(VIANEWS) – Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF), Flowserve Corporation (FLS) 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. Martin Marietta Materials (MLM)
18.6% sales growth and 14.2% return on equity
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally. It offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; paving products and services; and Portland and specialty cement for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction markets, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. The company also produces magnesia-based chemicals products; dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization; and cement treated materials. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Martin Marietta Materials has a trailing twelve months EPS of $15.37.
PE Ratio
Martin Marietta Materials has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.58 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 14.2%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Martin Marietta Materials’s EBITDA is 4.69.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 21% and 23.5%, respectively.
2. BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF)
15.1% sales growth and 12.75% return on equity
BOK Financial Corporation operates as the financial holding company for BOKF, NA that provides various financial products and services in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Northwest Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas/Missouri. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. The Commercial Banking segment offers lending, treasury, cash management, and customer commodity risk management products for small businesses, middle market, and larger commercial customers, as well as operates TransFund electronic funds transfer network. The Consumer Banking segment provides lending and deposit services to small business customers through consumer branch network; and engages in the mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. The Wealth Management segment offers fiduciary, private bank, insurance, and investment advisory services; and brokerage and trading services primarily related to providing liquidity to the mortgage markets through trading of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities and related derivative contracts, as well as underwrites state and municipal securities. The company also provides commercial loans, such as loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment, and other needs of commercial customers; and service, healthcare, manufacturing, wholesale/retail, energy, and other sector loans. In addition, it offers commercial real estate loans for the construction of buildings or other enhancements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes; and residential mortgage and personal loans. Further, the company provides automated teller machine (ATM), call center, and Internet and mobile banking services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 2,593 TransFund ATM locations. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BOK Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.2.
PE Ratio
BOK Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.77. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.77 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 12.75%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for BOK Financial Corporation is 228498 which is 1.55% above its average volume of 225003.
3. Flowserve Corporation (FLS)
12.6% sales growth and 13.17% return on equity
Flowserve Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and services industrial flow management equipment in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Flowserve Pump Division (FPD) and Flow Control Division (FCD). The FPD segment offers custom and pre-configured pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts, upgrades, and related aftermarket services, including installation and commissioning services, seal systems spare parts, repairs, advanced diagnostics, re-rate and upgrade solutions, retrofit programs, and machining and asset management solutions, as well as manufactures a gas-lubricated mechanical seal for use in high-speed compressors for gas pipelines. The FCD segment provides engineered and industrial valve and automation solutions, including isolation and control valves, actuation, controls, and related equipment, as well as equipment maintenance services for flow control systems, including advanced diagnostics, repair, installation, commissioning, retrofit programs, and field machining capabilities. This segment's products are used to control, direct, and manage the flow of liquids, gases, and fluids. The company primarily serves oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceuticals, power generation, and water management markets, as well as general industries, including mining and ore processing, pulp and paper, food and beverage, and other smaller applications. The company distributes its products through direct sales, distributors, and sales representatives. Flowserve Corporation was incorporated in 1912 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Flowserve Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.75.
PE Ratio
Flowserve Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.04 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 13.17%.
4. Silicom Ltd (SILC)
12.5% sales growth and 11.46% 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 $2.84.
PE Ratio
Silicom Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.06. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.06 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 11.46%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Silicom Ltd’s EBITDA is 1.41.
Sales Growth
Silicom Ltd’s sales growth is 13.5% for the present quarter and 12.5% for the next.
Moving Average
Silicom Ltd’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $36.04 and way under its 200-day moving average of $39.82.
