(VIANEWS) – Intuit (INTU), Quanta Services (PWR), Inter Parfums (IPAR) 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. Intuit (INTU)
12.1% sales growth and 16.92% return on equity
Intuit Inc. provides financial management and compliance products and services for consumers, small businesses, self-employed, and accounting professionals in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Small Business & Self-Employed, Consumer, Credit Karma, and ProTax. The Small Business & Self-Employed segment provides QuickBooks services, that includes financial and business management online services and desktop software, payroll solutions, time tracking, merchant payment processing solutions, and financing for small businesses; and Mailchimp services, such as e-commerce, marketing automation, and customer relationship management. This segment also offers QuickBooks online services and desktop software solutions comprising QuickBooks Online Advanced, a cloud-based solution; QuickBooks Enterprise, a hosted solution; and QuickBooks Self-Employed solution; payment-processing solutions, including credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and ACH payment services; and financial supplies and financing for small businesses, as well as electronic filing of federal and state income tax returns. The Consumer segment provides TurboTax income tax preparation products and services. The Credit Karma segment offers consumers with a personal finance platform that provides personalized recommendations of home, auto, and personal loans, as well as credit cards and insurance products. The ProTax segment provides Lacerte, ProSeries, and ProFile desktop tax-preparation software products; and ProConnect Tax Online tax products, electronic tax filing service, and bank products and related services. It sells products and services through various sales and distribution channels, including multi-channel shop-and-buy experiences, websites and call centers, mobile application stores, and retail and other channels. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Intuit has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.79.
PE Ratio
Intuit has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 63.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $63.44 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 16.92%.
Previous days news about Intuit(INTU)
- What makes intuit (intu) a new buy stock. According to Zacks on Wednesday, 15 May, "As such, the Zacks rating upgrade for Intuit is essentially a positive comment on its earnings outlook that could have a favorable impact on its stock price.", "The upgrade of Intuit to a Zacks Rank #2 positions it in the top 20% of the Zacks-covered stocks in terms of estimate revisions, implying that the stock might move higher in the near term."
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 15 May, "Some better-ranked stocks in the broader technology sector are Salesforce (CRM Quick QuoteCRM – Free Report) , CrowdStrike (CRWD Quick QuoteCRWD – Free Report) and Intuit (INTU Quick QuoteINTU – Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. "
2. Quanta Services (PWR)
11.4% sales growth and 13.12% return on equity
Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services in the United States, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and internationally. Its Electric Power Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, upgrades, repairs, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure, and substation facilities, as well as provides other engineering and technical services; designs, installs, maintains, and repairs commercial and industrial wiring; and operates a postsecondary educational institution. It also offers emergency restoration services, including the repair of infrastructure damaged by inclement weather; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure; and installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks. In addition, this segment provides services related to development of solar, wind, and various natural gas generation facilities, as well as related switchyards and transmission infrastructure; and construction of electric power generation facilities. The company's Pipeline and Industrial Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, repairs, and maintains pipeline transmission and distribution systems, gathering systems, production systems, storage systems, and compressor and pump stations, as well as offers related trenching, directional boring, and mechanized welding services; and designs, installs, and maintains fueling systems, and water and sewer infrastructure. This segment also provides pipeline protection, integrity testing, and rehabilitation and replacement, as well as pipeline support systems, and related structures and facilities fabrication services; and high-pressure and critical-path turnaround, electrical, piping, fabrication, and storage tank services. It serves electric power, energy, and communications companies, as well as commercial, industrial, and governmental entities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.16.
PE Ratio
Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 52.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $52.61 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 13.12%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Quanta Services’s stock is valued at $271.48 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $272.87 and way above its 52-week low of $153.74.
Sales Growth
Quanta Services’s sales growth is 9% for the present quarter and 11.4% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 8, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.36 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.13%.
3. Inter Parfums (IPAR)
10.5% sales growth and 22.35% return on equity
Inter Parfums, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of fragrances and fragrance related products in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, European Based Operations and United States Based Operations. The company offers its fragrance and cosmetic products under the Boucheron, Coach, Jimmy Choo, Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Spade, Lanvin, Moncler, Montblanc, Rochas, S.T. Dupont, Van Cleef & Arpels, Abercrombie & Fitch, Anna Sui, Donna Karan, DKNY, Ferragamo, Graff, GUESS, Hollister, MCM, Oscar de la Renta, and Ungaro brands, as well as French Connection, Intimate, and Aziza names. It sells its products to department stores, specialty stores, duty free shops, beauty retailers, and domestic and international wholesalers, and distributors, as well as through e-commerce. The company was formerly known as Jean Philippe Fragrances, Inc. and changed its name to Inter Parfums, Inc. in July 1999. Inter Parfums, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Inter Parfums has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.75.
PE Ratio
Inter Parfums has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.17. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.17 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 22.35%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.8%, now sitting on 1.32B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Inter Parfums is 200996 which is 34.11% above its average volume of 149869.
Moving Average
Inter Parfums’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $136.82 and way below its 200-day moving average of $135.69.
4. Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)
7.3% sales growth and 27.06% return on equity
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, custom brokerage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services, such as temperature controlled cargo, port partnerships, and logistics parks. It offers trucking services, such as door-to-door services, import and export dray, interline services, and specialized services, comprising flatbed trucks, on-deck mobile transport trays, expedited cargo, and permit/overweight services; and supply chain services. It serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. The company operates a rail network of approximately 20,000 route-miles of track and shipping spanning. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Canadian National Railway Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.29.
