(VIANEWS) – QCR Holdings (QCRH), Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP), Afya (AFYA) are the highest sales growth and return on equity stocks on this list.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option?
1. QCR Holdings (QCRH)
43.5% sales growth and 13.72% return on equity
QCR Holdings, Inc., a multi-bank holding company, provides commercial and consumer banking, and trust and asset management services. Its deposit products include noninterest-bearing demand, interest-bearing demand, time, and brokered deposits. The company also provides various commercial and retail lending/leasing, and investment services to corporations, partnerships, individuals, and government agencies. Its loan portfolio comprises loans to small and mid-sized businesses; business loans, including lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes; term loans for the acquisition of facilities, equipment, and other purposes; commercial and residential real estate loans; and installment and other consumer loans, such as home improvement, home equity, motor vehicle, and signature loans, as well as small personal credit lines. In addition, the company engages in leasing of machinery and equipment to commercial and industrial businesses under direct financing lease contracts; and issuance of trust preferred securities. It serves the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley, Des Moines/Ankeny, and Springfield communities. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, QCR Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.92.
PE Ratio
QCR Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.42. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $8.42 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 13.72%.
2. Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP)
34.5% sales growth and 31.38% return on equity
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., a diversified natural resource company, produces and markets coal primarily to utilities and industrial users in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Illinois Basin Coal Operations, Appalachia Coal Operations, Oil & Gas Royalties, and Coal Royalties. It produces a range of thermal and metallurgical coal with sulfur and heat contents. The company operates seven underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. In addition, it leases land and operates a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mt. Vernon, Indiana; and buys and resells coal, as well as owns mineral and royalty interests in approximately 1.5 million gross acres of oil and gas producing regions primarily in the Permian, Anadarko, and Williston Basins. Further, the company offers various mining technology products and services, including data network, communication and tracking systems, mining proximity detection systems, industrial collision avoidance systems, and data and analytics software. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 547.1 million tons of proven and probable coal mineral reserves, as well as 1.17 billion tons of measured, indicated, and inferred coal mineral resources in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.15.
PE Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.64. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $6.64 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 31.38%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. is 106195 which is 78.84% below its average volume of 502037.
Moving Average
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $21.77 and below its 200-day moving average of $21.12.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 246.3% and 357.1%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 51.3%, now sitting on 2.18B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Afya (AFYA)
13.4% sales growth and 11.4% return on equity
Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated a network of 46 undergraduate and graduate medical school campuses consisted of 30 undergrad operating units and five approved units; and a network of 2,731 medical school seats that consisted of 2,481 operating seats and 278 approved seats. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Afya has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.44.
PE Ratio
Afya has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.43. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $35.43 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 11.4%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Afya is 108229 which is 72.15% below its average volume of 388696.
Moving Average
Afya’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $15.20 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $13.20.
Sales Growth
Afya’s sales growth is 33.7% for the current quarter and 13.4% for the next.
4. Internationa Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
8.3% sales growth and 3.05% return on equity
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cosmetic active and natural health ingredients for use in various consumer products in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Greater Asia, North America, and Latin America. It operates through Nourish, Scent, Health & Biosciences, and Pharma Solutions segments. The Nourish segment offers natural and plant-based specialty food ingredients, such as flavor compounds, and savory solutions and inclusions. It also provides natural food protection ingredients consist of natural antioxidants and anti-microbials as well as beverages, sweets , and dairy products. The Scent segment provides fragrance compounds, which include fine fragrances comprising perfumes and colognes, as well as consumer fragrances; fragrance ingredients comprising synthetic and natural ingredients that could be combined with other materials to create fragrance and consumer compounds; and cosmetic active ingredients consisting of active and functional ingredients, botanicals, and delivery systems to support its customers' cosmetic and personal care product lines. The Health & Biosciences segment develops and produces enzymes, food cultures, probiotics, and specialty ingredients. The Pharma Solutions segment produces and sells cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients. The company sells its products primarily to manufacturers of perfumes and cosmetics, hair and other personal care products, soaps and detergents, cleaning products, dairy, meat and other processed foods, beverages, snacks and savory foods, sweet and baked goods, dietary supplements, infant and elderly nutrition, functional food, and pharmaceutical excipients and oral care products. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Internationa Flavors & Fragrances has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.21.
PE Ratio
Internationa Flavors & Fragrances has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.28. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $35.28 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 3.05%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.1%, now sitting on 12.63B for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 21, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.24 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.38%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Internationa Flavors & Fragrances’s stock is valued at $113.25 at 15:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $143.14 and way higher than its 52-week low of $83.14.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Internationa Flavors & Fragrances is 953136 which is 44.25% below its average volume of 1709890.
