(VIANEWS) – Fabrinet Ordinary Shares (FN), Albany International Corporation (AIN), Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) 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. Fabrinet Ordinary Shares (FN)
13.7% sales growth and 17.79% return on equity
Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. Its products include switching products, including reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and other optical components and modules that enable network managers to route voice, video, and data communications traffic through fiber optic cables at various wavelengths, speeds, and over various distances. The company's products also comprise tunable lasers, transceivers, and transponders; and active optical cables, which provide high-speed interconnect capabilities for data centers and computing clusters, as well as Infiniband, Ethernet, fiber channel, and optical backplane connectivity. In addition, it provides solid state, diode-pumped, gas, and fiber lasers used in semiconductor processing, biotechnology and medical device, metrology, and material processing industries; and differential pressure, micro-gyro, fuel, and other sensors used in automobiles, as well as non-contact temperature measurement sensors for the medical industry. Further, the company designs and fabricates application-specific crystals, lenses, prisms, mirrors, laser components, and substrates; and other custom and standard borosilicate, clear fused quartz, and synthetic fused silica glass products. It serves original equipment manufacturers of optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices, and sensors. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in George Town, the Cayman Islands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Fabrinet Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.54.
PE Ratio
Fabrinet Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.71 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 17.79%.
Moving Average
Fabrinet Ordinary Shares’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $236.03 and under its 200-day moving average of $201.05.
Sales Growth
Fabrinet Ordinary Shares’s sales growth is 11.6% for the ongoing quarter and 13.7% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Fabrinet Ordinary Shares is 313016 which is 21.56% below its average volume of 399069.
2. Albany International Corporation (AIN)
13.1% sales growth and 11.96% return on equity
Albany International Corp. engages in the textile and materials processing businesses. The company operates in two segments, Machine Clothing (MC) and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The MC segment designs, manufactures, and markets paper machine clothing for use in manufacturing papers, paperboards, tissues, and towels. This segment offers forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as process belts. It also provides customized and consumable fabrics that are used in the manufacturing process in the pulp, corrugator, nonwovens, fiber cement, building products, tannery, and textile industries. This segment sells its products directly to end-user customers. The AEC segment designs, develops, and manufactures composite structures primarily to customers in the commercial and defense aerospace industries. The company operates in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, and internationally. Albany International Corp. was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire.
PE Ratio
Albany International Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.13. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.13 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 11.96%.
Sales Growth
Albany International Corporation’s sales growth is 21.7% for the ongoing quarter and 13.1% for the next.
Moving Average
Albany International Corporation’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $86.76 and under its 200-day moving average of $88.79.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.4%, now sitting on 1.19B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Albany International Corporation is 26107 which is 81.28% below its average volume of 139498.
3. Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT)
6.5% sales growth and 7.85% return on equity
Elbit Systems Ltd. develops and supplies a portfolio of airborne, land, and naval systems and products for the defense, homeland security, and commercial aviation applications primarily in Israel. The company offers military aircraft and helicopter systems; commercial aviation systems and aerostructures; unmanned aircraft systems; electro-optic, night vision, and countermeasures systems; naval systems; land vehicle systems; munitions, such as precision munitions for land, air, and sea applications; command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and cyber systems; electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems; and other commercial activities. It also manufactures and sells data links and radio communication systems and equipment, and cyber intelligence, autonomous, and homeland security solutions; laser systems and products; guided rocket systems; and armored vehicle and other platforms survivability and protection systems, as well as provides various training and support services. The company markets its systems and products as a prime contractor or subcontractor to various governments and companies. It also has operations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is based in Haifa, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Elbit Systems Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.07.
PE Ratio
Elbit Systems Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.58 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 7.85%.
Moving Average
Elbit Systems Ltd.’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $184.49 and below its 200-day moving average of $199.22.
Sales Growth
Elbit Systems Ltd.’s sales growth is 8.3% for the current quarter and 6.5% for the next.
4. Qualys (QLYS)
6.5% sales growth and 48.41% return on equity
Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which includes Vulnerability Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Threat Protection; Continuous Monitoring; Patch Management; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Certificate Assessment; SaaS Detection and Response; Secure Enterprise Mobility; Policy Compliance; Security Configuration Assessment; PCI Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; Security Assessment Questionnaire; Out of-Band Configuration Assessment; Web Application Scanning; Web Application Firewall; Global Asset Inventory; Cybersecurity Asset Management; Certificate Inventory; Cloud Inventory; Cloud Security Assessment; and Container Security. Its integrated suite of IT, security, and compliance solutions delivered on its Qualys Cloud Platform enables customers to identify and manage IT assets, collect and analyze IT security data, discover and prioritize vulnerabilities, recommend and implement remediation actions, and verify the implementation of such actions. The company also provides asset tagging and management, reporting and dashboards, questionnaires and collaboration, remediation and workflow, big data correlation and analytics engine, and alerts and notifications, which enable integrated workflows, management and real-time analysis, and reporting across IT, security, and compliance solutions. The company offers its solutions through its sales teams, as well as through its network of channel partners, such as security consulting organizations, managed service providers, resellers, and consulting firms. It serves enterprises, government entities, and small and medium-sized businesses in various industries, including education, financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, and utilities. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Qualys has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.53.
PE Ratio
Qualys has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.58 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 48.41%.
