(VIANEWS) – Coastal Financial Corporation (CCB), Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX) 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. Coastal Financial Corporation (CCB)
56.8% sales growth and 18.27% return on equity
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Coastal Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.51.
PE Ratio
Coastal Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.34 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 18.27%.
Sales Growth
Coastal Financial Corporation’s sales growth is 80.8% for the current quarter and 56.8% for the next.
Moving Average
Coastal Financial Corporation’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $45.80 and above its 200-day moving average of $42.92.
2. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC)
13.6% sales growth and 39.81% return on equity
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Certus-NX and ECP, MachXO, iCE40, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products. In addition, the company licenses its technology portfolio through standard IP and IP core licensing, patent monetization, and IP services. It sells its products directly to end customers, and indirectly through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and independent distributors. The company primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications and computing, consumer, and industrial and automotive end markets. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.24.
PE Ratio
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 67.46. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $67.46 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 39.81%.
3. IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)
8.2% sales growth and 104.58% return on equity
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products and services primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets worldwide. The company operates through CAG; Water Quality Products; LPD; and Other segments. It provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, including instruments, consumables, and rapid assay test kits; veterinary reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services; practice management and diagnostic imaging systems and services for veterinarians; and health monitoring, biological materials testing, and laboratory animal diagnostic instruments and services for biomedical research community. The company also offers diagnostic and health-monitoring products for livestock, poultry, and dairy; products that test water for various microbiological contaminants; and point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers and SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR that are used in the human point-of-care medical diagnostics market; in-clinic chemistry, blood and urine chemistry, hematology, and SediVue Dx analyzers; SNAP rapid assays test kits. In addition, it provides Colilert, Colilert-18, and Colisure tests, which detect the presence of total coliforms and E. coli in water; Enterolert, Pseudalert, Filta-Max and Filta-Max xpress, Legiolert, and Quanti-Tray products; veterinary software and services for independent veterinary clinics and corporate groups. The company markets its products through marketing, customer service, sales, and technical service groups, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, IDEXX Laboratories has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.71.
PE Ratio
IDEXX Laboratories has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 68.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $68.18 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 104.58%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 6.6% and 59.6%, respectively.
Sales Growth
IDEXX Laboratories’s sales growth is 6.8% for the current quarter and 8.2% for the next.
Moving Average
IDEXX Laboratories’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $467.04 and way above its 200-day moving average of $395.95.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.4%, now sitting on 3.37B for the twelve trailing months.
4. Graham Holdings Company (GHC)
6.9% sales growth and 3.58% return on equity
Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company worldwide. It provides test preparation services and materials; data science and training services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global. The company also offers training, test preparation, and degrees for accounting and financial services professionals; English-language training, academic preparation programs, and test preparation for English proficiency exams; and A-level examination preparation services, as well as operates three colleges, a business school, a higher education institution, and an online learning institution. In addition, it owns and operates seven television stations; and provides social media management tools to connect newsrooms with their users, as well as produces Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com website. Further, the company publishes Slate, an online magazine; and two French-language news magazine websites at slate.fr and slateafrique.com. Additionally, it provides social media marketing solutions; home health and hospice services; burners, igniters, dampers, and controls; screw jacks, linear actuators and related linear motion products, and lifting systems; pressure impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products; cybersecurity training solutions; digital advertising services; and power charging and data systems, industrial and commercial indoor lighting solutions, and electrical components and assemblies. The company also owns and operates 11 restaurants and entertainment venues; and engages in automobile dealerships business. The company was formerly known as The Washington Post Company and changed its name to Graham Holdings Company in November 2013. Graham Holdings Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Graham Holdings Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $58.13.
PE Ratio
Graham Holdings Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.02 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 3.58%.
