(VIANEWS) – Heartland Express (HTLD), Alphabet (GOOGL), NICE Ltd (NICE) 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. Heartland Express (HTLD)
15.8% sales growth and 16.09% return on equity
Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload service for shippers from Washington to Florida and New England to California; and temperature-controlled truckload services. The company offers its services under Heartland Express and Millis Transfer brand names. It provides traffic appliances, automotive parts, consumer products, paper products, packaged foodstuffs, and retail goods. The company principally serves retailers and manufacturers. Heartland Express, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Heartland Express has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.64.
PE Ratio
Heartland Express has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.86 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 16.09%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Heartland Express’s EBITDA is 1.4.
Sales Growth
Heartland Express’s sales growth is 73.4% for the present quarter and 15.8% for the next.
Moving Average
Heartland Express’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $15.44 and above its 200-day moving average of $15.59.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Heartland Express is 10443 which is 94.7% below its average volume of 197368.
2. Alphabet (GOOGL)
7.4% sales growth and 22.76% return on equity
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, analytics, AI, and machine learning, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alphabet has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.45.
PE Ratio
Alphabet has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.19 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 22.76%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 2.6%, now sitting on 284.61B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Alphabet’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $114.76 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $101.32.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Alphabet is 19556300 which is 42.57% below its average volume of 34057400.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Alphabet’s EBITDA is 5.22.
Previous days news about Alphabet(GOOGL)
- Alphabet inc. (goog) stock moves -0.17%: what you should know. According to Zacks on Tuesday, 20 June, "It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Alphabet Inc.", "In terms of valuation, Alphabet Inc. is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 22.95. "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 19 June, "Meta is trying to establish itself as a leader in the metaverse market, but it faces stiff competition from companies like Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , Apple (AAPL Quick QuoteAAPL – Free Report) and NVIDIA (NVDA Quick QuoteNVDA – Free Report) ."
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 20 June, "In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , Microsoft (MSFT Quick QuoteMSFT – Free Report) and Meta (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) .", "Along with work at Alphabet and Microsoft, these are the most powerful platforms in the world that can use neural networks to create machine learning (ML) reinforcement and deep learning (DL) inference."
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 20 June, "Several companies - Tesla (TSLA Quick QuoteTSLA – Free Report) , Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , and Palo Alto Networks (PANW Quick QuotePANW – Free Report) - have all split their shares since the beginning of last year."
3. 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 $4.18.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 50.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $50.63 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 9.56%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
NICE Ltd’s EBITDA is 6.1.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 10.8% and 10.9%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
NICE Ltd’s stock is valued at $211.65 at 16:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $235.11 and way above its 52-week low of $164.65.
Sales Growth
NICE Ltd’s sales growth is 9.2% for the present quarter and 7.4% for the next.
4. MYR Group (MYRG)
6.3% sales growth and 15.42% return on equity
MYR Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides electrical construction services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, Transmission and Distribution, and Commercial and Industrial. The company's Transmission and Distribution segment offers a range of services on electric transmission and distribution networks, and substation facilities, including design, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair services with primary focus on construction, maintenance, and repair to customers in the electric utility industry. Its services include construction and maintenance of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage underground and overhead distribution systems, and renewable power facilities; and limited gas construction services, as well as emergency restoration services in response to hurricane, ice, or other storm related damages. This segment serves as a prime contractor to customers, such as investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, private developers, government-funded utilities, independent power producers, independent transmission companies, industrial facility owners, and other contractors. Its Commercial and Industrial segment provides services, such as design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wiring; and installation of traffic networks, bridge, roadway, and tunnel lighting. This segment offers its services for airports, hospitals, data centers, hotels, stadiums, convention centers, renewable energy projects, manufacturing plants, processing facilities, waste-water treatment facilities, mining facilities, and transportation control and management systems. It serves general contractors, commercial and industrial facility owners, governmental agencies, and developers. MYR Group Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Henderson, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MYR Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.02.
PE Ratio
MYR Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.93. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.93 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 15.42%.
Previous days news about MYR Group(MYRG)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 20 June, "Investors interested in the utilitysector might look at some better-ranked stocks like Veolia Environnement (VEOEY Quick QuoteVEOEY – Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and MYR Group (MYRG Quick QuoteMYRG – Free Report) andE.ON (EONGY Quick QuoteEONGY – Free Report) , each holding a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. "
