(VIANEWS) – The Ensign Group (ENSG), Walker & Dunlop (WD), CoreSite Realty Corporation (COR) 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. The Ensign Group (ENSG)
11% sales growth and 15.08% return on equity
The Ensign Group, Inc. provides health care services in the post-acute care continuum and other ancillary businesses. The company operates in two segments, Skilled Services and Real Estate. The company offers skilled services, which include short and long-term nursing care services for patients with chronic conditions, prolonged illness, and the elderly; and physical, occupational, and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services. It also provides standard services, such as room and board, special nutritional programs, social, recreational, entertainment, and other services. In addition, the company offers senior living, as well as mobile diagnostics services; leases real estate properties; and provides other ancillary services consisting of digital x-ray, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, laboratory, sub-acute, and patient transportation services to people in their homes or at long-term care facilities. As of April 4, 2022, it operated 252 healthcare facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Ensign Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.79.
PE Ratio
The Ensign Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.63 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 15.08%.
2. Walker & Dunlop (WD)
10.5% sales growth and 5.01% return on equity
Walker & Dunlop, Inc., through its subsidiaries, originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products and services for owners and developers of real estate in the United States. The company offers first mortgage, second trust, supplemental, construction, mezzanine, preferred equity, and small-balance loans. It also provides finance for multifamily, manufactured housing communities, student housing, affordable housing, and senior housing properties under the Fannie Mae's DUS program; and construction and permanent loans to developers and owners of multifamily housing, affordable housing, senior housing, and healthcare facilities. In addition, the company acts as a debt broker to work with life insurance companies, banks, and other institutional lenders to find debt and/or equity solution for the borrowers' needs; and offers property sales brokerage services to owners and developers of multifamily properties, and commercial real estate and multifamily property appraisals for various investors. Further, it provides appraisal and valuation services; and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services, including housing market research. Additionally, the company offers servicing and asset-managing the portfolio of loans; originates loans through its principal lending and investing activities; and manages third-party capital invested in tax credit equity funds focused on the affordable housing and other commercial real estate sectors. Walker & Dunlop, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Walker & Dunlop has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.74.
PE Ratio
Walker & Dunlop has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.96 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 5.01%.
Sales Growth
Walker & Dunlop’s sales growth for the next quarter is 10.5%.
3. CoreSite Realty Corporation (COR)
9.9% sales growth and 213.15% return on equity
CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE:COR) delivers secure, reliable, high-performance data center, cloud access and interconnection solutions to a growing customer ecosystem across eight key North American markets. More than 1,375 of the world's leading enterprises, network operators, cloud providers, and supporting service providers choose CoreSite to connect, protect and optimize their performance-sensitive data, applications and computing workloads. Our scalable, flexible solutions and 460+ dedicated employees consistently deliver unmatched data center options — all of which leads to a best-in-class customer experience and lasting relationships.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CoreSite Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.14.
PE Ratio
CoreSite Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.19 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 213.15%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for CoreSite Realty Corporation is 407547 which is 73.29% below its average volume of 1526170.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CoreSite Realty Corporation’s stock is valued at $221.13 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $246.75 and way above its 52-week low of $171.65.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.8%, now sitting on 276.54B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
CoreSite Realty Corporation’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $229.25 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $216.61.
4. Grand Canyon Education (LOPE)
9.7% sales growth and 30.09% return on equity
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. The company's technology services include learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services comprises program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support include admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services. It also offers marketing and communication services, such as lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, market research, media planning and strategy, video, and business intelligence and data science; and back-office services comprising finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. The company supports healthcare education programs for 27 universities. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Grand Canyon Education has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.14.
PE Ratio
Grand Canyon Education has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.99. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.99 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 30.09%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 8.9% and 15.9%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Grand Canyon Education’s sales growth is 6.1% for the ongoing quarter and 9.7% for the next.
5. Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN)
9.2% sales growth and 5.52% return on equity
Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. It operates in three segments: Property & Casualty, Life & Retirement, and Supplemental & Group Benefits. The company underwrites and markets personal lines of property and casualty insurance, including personal lines auto and property insurance products; supplemental insurance products, which include cancer, heart, hospital, supplemental disability, and accident coverages; retirement products, such as tax-qualified fixed and variable annuities; and life insurance products comprising whole life and term, as well as indexed universal life insurance products. It also offers student loan solutions, including online student loan management accounts for educators. The company markets its products through its sales force of full-time exclusive agents to K-12 teachers, administrators, and other employees of public schools and their families. Horace Mann Educators Corporation was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Horace Mann Educators Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.57.
PE Ratio
Horace Mann Educators Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.88. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.88 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 5.52%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 1500% and 104.5%, respectively.
Moving Average
Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $35.24 and below its 200-day moving average of $33.66.
