(VIANEWS) – SCYNEXIS (SCYX), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Hercules Technology Growth Capital (HTGC) 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. SCYNEXIS (SCYX)
889.4% sales growth and 132.23% return on equity
SCYNEXIS, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops products for the treatment fungal infections in the United States. It offers BREXAFEMME (ibrexafungerp tablets) for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). The company is developing its lead product candidate, Ibrexafungerp, as a novel oral and intravenous drug for the treatment of various fungal infections, including recurrent VVC, invasive aspergillosis, invasive candidiasis, and refractory invasive fungal infections; and ibrexafungerp that has completed Phase 3 CANDLE study for the prevention of recurrent (VVC). It has research collaborations with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Hansoh (Shanghai) Health Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited, and R-Pharm, CJSC to develop and commercialize rights for ibrexafungerp. The company was formerly known as SCYNEXIS Chemistry & Automation, Inc. and changed its name to SCYNEXIS, Inc. in June 2002. SCYNEXIS, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SCYNEXIS has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.49.
PE Ratio
SCYNEXIS has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1.33 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 132.23%.
Moving Average
SCYNEXIS’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of $1.79 and way under its 200-day moving average of $2.55.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for SCYNEXIS is 95023 which is 62.44% below its average volume of 252990.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 45.9% and 98.6%, respectively.
2. Peoples Bancorp (PEBO)
24.6% sales growth and 12.13% return on equity
Peoples Bancorp Inc. operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides commercial and retail banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit; and provides commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, construction, finance, residential real estate, and consumer indirect and direct loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and overdrafts. It also offers debit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards; safe deposit rental facilities; money orders and cashier's checks; and telephone, mobile, and Internet-based banking services. In addition, the company provides various life, health, and property and casualty insurance products; third-party insurance administration; insurance premium financing; commercial and technology equipment leasing; fiduciary and trust; underwriting, origination and servicing of equipment leases, and equipment financing agreements; and asset management and administration services, as well as employee benefit, retirement, and health care plan administration services. Further, it offers brokerage services through an unaffiliated registered broker-dealers; insurance premium finance lending and lease financing services; and credit cards to individuals and businesses, as well as provides merchant credit card transaction processing, and person-to-person payment processing services. The company operates through 135 financial service offices and ATMs, including 119 full-service branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Peoples Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.42.
PE Ratio
Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.19 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 12.13%.
Moving Average
Peoples Bancorp’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $31.01 and way above its 200-day moving average of $27.46.
3. Hercules Technology Growth Capital (HTGC)
17% sales growth and 18.57% return on equity
Hercules Capital, Inc. is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing venture debt, debt, senior secured loans, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from startups, to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity lower middle market companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies. The firm provides growth capital financing solutions for capital extension; management buy-out and corporate spin-out financing solutions; company, asset specific, or intellectual property acquisition financing; convertible, subordinated and/or mezzanine loans; domestic and international corporate expansion; vendor financing; revenue acceleration by sales and marketing development, and manufacturing expansion. It provides asset-based financing with a focus on cash flow; accounts receivable facilities; equipment loans or leases; equipment acquisition; facilities build-out and/or expansion; working capital revolving lines of credit; inventory. The firm also provides bridge financing to IPO or mergers and acquisitions or technology acquisition; dividend recapitalizations and other sources of investor liquidity; cash flow financing to protect against share price volatility; competitor acquisition; pre-IPO financing for extra cash on the balance sheet; public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity; short-term bridge financing; and strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings. It also focuses on customized financing solutions, emerging growth, mid venture, and late venture financing. The firm invests primarily in structured debt with warrants and, to a lesser extent, in senior debt and equity investments. The firm generally seeks to invest in companies that have been operating for at least six to 12 months prior to the date of their investment. It prefers to invest in technology, energy technology, sustainable and renewable technology, and life sciences. Within technology the firm focuses on advanced specialty materials and chemicals; communication and networking, consumer and business products; consumer products and services, digital media and consumer internet; electronics and computer hardware; enterprise software and services; gaming; healthcare services; information services; business services; media, content and information; mobile; resource