5. Sanmina Corporation (SANM)
10.5% sales growth and 14.25% return on equity
Sanmina Corporation provides integrated manufacturing solutions, components, products and repair, logistics, and after-market services worldwide. It operates in two businesses, Integrated Manufacturing Solutions; and Components, Products and Services. The company offers product design and engineering, including concept development, detailed design, prototyping, validation, preproduction, manufacturing design release, and product industrialization; assembly and test services; direct order fulfillment and logistics services; after-market product service and support; and supply chain management services, as well as engages in the manufacturing of components, subassemblies, and complete systems. In addition, the company provides interconnect systems, such as printed circuit board fabrication, backplane, cable assemblies, and plastic injection moldings; mechanical systems comprising enclosures and precision machining; memory, storage platforms, radio frequency, optical, and microelectronic solutions; defense and aerospace products; and cloud-based manufacturing execution software. It offers its products and services primarily to original equipment manufacturers in the industrial, medical, defense and aerospace, automotive, communications networks, and cloud solutions industries. Sanmina Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sanmina Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.65.
PE Ratio
Sanmina Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.47 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 14.25%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Sanmina Corporation is 351816 which is 2.92% below its average volume of 362419.
6. The Hershey Company (HSY)
8.6% sales growth and 53.3% return on equity
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Paqui, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.21.
PE Ratio
The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 32.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $32.33 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 53.3%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
The Hershey Company’s stock is valued at $265.41 at 16:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $276.88 and way higher than its 52-week low of $201.42.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.1%, now sitting on 10.74B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 7.2% and 12.9%, respectively.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 17, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4.14 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.51%.
7. Cooper Companies (COO)
6.4% sales growth and 5.26% return on equity
The Cooper Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment provides spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, ocular dryness and eye fatigues in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The CooperSurgical segment focuses on family and women's health care, which provides medical devices, fertility, genomics, diagnostics, and contraception to health care professionals and patients worldwide. It offers surgical and office products, including PARAGARD, uterine manipulators, retractors, closure products, point of care products, LEEP products, endosee, and illuminate and fetal pillows; fertility products and services, such as fertility consumables and equipment, and embryo options and preimplantation genetic testing. The Cooper Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.48.
PE Ratio
Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 51.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $51.85 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 5.26%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Cooper Companies’s EBITDA is 102.02.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Cooper Companies is 262655 which is 7.47% below its average volume of 283877.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 7.1% and positive 4.1% for the next.
Sales Growth
Cooper Companies’s sales growth is 4% for the present quarter and 6.4% for the next.
8. General Mills (GIS)
5.4% sales growth and 27.39% return on equity
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates in five segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; Asia & Latin America; and Pet. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, bakery flour, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit and salty snacks, ice cream, nutrition bars, wellness beverages, and savory and grain snacks, as well as various organic products, including frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the North American foodservice and commercial baking industries; and manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Blue Basics, Blue Freedom, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Oui, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks. It sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. The company operates 466 leased and 392 franchise ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, General Mills has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.61.
PE Ratio
General Mills has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.99. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.99 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 27.39%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 5.4% and positive 1.8% for the next.
Previous days news about General Mills(GIS)
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 17 May, "Investors with an interest in Food – Miscellaneous stocks have likely encountered both Associated British Foods PLC (ASBFY Quick QuoteASBFY – Free Report) and General Mills (GIS Quick QuoteGIS – Free Report) . ", "Associated British Foods PLC and General Mills are both sporting a Zacks Rank of # 2 (Buy) right now. "
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 17 May, "Here we have highlighted three better-ranked stocks, namely Kroger (KR Quick QuoteKR – Free Report) , The TJX Companies (TJX Quick QuoteTJX – Free Report) and General Mills (GIS Quick QuoteGIS – Free Report) ."
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 18 May, "Some top-ranked stocks are Inter Parfums (IPAR Quick QuoteIPAR – Free Report) , General Mills (GIS Quick QuoteGIS – Free Report) and e.l.f. "
- According to Zacks on Friday, 19 May, "Some better-ranked stocks are Inter Parfums (IPAR Quick QuoteIPAR – Free Report) , Conagra Brands (CAG Quick QuoteCAG – Free Report) and General Mills (GIS Quick QuoteGIS – Free Report) .IPAR has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 15% and a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 37.2%, on average. "
