(VIANEWS) – Paysign (PAYS), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH) 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. Paysign (PAYS)
17.3% sales growth and 9.36% return on equity
PaySign, Inc. provides prepaid card products and processing services under the PaySign brand for corporate, consumer, and government applications. It offers various services, such as transaction processing, cardholder enrollment, value loading, cardholder account management, reporting, and customer service through PaySign, a card processing platform. The company also develops prepaid card programs for corporate incentive and rewards, including consumer rebates, donor compensation, clinical trials, healthcare reimbursement payments, and pharmaceutical payment assistance; and payroll or general purpose reloadable cards, as well as gift or incentive cards. In addition, it offers Per Diem, Corporate Expense, and Business Travel Cards that allows businesses, and non–profits and government agencies the ability to control employee spending while reducing administration costs by eliminating the need for traditional expense reports. Further, the company provides payment claims processing and other administrative services; pharmacy-based voucher and copay, and medical claims and debit-based affordability programs; PaySign Premier, a demand deposit account debit card; and payment solution for source plasma collection centers, as well as customer service center and PaySign Communications Suite services. Its principal target markets for processing services comprise prepaid card issuers, retail and private-label issuers, small third-party processors, and small and mid-size financial institutions in the United States and Mexico. The company was formerly known as 3PEA International, Inc. and changed its name to PaySign, Inc. in April 2019. PaySign, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Paysign has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.03.
PE Ratio
Paysign has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 80.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $80.83 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 9.36%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17%, now sitting on 44.2M for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Paysign’s sales growth is 17.7% for the present quarter and 17.3% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 50% and positive 100% for the next.
2. Edwards Lifesciences (EW)
14% sales growth and 22.06% return on equity
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease, and critical care and surgical monitoring in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve replacement products for the minimally invasive replacement of heart valves; and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement products to treat mitral and tricuspid valve diseases. The company also provides the PASCAL and Cardioband transcatheter valve repair systems for minimally-invasive therapy. In addition, it offers surgical structural heart solutions, such as aortic surgical valve under the INSPIRIS name; KONECT RESILIA, a pre-assembled aortic tissue valved conduit for patients who require replacement of the valve, root, and ascending aorta; and HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. Further, the company provides critical care solutions, including advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems to measure a patient's heart function and fluid status in surgical and intensive care settings; and Acumen Hypotension Prediction Index software that alerts clinicians in advance of a patient developing dangerously low blood pressure. The company distributes its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Edwards Lifesciences has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.34.
PE Ratio
Edwards Lifesciences has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.56. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.56 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 22.06%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.3%, now sitting on 5.82B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Edwards Lifesciences’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $71.15 and way below its 200-day moving average of $80.59.
3. Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH)
9.1% sales growth and 8.73% return on equity
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (NYSE: AHH) is a vertically-integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") with four decades of experience developing, building, acquiring, and managing high-quality, institutional-grade office, retail, and multifamily properties located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. In addition to developing and building properties for its own account, the Company also provides development and general contracting construction services to third-party clients. Founded in 1979 by Daniel A. Hoffler, the Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Armada Hoffler Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.68.
PE Ratio
Armada Hoffler Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.69 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 8.73%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 59.8%, now sitting on 577.56M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Armada Hoffler Properties’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $10.85 and way below its 200-day moving average of $11.72.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Armada Hoffler Properties’s stock is valued at $9.99 at 00:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $13.73 and above its 52-week low of $9.88.
4. Telefonica Brasil, S.A. ADS (VIV)
8.6% sales growth and 6.61% return on equity
Telefônica Brasil S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil. Its fixed line services portfolio includes local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance calls; and mobile portfolio comprises voice and broadband internet access through 3G, 4G, 4.5G, and 5G, as well as mobile value-added and wireless roaming services. The company also offers data services, including broadband and mobile data services. In addition, it provides pay TV services through IPTV technologies; network services, such as rental of facilities; other services comprising internet access, private network connectivity, computer equipment leasing, extended service, caller identification, voice mail, cellular blocker, and others; wholesale services, including interconnection services to users of other network providers; and digital services, such as entertainment, cloud, and security and financial services. Further, the company offers multimedia communication services, which include audio, data, voice and other sounds, images, texts, and other information, as well as sells devices, such as smartphones, broadband USB modems, and other devices. Additionally, it provides telecommunications solutions and IT support to various industries, such as retail, manufacturing, services, financial institutions, government, etc. It markets and sells its solutions through own stores, dealers, retail and distribution channels, door-to-door sales, and outbound tele sales. The company was formerly known as Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. – TELESP and changed its name to Telefônica Brasil S.A. in October 2011. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Telefonica Brasil, S.A. ADS has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.54.
PE Ratio
Telefonica Brasil, S.A. ADS has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.48. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.48 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 6.61%.
Sales Growth
Telefonica Brasil, S.A. ADS’s sales growth is 10.8% for the ongoing quarter and 8.6% for the next.
5. Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC)
7.3% sales growth and 9.61% return on equity
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. provides behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. It offers behavioral healthcare services to its patients in various settings, including inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty treatment facilities, residential treatment centers, eating disorder facilities, and outpatient clinics. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Acadia Healthcare Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.95.
PE Ratio
Acadia Healthcare Company 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 9.61%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Acadia Healthcare Company’s stock is valued at $73.51 at 00:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $89.85 and way higher than its 52-week low of $66.49.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.2%, now sitting on 2.78B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 11.2% and 20%, respectively.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Acadia Healthcare Company’s EBITDA is 58.63.
6. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WAB)
6.8% sales growth and 7.56% return on equity
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation provides technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Freight and Transit. The Freight segment manufactures and services components for freight cars and locomotives; builds, rebuilds, upgrades, and overhauls locomotives; supplies railway electronics, positive train control equipment, and signal design and engineering services; services locomotives and freight cars; and provides heat exchange and cooling systems, and components and digital solutions. It serves publicly traded railroads; leasing companies; manufacturers of original equipment; and utilities. The Transit segment offers components for new and existing passenger transit vehicles, such as regional and high speed trains, subway cars, light-rail vehicles, and buses; refurbishes subway cars; and provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, as well as doors for buses and subways. This segment serves public transit authorities and municipalities, leasing companies, and manufacturers of subway cars and buses. The company also provides electronically controlled pneumatic braking products; freight car trucks; draft gears, couplers, and slack adjusters; air compressors and dryers; track and switch products; railway and freight braking equipment and related components; friction products; access and platform screen doors; pantographs; energy measuring systems; auxiliary power converter and battery charging products; antifire systems; passenger information systems and CCTV; signaling and railway electric relays; sanitation systems; window assemblies; accessibility lifts and ramps for buses; and electric charging solutions for buses and electric ferries. In addition, it offers freight locomotive overhaul, modernizations, and refurbishment services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.2.
PE Ratio
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.28 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 7.56%.