management; security software; semiconductors; semiconductors and hardware; and software sector. Within energy technology, it invests in agriculture; clean technology; energy and renewable technology, fuels and power technology; geothermal; smart grid and energy efficiency and monitoring technologies; solar; and wind. Within life sciences, the firm invests in biopharmaceuticals; biotechnology tools; diagnostics; drug discovery, development and delivery; medical devices and equipment; surgical devices; therapeutics; pharma services; and specialty pharmaceuticals. It also invests in educational services. The firm invests primarily in United States based companies and considers investment in the West Coast, Mid-Atlantic regions, Southeast and Midwest; particularly in the areas of software, biotech and information services. The firm prefers to invest between $10 million to $250 million in equity per transactions. It invests generally between $1 million to $40 million in companies focused primarily on business services, communications, electronics, hardware, and healthcare services. The firm invests primarily in private companies but also have investments in public companies. For equity investments, the firm seeks to represent a controlling interest in its portfolio companies which may exceed 25% of the voting securities of such companies. The firm seeks to invest a limited portion of its assets in equipment-based loans to early-stage prospective portfolio companies. These loans are generally for amounts up to $3 million but may be up to $15 million for certain energy technology venture investments. The firm allows certain debt investments have the right to convert a portion of the debt investment into equity. It also co-invests with other private equity firms. The firm seeks to exit its investments through initial public offering, a private sale of equity interest to a third party, a merger or an acquisition of the company or a purchase of the equity position by the company or one of its stockholders. The firm has structured debt with warrants which typically have maturities of between two and seven years with an average of three years; senior debt with an investment horizon of less than three years; equipment loans with an investment horizon ranging from three to four years; and equity related securities with an investment horizon ranging from three to seven years. The firm prefers to invest through its balance sheet capital. The firm formerly known as Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. Hercules Capital, Inc. was founded in December 2003 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; San Diego, California; Westport, Connecticut; Elmhurst, Illinois; Santa Monica, California; McLean, Virginia; New York, New York; Radnor, Pennsylvania; and Washington, District of Columbia and London, United Kingdom.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hercules Technology Growth Capital has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.
PE Ratio
Hercules Technology Growth Capital has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.61 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 18.57%.
4. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. (OMAB)
14.9% sales growth and 61.31% return on equity
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, holds concessions to develop, operate, and maintain airports in Mexico. The company operates 13 international airports in Monterrey, Acapulco, Mazatlán, Zihuatanejo, Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Torreón, and Zacatecas cities. It also operates the NH Collection Hotel in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport; and a hotel under the Hilton Garden Inn name at the Monterrey International Airport. In addition, the company provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, boarding and unloading, passenger walkway, and airport security services. Further, it offers complementary services that comprise leasing of space to airlines, cargo handling, baggage-screening, permanent and non-permanent ground transportation, and access rights services; non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, and other commercial tenants, as well as maintaining of parking facilities and advertising; and diversification services, which consists of operation and lease of the industrial park and real estate services, as well as hotel and air cargo logistics services. Additionally, the company provides construction services. It has a strategic alliance with VYNMSA Desarrollo Inmobiliario, S.A. de C.V. to build and operate an industrial park at the Monterrey airport. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.18.
PE Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.6 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 61.31%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.’s stock is valued at $75.64 at 10:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $100.21 and way higher than its 52-week low of $50.23.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 17, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4.39 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.8%.
5. Air Lease Corporation (AL)
13.2% sales growth and 7.99% return on equity
Air Lease Corporation, an aircraft leasing company, engages in the purchase and leasing of commercial jet transport aircraft to airlines worldwide. The company also sells aircraft from its operating lease portfolio to third parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, and airlines. In addition, it provides fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios. As of December 31, 2019, the company owned a fleet of 275 aircraft, including 203 narrowbody jet aircraft and 89 widebody jet aircraft. Air Lease Corporation was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Air Lease Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.46.
PE Ratio
Air Lease Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.2 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 7.99%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.5%, now sitting on 2.57B for the twelve trailing months.
