(VIANEWS) – Middlesex Water Company (MSEX), Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH), Humana (HUM) 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. Middlesex Water Company (MSEX)
14.5% sales growth and 7.62% return on equity
Middlesex Water Company owns and operates regulated water utility and wastewater systems. It operates in two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment collects, treats, and distributes water on a retail and wholesale basis to residential, commercial, industrial, and fire protection customers in parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. This segment also includes regulated wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The Non-Regulated segment provides non-regulated contract services for the operation and maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The company was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Middlesex Water Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.76.
PE Ratio
Middlesex Water Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.25 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 7.62%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 39.4% and 12.7%, respectively.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.3 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.48%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Middlesex Water Company’s stock is valued at $47.96 at 11:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $84.38 and higher than its 52-week low of $47.44.
Sales Growth
Middlesex Water Company’s sales growth is 16.8% for the present quarter and 14.5% for the next.
2. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH)
13.2% sales growth and 35.73% return on equity
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital, mission operations, and cyber solutions to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. The company offers consulting solutions for various domains, business strategies, human capital, and operations. It also provides analytics services, which focuses on delivering transformational solutions in the areas of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning, deep learning; data science, such as data engineering and predictive modeling; automation and decision analytics; and quantum computing. In addition, the company designs, develops, and implements solutions built on contemporary methodologies and modern architectures; delivers engineering services and solutions to define, develop, implement, sustain, and modernize complex physical systems; and provides cyber risk management solutions, such as prevention, detection, and cost effectiveness. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.11.
PE Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 45.7. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $45.7 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 35.73%.
3. Humana (HUM)
9% sales growth and 15.68% return on equity
Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It has a contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits. In addition, the company provides commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits comprising dental, vision, life insurance, and other supplemental health benefits, as well as administrative services only products to individuals and employer groups; military services, such as TRICARE T2017 East Region contract; and engages in the operations of pharmacy benefit manager business. Further, it operates pharmacies and senior focused primary care centers; and offers home solutions services, such as home health, hospice, and other services to its health plan members, as well as to third parties. The company sells its products through employers and employees, independent brokers and agents, sales representatives, and digital insurance agencies. The company was formerly known as Extendicare Inc. and changed its name to Humana Inc. in April 1974. Humana Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Humana has a trailing twelve months EPS of $19.99.
PE Ratio
Humana has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.64 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 15.68%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 34.8% and a negative 35%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.9%, now sitting on 106.37B for the twelve trailing months.
4. WEX (WEX)
8.9% sales growth and 15.37% return on equity
WEX Inc. operates a commerce platform in the United States and internationally. The Fleet Solutions segment offers fleet vehicle payment solutions, transaction processing, and information management services. It also provides account and account retention services; authorization and billing inquiries, and account maintenance services; account management; credit and collections services; merchant services; analytics solutions; and ancillary services and tools to fleets to manage expenses and capital requirements. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to businesses and government agencies with fleets of commercial vehicles; and indirectly through co-branded and private label relationships. The Travel and Corporate Solutions segment provides payment solutions, including embedded payments; and accounts payable automation and spend management solutions. Its products include virtual cards that are used for transactions where no physical card is presented. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to customers in travel, fintech, insurance, consumer bill pay, and media verticals, as well as businesses and financial institutions. The Health and Employee Benefit Solutions segment offers software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for consumer directed healthcare benefits and full-service benefit enrollment solutions. Its SaaS platform includes embedded payment solutions and plan administration services for consumer-directed health benefits; COBRA accounts; and benefit enrollment and administration services. This segment also provides custodial and depository services for health savings accounts; and payroll-related benefits. This segment markets its products through third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, and health plans. The company was formerly known as Wright Express Corporation and changed its name to WEX Inc. in October 2012. WEX Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Portland, Maine.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, WEX has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.15.
PE Ratio
WEX has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $38.96 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 15.37%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.2%, now sitting on 2.55B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for WEX is 307852 which is 2.94% above its average volume of 299049.
5. Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
6.9% sales growth and 12.23% return on equity
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Akamai Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.52.
PE Ratio
Akamai Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.39. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.39 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 12.23%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Akamai Technologies is 974938 which is 45.35% below its average volume of 1784040.
Sales Growth
Akamai Technologies’s sales growth is 8.6% for the current quarter and 6.9% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.2%, now sitting on 3.81B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Akamai Technologies’s stock is valued at $103.47 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $129.17 and way above its 52-week low of $76.85.
6. Thomson Reuters (TRI)
6.6% sales growth and 23.06% return on equity
Thomson Reuters Corporation engages in the provision of business information services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Reuters News, and Global Print. The Legal Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on legal research and integrated legal workflow solutions that combine content, tools, and analytics to law firms and governments. The Corporates segment provides a suite of content-driven technologies, including generative AI, integrated workflow solutions to small businesses to multinational organizations. The Tax & Accounting Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on tax offerings and automating tax workflows to tax, accounting, and audit professionals in accounting firms. The Reuters News segment provides business, financial, and international news to media organizations, professional, and news consumers through Reuters News Agency, Reuters.com, Reuters Events, Thomson Reuters products, and to financial market professionals. The Global Print segment offers legal and tax information primarily in print format. The company was formerly known as The Thomson Corporation and changed its name to Thomson Reuters Corporation in April 2008. The company was founded in 1851 and is based in Toronto, Canada. Thomson Reuters Corporation operates as a subsidiary of The Woodbridge Company Limited.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Thomson Reuters has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.69.
PE Ratio
Thomson Reuters has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.78 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 23.06%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 11.8% and 2.4%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Thomson Reuters’s sales growth is 6.8% for the current quarter and 6.6% for the next.
Moving Average
Thomson Reuters’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $155.84 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $139.62.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 20, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.16 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.44%.
