(VIANEWS) – Aon plc (AON), Heritage Insurance Holdings (HRTG), Credicorp Ltd. (BAP) 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. Aon plc (AON)
24.1% sales growth and 82.44% return on equity
Aon plc, a professional services firm, provides a range of risk and human capital solutions worldwide. It offers commercial risk solutions, including retail brokerage, specialty solutions, global risk consulting and captives management, and affinity programs; and health solutions, such as health and benefits brokerages, and health care exchanges. The company also provides treaty and facultative reinsurance, as well as insurance-linked securities, capital raising, strategic advice, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions services; and corporate finance advisory services. In addition, it offers strategic design consulting services on their retirement programs, actuarial services, and risk management services; and advice services on developing and maintaining investment programs across various plan types, including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, endowments, and foundations for public and private companies, and other institutions. Aon plc was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Aon plc has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.5.
PE Ratio
Aon plc has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.64 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 82.44%.
Moving Average
Aon plc’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $296.16 and above its 200-day moving average of $307.17.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 1, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.7 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.82%.
2. Heritage Insurance Holdings (HRTG)
14.2% sales growth and 23.37% return on equity
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides personal and commercial residential insurance products. The company offers personal residential property insurance for single-family homeowners and condominium owners, and rental property insurance in the states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia; commercial residential insurance for properties in Florida, New Jersey, and New York; and licensed in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as personal residential and wind-only property insurance. It also provides restoration, and emergency and recovery services; and property management, and reinsurance services. The company writes personal line policies through a network of retail independent agents, wholesale agents, and a partnership with a direct agency, as well as indirectly to approximately 1,500 retail locations through eight wholesale agency relationships; and personal and commercial insurance policies through a network of approximately 70 independent agencies. Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Heritage Insurance Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.65.
PE Ratio
Heritage Insurance Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.28 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 23.37%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Heritage Insurance Holdings’s stock is valued at $7.06 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $11.23 and way higher than its 52-week low of $4.25.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Heritage Insurance Holdings is 306869 which is 28.37% below its average volume of 428438.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.1%, now sitting on 749.88M for the twelve trailing months.
3. Credicorp Ltd. (BAP)
11% sales growth and 15.57% return on equity
Credicorp Ltd., a financial services holding company, provides various financial, insurance, and health services and products primarily in Peru and internationally. The company's Universal Banking segment offers deposits and current accounts, and various credits and financial instruments to individuals and legal entities. Its Insurance and Pensions segment issues insurance policies to cover losses in commercial property, transportation, marine vessels, automobile, life, health, and pensions, as well as provides private pension fund management services. The company's Microfinance segment manages loans, credits, deposits, and current accounts of the small and microenterprises. Its Investment Banking and Wealth Management segment offers its services to corporations, institutional investors, governments, and foundations; engages in structuring and placement of issues in the primary market, as well as the execution and negotiation of operations in the secondary market; and structures securitization processes for corporate customers and manages mutual funds. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Lima, Peru.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Credicorp Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $16.51.
PE Ratio
Credicorp Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.43. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.43 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 15.57%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 17, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 9.29 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.41%.
Sales Growth
Credicorp Ltd.’s sales growth is 12.4% for the present quarter and 11% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 5.1% and 14.6%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Credicorp Ltd.’s stock is valued at $172.20 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $180.21 and way higher than its 52-week low of $116.42.
4. Bank OZK (OZK)
8.3% sales growth and 13.74% return on equity
Bank OZK provides various retail and commercial banking services. The company accepts various deposit products, including non-interest-bearing checking, interest bearing transaction, business sweep, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other accounts, as well as time deposits. It also offers real estate, consumer and business purpose, indirect recreational vehicle and marine, commercial and industrial, government guaranteed, agricultural equipment, small business, lines of credit, homebuilder, and affordable housing loans; business aviation and subscription financing services; and mortgage and other lending products. In addition, the company provides trust and wealth services, such as personal trusts, custodial accounts, investment management accounts, and retirement accounts, as well as corporate trust services, including trustee, paying agent and registered transfer agent services, and other related services. Further, it offers treasury management services comprising automated clearing house, wire transfer, transaction reporting, wholesale lockbox, remote deposit capture, automated credit line transfer, reconciliation, positive pay, merchant and commercial card, and other services, as well as zero balance and investment sweep accounts. Additionally, the company provides ATMs; telephone, online, and mobile banking services; debit and credit cards; safe deposit boxes; and other products and services, as well as processes merchant debit and credit card transactions. The company was formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks and changed its name to Bank OZK in July 2018. Bank OZK was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Bank OZK has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.97.
PE Ratio
Bank OZK has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.23. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.23 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 13.74%.
Moving Average
Bank OZK’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $42.18 and under its 200-day moving average of $43.62.
Sales Growth
Bank OZK’s sales growth for the next quarter is 8.3%.