PE Ratio
Canadian National Railway Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.42 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 27.06%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 1.5%, now sitting on 16.76B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Woodward (WWD)
6.6% sales growth and 16.35% return on equity
Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment offers fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles; and flight deck controls, actuators, servo controls, and motors and sensors for aircraft that are used on commercial and private aircraft and rotorcraft, as well as on military fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, guided weapons, and other defense systems. It also provides aftermarket maintenance, repair and overhaul, and other services to commercial airlines, repair facilities, military depots, third party repair shops, and other end users. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), tier-one suppliers, and various contractors, as well as through aftermarket sales of components, such as provisioning spares or replacements, and spare parts. The Industrial segment designs, produces, and services systems and products for the management of fuel, air, fluids, gases, motion, combustion, and electricity. Its products include actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, speed controls, electronics and software, power converters, sensors, and other devices that measure, communicate, and protect electrical distribution systems for use in industrial gas turbines, steam turbines, reciprocating engines, electric power generation and power distribution systems, wind turbines, and compressors. This segment sells its aftermarket products, and other related services to OEMs through an independent network of distributors, as well as directly to end users. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Woodward has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.74.
PE Ratio
Woodward has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.9 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 16.35%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.3%, now sitting on 3.2B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Woodward(WWD)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 13 May, "Some other top-ranked stocks from the broader technology space are Woodward (WWD Quick QuoteWWD – Free Report) , Arista Networks (ANET Quick QuoteANET – Free Report) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI Quick QuoteSMCI – Free Report) . "
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 14 May, "Some better-ranked stocks from the broader technology space are Woodward (WWD Quick QuoteWWD – Free Report) , Arista Networks (ANET Quick QuoteANET – Free Report) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI Quick QuoteSMCI – Free Report) . "
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 15 May, "Some other top-ranked stocks from the broader technology space are Woodward (WWD Quick QuoteWWD – Free Report) , Arista Networks (ANET Quick QuoteANET – Free Report) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI Quick QuoteSMCI – Free Report) . "
6. Baidu (BIDU)
6.3% sales growth and 8.61% return on equity
Baidu, Inc. engages in the provision of internet search services in China. It operates through two segments: Baidu Core and iQIYI. The company offers Baidu App to access search, feed, and other services using mobile devices; Baidu Search to access its search and other services; Baidu Feed that provides users with personalized timeline based on their demographics and interests; Baidu Health that helps users to find the doctor and hospital for healthcare needs; and Haokan, a short video app. It also provides Baidu Knows, an online community where users can ask questions to other users; Baidu Wiki; Baidu Experience; Baidu Post; ERNIE Bot, conversational AI bot; Baidu Wenku; Baidu Maps, a voice-enabled mobile app that provides travel-related services; Baidu Drive; Baijiahao; and DuerOS, a smart assistant platform. In addition, it offers online marketing services, which include pay for performance, an auction-based services that allow customers to bid for priority placement of paid sponsored links and reach users who search for information related to their products or services; other marketing services that include display-based marketing services and other online marketing services based on performance criteria other than cost per click; mobile ecosystem, a portfolio of apps, including Baidu App, Haokan, and Baidu Post; various cloud services and solutions, such as platform as a service, software as a service, and infrastructure as a service; self-driving services, including maps, automated valet parking, navigation pilot, electric vehicles, and robotaxi fleets, as well as Xiaodu smart devices. Further, the company provides iQIYI, an online entertainment service, including original and licensed content; other video content and membership; and online advertising services. It has strategic partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The company was formerly known as Baidu.com, Inc. Baidu, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Baidu has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.62.
PE Ratio
Baidu has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.8 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%.
Sales Growth
Baidu’s sales growth is negative 0.4% for the ongoing quarter and 6.3% for the next.
7. InterDigital (IDCC)
6.3% sales growth and 32.17% return on equity
InterDigital, Inc. operates as a global research and development company with focus primarily on wireless, visual, and related technologies. It designs and develops technologies that enable connected in a range of communications and entertainment products and services. It licenses or intend to license its innovations to companies providing products and services, including wireless communications, consumer electronics, personal computer, and automotive, as well as cloud-based services, such as video streaming. It designs and develops a range of innovations for use in digital cellular and wireless products and networks, including 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and IEEE 802-related products and networks. The company also develops cellular technologies, such as technologies related to CDMA, TDMA, OFDM/OFDMA, and MIMO for use in 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless networks, as well as mobile terminal devices; and 3GPP technology portfolio in 5G, 5G, advanced and 6G, as well as technologies for automobiles, wearables, smart homes, drones, and other connected consumer electronic products. In addition, it provides video coding and transmission technologies; and engages in the research and development of artificial intelligence. Further, the company's patented technologies are used in various products that include smartphones, tablets, consumer electronics, and base stations; televisions, laptops, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, streaming devices, and connected automobiles. InterDigital, Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, InterDigital has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.62.
PE Ratio
InterDigital has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.22. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.22 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 32.17%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
InterDigital’s stock is valued at $100.71 at 16:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $119.86 and way above its 52-week low of $66.82.
