(VIANEWS) – Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN), United Rentals (URI), Comfort Systems USA (FIX) 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. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
36.4% sales growth and 12.4% return on equity
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.24.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.21 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 12.4%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Main Street Capital Corporation’s stock is valued at $39.56 at 11:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $45.67 and way higher than its 52-week low of $31.66.
Moving Average
Main Street Capital Corporation’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $39.78 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $39.07.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 4, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.7 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 6.83%.
2. United Rentals (URI)
24% sales growth and 32.25% return on equity
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment rents general construction and industrial equipment includes backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom and scissor lifts; and general tools and light equipment comprising pressure washers, water pumps, and power tools for construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities. The specialty segment rents specialty construction products, including trench safety equipment consists of trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work; power and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, such as portable diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and temperature control equipment; fluid solutions equipment for fluid containment, transfer, and treatment; and mobile storage equipment and modular office space. This segment serves construction companies involved in infrastructure projects, and municipalities and industrial companies. It also sells aerial lifts, reach forklifts, telehandlers, compressors, and generators; construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies; and parts for equipment that is owned by its customers, as well as provides repair and maintenance services. The company sells used equipment through its sales force, brokers, website, at auctions, and directly to manufacturers. The company operates a network of 1,521 rental locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. United Rentals, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, United Rentals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $28.29.
PE Ratio
United Rentals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.78 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 32.25%.
Sales Growth
United Rentals’s sales growth is 24.8% for the current quarter and 24% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for United Rentals is 765508 which is 21.13% below its average volume of 970687.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
United Rentals’s EBITDA is 21.88.
3. Comfort Systems USA (FIX)
15.9% sales growth and 27.24% return on equity
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. provides mechanical and electrical installation, renovation, maintenance, repair, and replacement services for the mechanical and electrical services industry in the United States. It engages in the design, engineering, integration, installation, and start-up of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems; and renovation, expansion, maintenance, monitoring, repair, and replacement of existing buildings. The company offers its services for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, as well as plumbing, piping and controls, off-site construction, electrical, monitoring, and fire protection. It serves building owners and developers, general contractors, architects, consulting engineers, and property managers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional MEP markets. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Comfort Systems USA has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.78.
PE Ratio
Comfort Systems USA has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.32 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 27.24%.
4. Silicom Ltd (SILC)
13.5% sales growth and 10.84% return on equity
Silicom Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports networking and data infrastructure solutions for a range of servers, server-based systems, and communications devices in the United States, North America, Israel, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers server network interface cards; and smart cards, such as smart server adapters, which include redirector and switching cards, encryption and data compression hardware acceleration cards, forward error correction acceleration and offloading cards, time synchronization cards, and field programmable gate array-based cards. The company also provides virtualized and universal customer-premises equipment; edge devices for SD-WAN and NFV deployments; and distributed units for the 5G mobile infrastructure market. It serves original equipment manufacturing, cloud, telco, mobile, and related service provider customers. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Kfar Sava, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Silicom Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.67.
PE Ratio
Silicom Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.85 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 10.84%.
Sales Growth
Silicom Ltd’s sales growth is 15.4% for the ongoing quarter and 13.5% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Silicom Ltd’s stock is valued at $34.30 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $50.00 and above its 52-week low of $31.30.
5. Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB)
12.5% sales growth and 9.57% return on equity
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Berkshire Bank that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit accounts, including demand deposit, NOW, regular savings, money market savings, time certificates of deposit, and retirement deposit accounts; and loans, such as commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, consumer, and residential mortgage loans. The company also provides wealth management services comprising investment management, trust administration, and financial planning; and investment products, financial planning, and brokerage services. In addition, it offers electronic banking, commercial cash management, online banking, and mobile banking services; and debit cards and other electronic fee producing payment services to transaction account customers. Further, the company, through its subsidiary, Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc., provides personal and commercial property, and casualty insurance; employee benefits insurance; and life, health, and financial services insurance products. It serves personal, commercial, not- profit, and municipal deposit customers. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 130 full-service branches in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Central New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.23.
PE Ratio
Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.54. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.54 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 9.57%.
6. NV5 Global (NVEE)
11.4% sales growth and 7.58% return on equity
NV5 Global, Inc. provides professional and technical engineering and consulting services to public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, utility services, construction, real estate, and environmental markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Infrastructure; Building, Technology & Sciences; and Geospatial Solutions. The company offers site selection and planning, design, water resources, transportation, structural engineering, land development, surveying, power delivery, building code compliance, and other services; and construction materials testing and engineering, geotechnical engineering and consulting, and forensic consulting services. It also provides governmental outsourcing and consulting, and technical outsourcing services; and geospatial data analytic and mapping services. In addition, the company offers mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design; commissioning; energy performance, management, and optimization; building program management; acoustical design consulting; and audiovisual–security and surveillance–information technology–data center services, as well as energy services. Further, it provides various services, such as investigating and analyzing environmental conditions, and recommending corrective measures and procedures; occupational health and safety services; radiation exposure and protection, and nuclear safety and industrial hygiene analyses services; hydrogeological modeling and environmental programs; water resource planning, monitoring, and environmental management of wastewater facilities; solid waste landfill investigations; permitting and compliance; storm water pollution; environmental impact statement support; agricultural waste management and permitting; and wetland evaluations. The company was formerly known as NV5 Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to NV5 Global, Inc. in December 2015. NV5 Global, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NV5 Global has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.22.
PE Ratio
NV5 Global has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.61 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 7.58%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for NV5 Global is 65840 which is 38.88% below its average volume of 107723.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 0.7%, now sitting on 786.78M for the twelve trailing months.
7. Focus Financial Partners (FOCS)
9.7% sales growth and 10.35% return on equity
Focus Financial Partners Inc. provides wealth management services to primarily ultra-high and high net worth individuals, families, and business entities. Its wealth management services include investment advice, financial and tax planning, consulting, tax return preparation, family office services, and other services. The company also offers recordkeeping and administration services; recommends financial products through commissions and distribution fees; and sells investment or insurance products. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Focus Financial Partners has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.39.
PE Ratio
Focus Financial Partners has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.34 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 10.35%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Focus Financial Partners’s EBITDA is 49.9.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 16.4% and a negative 14.4%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 4.5%, now sitting on 2.14B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Focus Financial Partners is 1106530 which is 29.38% below its average volume of 1566990.
8. Zoetis (ZTS)
6.3% sales growth and 47.19% return on equity
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Zoetis Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes animal health medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products in the United States and internationally. It commercializes products primarily across species, including livestock, such as cattle, swine, poultry, fish, and sheep and others; and companion animals comprising dogs, cats, and horses. The company also offers parasiticides; vaccines; anti-infectives; other pharmaceutical products; dermatology; and medicated feed additives. In addition, the company provides animal health diagnostics, including point-of-care diagnostic products and laboratory; and other non-pharmaceutical products. It markets its products to veterinarians, livestock producers, and pet owners. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Zoetis has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.52.
PE Ratio
Zoetis has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $38.85 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 47.19%.