6. Axcelis Technologies (ACLS)
13% sales growth and 32.8% return on equity
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company offers high energy, high current, and medium current implanters for various application requirements. It also provides aftermarket lifecycle products and services, including used tools, spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. It sells its equipment and services to semiconductor chip manufacturers through its direct sales force. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Axcelis Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.99.
PE Ratio
Axcelis Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.61 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 32.8%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Axcelis Technologies is 1157450 which is 82.57% above its average volume of 633940.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 27.6%, now sitting on 1.09B for the twelve trailing months.
7. Allete (ALE)
10.5% sales growth and 5.48% return on equity
ALLETE, Inc. operates as an energy company. The company operates through Regulated Operations, ALLETE Clean Energy, and Corporate and Other segments. It generates electricity from coal-fired, hydroelectric, natural gas-fired, biomass co-fired, and solar. The company provides regulated utility electric service in northeastern Minnesota to approximately 145,000 retail customers, as well as 15 non-affiliated municipal customers; and regulated utility electric, natural gas, and water services in northwestern Wisconsin to approximately 15,000 electric customers, 13,000 natural gas customers, and 10,000 water customers. It also owns and maintains electric transmission assets in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois. In addition, the company focuses on developing, acquiring, and operating clean and renewable energy projects; and owns and operates approximately 660 megawatt of wind energy generation. Further, it is involved in the coal mining operations in North Dakota; and real estate investment activities in Florida. The company owns and operates 158 substations with a total capacity of 8,875 megavoltamperes. The company was formerly known as Minnesota Power, Inc. and changed its name to ALLETE, Inc. in May 2001. ALLETE, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Allete has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.31.
PE Ratio
Allete has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.77. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.77 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 5.48%.
Sales Growth
Allete’s sales growth is 5.9% for the present quarter and 10.5% for the next.
8. Eaton Corporation (ETN)
6.8% sales growth and 17.38% return on equity
Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company's Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems. Its Aerospace segment offers pumps, motors, hydraulic power units, hoses and fittings, and electro-hydraulic pumps; valves, cylinders, electronic controls, electromechanical actuators, sensors, aircraft flap and slat systems, and nose wheel steering systems; hose, thermoplastic tubing products, fittings, adapters, couplings, and sealing and ducting products; air-to-air refueling systems, fuel pumps, fuel inerting products, sensors, and adapters and regulators; oxygen generation system, payload carriages, and thermal management products; and wiring connectors and cables, as well as hydraulic and bag filters, strainers and cartridges, and golf grips for manufacturers of commercial and military aircraft, and related after-market customers, as well as industrial applications. The company's Vehicle segment offers transmissions, clutches, hybrid power systems, superchargers, engine valves and valve actuation systems, locking and limited slip differentials, transmission controls, and fuel vapor components for the vehicle industry. Its eMobility segment provides voltage inverters, converters, fuses, onboard chargers, circuit protection units, vehicle controls, power distribution systems, fuel tank isolation valves, and commercial vehicle hybrid systems. Eaton Corporation plc was founded in 1911 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Eaton Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.46.
PE Ratio
Eaton Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 32.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $32.58 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 17.38%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Eaton Corporation’s stock is valued at $243.07 at 10:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $244.62 and way higher than its 52-week low of $154.95.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 2, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.44 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.41%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Eaton Corporation’s EBITDA is 69.76.
Sales Growth
Eaton Corporation’s sales growth is 9.7% for the ongoing quarter and 6.8% for the next.
Previous days news about Eaton Corporation(ETN)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 22 January, "We have highlighted three other top-ranked stocks from the same space, namely AZZ Inc. (AZZ Quick QuoteAZZ – Free Report) , A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS Quick QuoteAOS – Free Report) and Eaton Corporation (ETN Quick QuoteETN – Free Report) . "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 22 January, "Some better-ranked stocks from the Industrial Products sector are Cintas Corporation (CTAS Quick QuoteCTAS – Free Report) , Eaton Corporation (ETN Quick QuoteETN – Free Report) and A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS Quick QuoteAOS – Free Report) . "
