may believe that the turnaround story is finally in play.
ALS Ltd (ASX: ALQ)
ALS shares are also enjoying a strong week of outperformance.
Shares in the testing services company closed last Friday trading for $22.20, and are currently trading for $24.29. That sees this ASX 200 stock up 9.4% for the week.
ALS shares look to have enjoyed a belated bump, following Monday's release of the company's full-year FY 2026 results.
Highlights for the 12 months included a 10.7% year-on-year increase in revenue to $3.32 billion. And on the bottom line, ALS reported underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of $381 million, up 25.8% from FY 2025.
James Hardie Industries PLC (ASX: JHX)
The third ASX 200 stock smashing the benchmark returns this week is James Hardie.
James Hardie shares closed last week at $26.94 and are currently trading at $28.94 apiece, up 7.4%.
On Wednesday, James Hardie released its own full-year FY 2026 results.
The building materials company reported a 25% year-on-year increase in net sales, reaching US$4.84 billion over the 12 months. That growth was spurred by additional sales from the company's acquisition of AZEK, a United States-based outdoor building products company.
Excluding that acquisition, James Hardie's organic net sales were down by 2% from FY 2025.
Which brings us to…
Guzman Y Gomez (ASX: GYG)
Guzman Y Gomez shares are enjoying a welcome week of outperformance.
Shares in the Mexican fast-food restaurant chain closed last Friday trading for $17. At the time of writing today, shares are trading for $20.79, which sees this ASX 200 stock up an impressive 22.3% for the week.
Most of those gains are being delivered today.
Guzman Y Gomez shares are up 15% in early afternoon trade after the company announced that it was exiting its US market, where it's struggled to achieve sales growth.
However, management offered a bullish assessment of Guzman Y Gomez's Australia business, lifting full-year FY 2026 Australia Segment earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) guidance to around $85 million.
That's 29% higher than the company's FY 2025 EBITDA in Australia.
