(VIANEWS) – Ares Capital (ARCC), UFP Technologies (UFPT), DMC Global (BOOM) 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. Ares Capital (ARCC)
22.5% sales growth and 6.87% return on equity
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ares Capital has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.27.
PE Ratio
Ares Capital has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.01 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 6.87%.
Sales Growth
Ares Capital’s sales growth is 29.8% for the current quarter and 22.5% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Ares Capital is 5290440 which is 67.65% above its average volume of 3155590.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Ares Capital’s stock is valued at $19.06 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $20.75 and way above its 52-week low of $16.53.
Moving Average
Ares Capital’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $18.13 and above its 200-day moving average of $18.88.
2. UFP Technologies (UFPT)
16.1% sales growth and 20.95% return on equity
UFP Technologies, Inc. designs and converts foams, films, and plastics materials for the medical, automotive, consumer, electronics, industrial, and aerospace and defense markets in the United States. It offers single patient use surfaces, advanced wound care, infection prevention, and disposables for surgical procedures, endoscopic procedures, orthopedic implants, orthopedic appliances, biopharma drug manufacturing, etc.; molded components for automotive, aerospace, and defense markets; recycled protective packaging for B2C brands; and reusable cases and custom inserts. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales forces and independent manufacturer representatives. UFP Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, UFP Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.23.
PE Ratio
UFP Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.92 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 20.95%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
UFP Technologies’s stock is valued at $155.25 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $157.96 and way higher than its 52-week low of $71.83.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 37.2%, now sitting on 380.3M for the twelve trailing months.
3. DMC Global (BOOM)
15.7% sales growth and 3.62% return on equity
DMC Global Inc. provides a suite of technical products for the energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Arcadia, DynaEnergetics, and NobelClad. The Arcadia segment manufactures, assembles, and sells architectural building materials, including storefronts and entrances, windows, curtain walls, and interior partitions; architectural components, architectural framing systems, and sun control products; sliding and glazing systems; and engineered steel, aluminum, and wood door and window systems. It sells its products through a national in-house sales force for buildings, such as office towers, hotels, education and athletic facilities, health care facilities, government buildings, retail centers, luxury homes, mixed use, and multi-family residential buildings. The DynaEnergetics segment designs, manufactures, markets, and sells perforating systems, including initiation systems, shaped charges, detonating cords, gun hardware, and control panels; and associated hardware for the oil and gas industry. It sells its products through direct selling, distributors, and independent sales representatives. The NobelClad segment produces and sells explosion-welded clad metal plates for use in the construction of heavy, corrosion resistant pressure vessels, and heat exchangers for oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical, alternative energy, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, and industrial refrigeration industries. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, program managers, and independent sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Dynamic Materials Corporation and changed its name to DMC Global Inc. in November 2016. DMC Global Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, DMC Global has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.22.
PE Ratio
DMC Global has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.36 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 3.62%.
4. Visa (V)
10.6% sales growth and 42.35% return on equity
Visa Inc. operates as a payments technology company worldwide. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, click to pay; Visa Direct, a real-time payments network; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral B2B cross-border payments network; Visa Treasury as a Service, a cross-border consumer payments business; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services. Further, the; company provides Cybersource, a payment management platform; and risk and identity solutions, such as Visa Advanced Authorization, Visa Secure, Visa Advanced Identity Score, and Visa Consumer Authentication Service; and Visa Consulting and Analytics, a payments consulting advisory services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, VPAY, and PLUS brands. The company serves consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. Visa Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Visa has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.48.
PE Ratio
Visa has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.08 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 42.35%.
Sales Growth
Visa’s sales growth is 10.9% for the present quarter and 10.6% for the next.
5. NICE Ltd (NICE)
7.4% sales growth and 9.56% return on equity
NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for CX that discovers automation opportunities for self-service; digital-entry points solutions that enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company also provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; complete performance solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Ra'anana, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.25.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 49.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $49.69 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 9.56%.
Moving Average
NICE Ltd’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $204.51 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $202.38.
Sales Growth
NICE Ltd’s sales growth is 9.2% for the current quarter and 7.4% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
NICE Ltd’s stock is valued at $211.20 at 16:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $235.11 and way higher than its 52-week low of $164.65.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.4%, now sitting on 2.23B for the twelve trailing months.
6. Lexington Realty Trust (LXP)
6.9% sales growth and 4.98% return on equity
Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns a diversified portfolio of real estate assets consisting primarily of equity investments in single-tenant net-leased commercial properties across the United States. Lexington seeks to expand its industrial portfolio through build-to-suit transactions, sale-leaseback transactions and other transactions, including acquisitions.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lexington Realty Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.38.
PE Ratio
Lexington Realty Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.74. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.74 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 4.98%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Lexington Realty Trust is 1527470 which is 30.01% below its average volume of 2182600.
7. Novanta (NOVT)
6.6% sales growth and 12.98% return on equity
Novanta Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and sells photonics, vision, and precision motion components and sub-systems to original equipment manufacturers in the medical and industrial markets worldwide. Its Photonics segment offers photonics-based solutions, including laser scanning and beam delivery, CO2 laser, solid state laser, ultrafast laser, and optical light engine products for photonics-based applications, such as industrial processing, metrology, medical and life science imaging, DNA sequencing, and medical laser procedures. The company's Vision segment provides a range of medical grade technologies, including medical insufflators, pumps, and related disposables; visualization solutions; wireless, recorder, and video integration technologies for operating room integrations; optical data collection and machine vision technologies; radio frequency identification technologies; thermal chart recorders; spectrometry technologies; and embedded touch screen solutions. Its Precision Motion segment offers optical and inductive encoders, precision motors, motion control sub-assemblies, servo drives, air bearings, and air bearing spindles. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and system integrators under the Cambridge Technology, Synrad, Laser Quantum, ARGES, WOM, NDS, NDSsi, Med X Change, Reach Technology, JADAK, ThingMagic, Photo Research, Celera Motion, MicroE, Zettlex, Applimotion, Ingenia, and Westwind brands. The company was formerly known as GSI Group, Inc. and changed its name to Novanta Inc. in May 2016. Novanta Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Novanta has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.07.
PE Ratio
Novanta has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 82.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $82.01 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 12.98%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Novanta is 201666 which is 69.56% above its average volume of 118934.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.3%, now sitting on 875.81M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 6.4% and positive 1.2% for the next.
