(VIANEWS) – Schrodinger (SDGR), Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH), Afya (AFYA) 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. Schrodinger (SDGR)
41.5% sales growth and 8.61% return on equity
Schrödinger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides physics-based software platform that enables discovery of novel molecules for drug development and materials applications. The company operates in two segments, Software and Drug Discovery. The Software segment is focused on selling its software for drug discovery in the life sciences industry, as well as to customers in materials science industries. The Drug Discovery segment focuses on building a portfolio of preclinical and clinical programs, internally and through collaborations. The company serves biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories worldwide. Schrödinger, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Schrodinger has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.56.
PE Ratio
Schrodinger has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 48.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $48.8 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 8.61%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter is a negative 30.4% and positive 13.2% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 15.1%, now sitting on 199.38M for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Schrodinger is 627965 which is 20.66% below its average volume of 791496.
2. 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%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 1, 1970, the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.72%.
Moving Average
Apollo Medical Holdings’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $32.21 and way below its 200-day moving average of $34.38.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 41.1% and positive 600% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 29.1%, now sitting on 1.3B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Afya (AFYA)
19.4% sales growth and 10.93% return on equity
Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Undergrad, Continuing Education, and Digital Services. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Afya has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.81.
PE Ratio
Afya has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.51 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 10.93%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Afya’s EBITDA is 6.74.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Afya is 86245 which is 53.94% below its average volume of 187259.
Moving Average
Afya’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $15.72 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $13.79.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 8% and 14.3%, respectively.
4. The ONE Group Hospitality (STKS)
18.3% sales growth and 7.01% return on equity
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc., a hospitality company, develops, owns, operates, manages, and licenses restaurants and lounges worldwide. It operates through STK, Kona Grill, and ONE Hospitality segments. The company also provides turn-key food and beverage services for hospitality venues, including hotels, casinos, and other locations. Its hospitality food and beverage solutions include developing, managing, and operating restaurants, bars, rooftops, pools, banqueting, catering, private dining rooms, room service, and mini bars; and offers hospitality advisory and consulting services. The company operates restaurants primarily under the STK and Kona Grill brands. As of December 31, 2021, it owned, operated, managed, or licensed 60 venues, including 23 STKs and 24 Kona Grills in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as 13 F&B venues in seven hotels and casinos in the United States and Europe. The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The ONE Group Hospitality has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.15.
PE Ratio
The ONE Group Hospitality has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.8 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 7.01%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for The ONE Group Hospitality is 77951 which is 15.26% below its average volume of 91989.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
The ONE Group Hospitality’s stock is valued at $4.47 at 19:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $9.40 and way above its 52-week low of $3.94.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
The ONE Group Hospitality’s EBITDA is 0.94.
5. Perion Network Ltd (PERI)
11.3% sales growth and 19.25% return on equity
Perion Network Ltd. provides digital advertising solutions to brands, agencies, and publishers in North America, Europe, and internationally. It provides Wildfire, a content monetization platform; search monetization solutions, including website monetization, search mediation, and app monetization; and cross-channel digital advertising software as a service platform. The company also offers supply management platform; demand management platform for campaign planning and design; analytics platform, which provides information and performance insights on the results of campaign investment and other campaign metrics; creative platform to create advertisements; and an AI platform that uses machine learning to bring intelligence to the various phases of campaigns. In addition, it provides an actionable performance monitoring platform to support the various phases of campaign management; an online video player and integrated ad server to upload, manage, and stream video content; content monetization system, which integrates ads within the content layouts at the page level. Further, the company offers a publisher management system that provides analytics and performance optimization tools, as well as reports; search-demand management systems; monetization products that integrate and onboards demand vendors; and AI Systems. Additionally, it provides Intelligent HUB (iHUB), a platform for pulling in signals across various advertising channels and optimizing traffic at scale, and yielding engagement metrics and KPIs; and strategic optimization of relevant traits (SORT), a provisional patent technology that eliminates the need for cookies. The company was formerly known as IncrediMail Ltd. and changed its name to Perion Network Ltd. in November 2011. Perion Network Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Holon, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Perion Network Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.36.
PE Ratio
Perion Network Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.11. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.11 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 19.25%.
Moving Average
Perion Network Ltd’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $29.65 and way under its 200-day moving average of $33.24.
6. Eagle Point Credit Company (ECC)
9.4% sales growth and 8.66% return on equity
Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. is a closed ended fund launched and managed by Eagle Point Credit Management LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations consisting primarily of below investment grade U.S. senior secured loans. Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. was formed on March 24, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Eagle Point Credit Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.09.
PE Ratio
Eagle Point Credit Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.74. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.74 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 8.66%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 19.5% and a negative 8.1%, respectively.
7. First Community Bankshares (FCBC)
5.9% sales growth and 10.75% return on equity
First Community Bankshares, Inc. operates as the financial holding company for First Community Bank that provides various banking products and services. It offers demand deposit accounts, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement arrangements; commercial, consumer, and real estate mortgage loans, as well as lines of credit; various credit and debit cards, and automated teller machine card services; and corporate and personal trust services. The company also provides wealth management services, including trust management, estate administration, and investment advisory services; and investment management services. It serves individuals and businesses across various industries, such as education, government, and health services; coal mining and gas extraction; retail trade; construction; manufacturing; tourism; and transportation. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 49 branches, including 17 branches in West Virginia, 23 branches in Virginia, 7 branches in North Carolina, and 2 branches in Tennessee. First Community Bankshares, Inc. was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Bluefield, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Community Bankshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.8.
PE Ratio
First Community Bankshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.97. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.97 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 10.75%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for First Community Bankshares is 27005 which is 23.72% below its average volume of 35404.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
First Community Bankshares’s stock is valued at $33.53 at 19:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $39.39 and way higher than its 52-week low of $22.55.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.4%, now sitting on 152.2M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter is 17.9% and a drop 13% for the next.
