(VIANEWS) – Barnes Group (B), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH) 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. Barnes Group (B)
24.6% sales growth and 4.68% return on equity
Barnes Group Inc. provides engineered products, industrial technologies, and solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments: Industrial and Aerospace. The Industrial segment offers precision components, products, and systems used by various customers in end-markets, such as transportation, industrial equipment, automation, personal care, packaging, electronics, and medical devices. This segment also designs and manufactures hot runner systems, mold cavity sensors and process control systems, and precision high cavitation mold assemblies for injection molding applications; provides force and motion control solutions for various metal forming and other industrial markets; and designs and develops robotic grippers, end-of-arm tooling systems, sensors, and other automation components for intelligent robotic handling solutions and industrial automation applications. In addition, it manufactures and supplies precision mechanical products, including mechanical springs, and high-precision punched and fine-blanked components used in transportation and industrial applications, including mechanical springs, and high-precision punched and fine-blanked components. This segment sells its products primarily through its direct sales force and distribution channels. The Aerospace segment produces fabricated and precision machined components and assemblies for turbine engines; and nacelles and structures for commercial and defense-related aircraft. It also provides aircraft engine component maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for turbine engine manufacturers, commercial airlines, and defense market; and manufactures and delivers aerospace aftermarket spare parts. This segment serves original equipment manufacturing industry. The company was founded in 1857 and is based in Bristol, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Barnes Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.23.
PE Ratio
Barnes Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.35 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 4.68%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Barnes Group’s stock is valued at $29.95 at 00:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $47.36 and higher than its 52-week low of $29.80.
2. Martin Marietta Materials (MLM)
19.9% sales growth and 13.54% 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 $17.68.
PE Ratio
Martin Marietta Materials has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.53 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 13.54%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Martin Marietta Materials’s EBITDA is 55.17.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 30, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.96 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.74%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 10.9%, now sitting on 6.03B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH)
19.6% sales growth and 9.55% return on equity
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients in California. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.99.
PE Ratio
Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.64 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 9.55%.
Sales Growth
Apollo Medical Holdings’s sales growth is 10.4% for the present quarter and 19.6% for the next.
4. Esquire Financial Holdings (ESQ)
15.4% sales growth and 24.09% return on equity
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking products and services to legal industry and small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the United States. The company offers checking, savings, money market, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial loans, including short-term financing for inventory, receivables, the purchase of supplies, or other operating needs arising during the normal course of business, as well as loans to its qualified merchant customers; commercial lines of credit; consumer loans consisting of post-settlement consumer and structured settlement loans to plaintiffs and claimants, as well as loans to individuals for debt consolidation, medical expenses, living expenses, payment of outstanding bills, or other consumer needs; and real estate loans, such as multifamily, 1-4 family residential, commercial real estate, and construction loans, as well as merchant services. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated a full-service branch in Jericho, New York; and an administrative office in Boca Raton, Florida. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Jericho, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Esquire Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.86.
PE Ratio
Esquire Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.6 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 24.09%.
5. CME Group (CME)
9.8% sales growth and 10.81% return on equity
CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income and foreign currency trading services. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. CME Group Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CME Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.37.
PE Ratio
CME Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.87 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 10.81%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4.4 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.11%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9%, now sitting on 5.34B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CME Group’s stock is valued at $216.54 at 00:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $221.76 and way higher than its 52-week low of $166.55.
Moving Average
CME Group’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $208.16 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $192.08.
6. Calix (CALX)
8.7% sales growth and 6.84% return on equity
Calix, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud and software platforms, and systems and services in the United States, the Middle East, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and internationally. The company's cloud and software platforms, and systems and services enable communication service providers (CSPs) to provide a range of services. It provides Calix Cloud platform, a role-based analytics platform comprising Calix Marketing Cloud, Calix Support Cloud, and Calix Operations Cloud, which are configurable to display role-based insights and enable CSPs to anticipate and target new revenue-generating services and applications through mobile application. The company also offers EXOS, a carrier class smart home and business operating system that supports residential, business, and mobile subscribers; and AXOS, an operating system for access networks that allows a service provider to deliver all services on a single, elastic, converged access network that is always on, simple to operate, and quick to deploy. It offers its products through its direct sales force and resellers. Calix, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Calix has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.7.
PE Ratio
Calix has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 48.37. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $48.37 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 6.84%.
Moving Average
Calix’s worth is way below its 50-day moving average of $43.91 and way below its 200-day moving average of $48.11.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 5.9% and 2.9%, respectively.
7. LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA)
8.3% sales growth and 57.1% return on equity
LPL Financial Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides an integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial advisors at financial institutions in the United States. Its brokerage offerings include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, retirement and education savings plans, fixed income, and insurance, as well as alternative investments, such as non-traded real estate investment trusts and business development companies. The company also provides advisory platforms that provide access to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, stocks, bonds, certain option strategies, unit investment trusts, and institutional money managers and no-load multi-manager variable annuities. In addition, it offers money market programs; and retirement solutions for commission-and fee-based services that allow advisors to provide brokerage services, consultation, and advice to retirement plan sponsors. Further, the company provides other services comprising tools and services that enable advisors to maintain and grow their practices; trust, investment management oversight, and custodial services to trusts for estates and families, as well as insurance brokerage general agency services; and technology products, such as proposal generation, investment analytics, and portfolio modeling. The company was formerly known as LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and changed its name to LPL Financial Holdings Inc. in June 2012. LPL Financial Holdings Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in San Diego, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, LPL Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $14.76.
PE Ratio
LPL Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.77. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.77 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 57.1%.
8. WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (WSC)
6.7% sales growth and 21.24% return on equity
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. provides modular space and portable storage solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The company leases various office space and storage solutions for temporary applications across a customer base in the commercial and industrial, construction, retail, education, health care, government, transportation, security, and energy sectors. . It operates a fleet of over 350,000 portable offices and storage containers. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.59.
PE Ratio
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.04 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 21.24%.
