(VIANEWS) – LTC Properties (LTC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Royal Gold (RGLD) 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. LTC Properties (LTC)
55.1% sales growth and 14.89% return on equity
LTC is a real estate investment trust (REIT) investing in seniors housing and health care properties primarily through sale-leasebacks, mortgage financing, joint-ventures and structured finance solutions including preferred equity and mezzanine lending. LTC holds 180 investments in 27 states with 29 operating partners. The portfolio is comprised of approximately 50% seniors housing and 50% skilled nursing properties.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, LTC Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.86.
PE Ratio
LTC Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.87 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 14.89%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for LTC Properties is 167175 which is 19.19% below its average volume of 206881.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter is a negative 69.1% and positive 43.8% for the next.
2. The Ensign Group (ENSG)
24.9% sales growth and 19.61% return on equity
The Ensign Group, Inc. provides health care services in the post-acute care continuum and other ancillary businesses. The company operates in two segments, Skilled Services and Real Estate. The company offers skilled services, which include short and long-term nursing care services for patients with chronic conditions, prolonged illness, and the elderly; and physical, occupational, and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services. It also provides standard services, such as room and board, special nutritional programs, social, recreational, entertainment, and other services. In addition, the company offers senior living, as well as mobile diagnostics services; leases real estate properties; and provides other ancillary services consisting of digital x-ray, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, laboratory, sub-acute, and patient transportation services to people in their homes or at long-term care facilities. As of April 4, 2022, it operated 252 healthcare facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Ensign Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.11.
PE Ratio
The Ensign Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.19 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 19.61%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
The Ensign Group’s EBITDA is 67.5.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for The Ensign Group is 160061 which is 42.71% below its average volume of 279395.
Moving Average
The Ensign Group’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $91.94 and below its 200-day moving average of $91.86.
3. Royal Gold (RGLD)
14.2% sales growth and 8.75% return on equity
Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, acquires and manages precious metal streams, royalties, and related interests. It focuses on acquiring stream and royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production or in development stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests, which primarily consists of gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, and cobalt. As of June 30, 2021, the company owned interests in 187 properties on five continents, including interests on 41 producing mines and 17 development stage projects. Its stream and royalty interests on properties are located in the United States, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Africa, Mexico, and internationally. Royal Gold, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Royal Gold has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.6.
PE Ratio
Royal Gold has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.89 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 8.75%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 9.9% and 35.2%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Royal Gold’s stock is valued at $122.00 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $147.82 and way higher than its 52-week low of $84.54.
Moving Average
Royal Gold’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $122.48 and above its 200-day moving average of $118.13.
Sales Growth
Royal Gold’s sales growth is 5.5% for the ongoing quarter and 14.2% for the next.
4. Quanta Services (PWR)
13.8% sales growth and 9.82% return on equity
Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services in the United States, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and internationally. Its Electric Power Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, upgrades, repairs, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure, and substation facilities, as well as provides other engineering and technical services; designs, installs, maintains, and repairs commercial and industrial wiring; and operates a postsecondary educational institution. It also offers emergency restoration services, including the repair of infrastructure damaged by inclement weather; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure; and installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks. In addition, this segment provides services related to development of solar, wind, and various natural gas generation facilities, as well as related switchyards and transmission infrastructure; and construction of electric power generation facilities. The company's Pipeline and Industrial Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, repairs, and maintains pipeline transmission and distribution systems, gathering systems, production systems, storage systems, and compressor and pump stations, as well as offers related trenching, directional boring, and mechanized welding services; and designs, installs, and maintains fueling systems, and water and sewer infrastructure. This segment also provides pipeline protection, integrity testing, and rehabilitation and replacement, as well as pipeline support systems, and related structures and facilities fabrication services; and high-pressure and critical-path turnaround, electrical, piping, fabrication, and storage tank services. It serves electric power, energy, and communications companies, as well as commercial, industrial, and governmental entities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.37.
PE Ratio
Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 58.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $58.5 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 9.82%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Quanta Services is 28488 which is 96.48% below its average volume of 809309.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.7%, now sitting on 17.54B for the twelve trailing months.
