(VIANEWS) – SPS Commerce (SPSC), Brown & Brown (BRO), Choice Hotels International (CHH) 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. SPS Commerce (SPSC)
17.3% sales growth and 10.63% return on equity
SPS Commerce, Inc. provides cloud-based supply chain management solutions worldwide. It offers solutions through the SPS Commerce, a cloud-based platform that enhances the way retailers, suppliers, grocers, distributors, and logistics firms manage and fulfill omnichannel orders, optimize sell-through performance, and automate new trading relationships. The company also provides Fulfillment solution that provides fulfillment automation and replaces or augments an organization's existing staff and trading partner electronic communication infrastructure by enabling easy compliance with retailers' rulebooks, automatic, and digital exchange of information among numerous trading partners through various protocols, and greater visibility into the journey of an order; and Analytics solution, which consists of data analytics applications that enables customers to enhance their visibility across supply chains through greater analytics capabilities. In addition, it offers various complimentary products, such as assortment product, which enables accurate order management and rapid fulfillment; and community product that accelerates vendor onboarding and ensures trading partner adoption of new supply chain requirements. The company was formerly known as St. Paul Software, Inc. and changed its name to SPS Commerce, Inc. in May 2001. SPS Commerce, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPS Commerce has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.45.
PE Ratio
SPS Commerce has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 115.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $115.5 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 10.63%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for SPS Commerce is 155275 which is 3.2% above its average volume of 150458.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 3.6% and 13.2%, respectively.
Moving Average
SPS Commerce’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $145.02 and way above its 200-day moving average of $129.29.
2. Brown & Brown (BRO)
16.3% sales growth and 15.26% return on equity
Brown & Brown, Inc. markets and sells insurance products and services in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail, National Programs, Wholesale Brokerage, and Services. The company offers builders risk, group medical and pharmaceutical, property, commercial auto, homeowners, reinsurance, crop and hail, inland marine, retirement benefit, cyber, disability, risk mitigating warranty products, directors and officers, management liability, errors and omissions, medical stop loss, term life, excess liability, personal auto, umbrella, general liability, prescription drug, workers compensation, and group dental insurance products. It also provides professional liability and related package insurance products for dentistry, legal, eyecare, insurance, financial, physicians, and real estate title professionals, as well as supplementary insurance-related products for weddings, events, medical facilities, and cyber liability; homeowners and personal property policies, residential earthquake, and private passenger automobile and motorcycle coverage; commercial and public entity-related programs; and flood insurance, commercial difference-in-conditions, all-risk commercial property, coastal property programs, lender-placed solutions, sovereign Indian nations, and parcel insurance. In addition, it provides markets and sells excess and surplus commercial insurance products, such as personal lines, homeowners, yachts, jewelry, commercial property and casualty, commercial automobile, garage, restaurant, builder's risk, and inland marine lines; and third-party claims administration and medical utilization management services in the workers' compensation and all-lines liability arenas, as well as Medicare Set-aside, Social Security disability, Medicare benefits advocacy, and claims adjusting services. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Brown & Brown has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.38.
PE Ratio
Brown & Brown has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.26. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.26 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 15.26%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Brown & Brown’s stock is valued at $55.36 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $74.00 and higher than its 52-week low of $52.82.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 21.5%, now sitting on 3.57B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Choice Hotels International (CHH)
12.5% sales growth and 157.96% return on equity
Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor worldwide. The company operates in Hotel Franchising and Corporate & Other segments. It franchises lodging properties under the brand names of Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, WoodSpring Suites, Everhome Suites, Cambria Hotels, and Ascend Hotel Collection. The company also develops and markets cloud-based property management software to non-franchised hoteliers. As of December 31, 2020, it had 7,147 hotels with 597,977 rooms located in 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 40 countries and territories. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Choice Hotels International has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.73.
PE Ratio
Choice Hotels International has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.63 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 157.96%.
Moving Average
Choice Hotels International’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $121.19 and below its 200-day moving average of $118.05.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 27.2%, now sitting on 1.4B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Choice Hotels International’s EBITDA is 5.24.
4. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation (ATLC)
7% sales growth and 30.18% return on equity
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation provides credit and related financial services and products to customers the United States. It operates in two segments, Credit as a Service, and Auto Finance. The Credit as a Service segment originates a range of consumer loan products, such as private label and general purpose credit cards originated by lenders through various channels, including retail and healthcare, direct mail solicitation, digital marketing, and partnerships with third parties; and offers credit to their customers for the purchase of various goods and services, including consumer electronics, furniture, elective medical procedures, healthcare, educational services, and home-improvements by partnering with retailers and service providers. In addition, it offers loan servicing, such as risk management and customer service outsourcing for third parties; and engages in testing and investment activities in consumer finance technology platforms. The Auto Finance segment purchases and/or services loans secured by automobiles from or for a pre-qualified network of independent automotive dealers and automotive finance companies in the buy-here, pay-here, and used car business. This segment also provides floor plan financing and installment lending products. Further, the company invests in and services portfolios of credit card receivables. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Atlanticus Holdings Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.68.
PE Ratio
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.78 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 30.18%.
Moving Average
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation’s worth is way below its 50-day moving average of $30.39 and way below its 200-day moving average of $30.64.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 28.8%, now sitting on 385.93M for the twelve trailing months.
5. FMC Corporation (FMC)
5.3% sales growth and 26% return on equity
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that include insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. FMC Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FMC Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.22.
PE Ratio
FMC Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.42 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 26%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 14.7%, now sitting on 5.8B for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 28, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.32 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.8%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for FMC Corporation is 57447 which is 92.79% below its average volume of 796943.
Moving Average
FMC Corporation’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $126.11 and above its 200-day moving average of $117.86.
