(VIANEWS) – Stantec (STN), Priority Technology Holdings (PRTH), CubeSmart (CUBE) 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. Stantec (STN)
16.5% sales growth and 12.91% return on equity
Stantec Inc. provides professional services in the areas of infrastructure and facilities to the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It offers evaluation, planning, and designing infrastructure solutions; solutions for sustainable water resources, planning, management, and infrastructure; environmental services; integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning solutions for buildings; and energy and resources solutions. The company also provides consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics. In addition, it offers planning and design services to clients in residential, logistics, retail, infrastructure, energy, higher education, and urban regeneration sectors; architectural and interior design, and planning services in the science and technology, commercial workplace, higher education, residential, and hospitality markets. Further, the company provides transportation advisory, transport engineering, and technical design; project delivery consultancy services for mining, resources, and industrial infrastructure projects; paleontological and archaeological services for the rail, transportation, water, and power and energy sectors; and environmental and cultural resource compliance services. Additionally, it offers consulting services in sustainable building design, energy infrastructure upgrades, sustainable district heating network, and e-mobility; and planning, design, construction administration, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, and remediation services. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stantec has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.25.
PE Ratio
Stantec has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 36.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $36.71 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 12.91%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 10.6% and 20%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.8%, now sitting on 5.42B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Stantec’s sales growth is 15.2% for the ongoing quarter and 16.5% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Stantec’s stock is valued at $82.59 at 01:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $88.42 and way above its 52-week low of $59.55.
2. Priority Technology Holdings (PRTH)
16.1% sales growth and 23.26% return on equity
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) Payments, Business-To-Business Payments, and Enterprise Payments. The company offers MX product line, including MX Connect and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B and ACH.com, and others, which provides flexible and customizable set of business applications that helps to manage critical business work functions and revenue performance to resellers and merchant clients using core payment processing as our leverage point. It also offers CPX, a platform that offers accounts payable automation solutions, including virtual card, purchase card, ACH +, dynamic discounting, or check. In addition, the company provides curated managed services and a suite of integrated accounts payable automation solutions to various financial institutions and card networks; and payment-adjacent technologies to facilitate the acceptance of electronic payments from customers. Further, it offers embedded payment and banking solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments; and managed services solutions that provide audience-specific programs for institutional partners and other third parties; and consulting and development solutions. The company serves SMB, and enterprises, as well as distribution partners, including retail and wholesale independent sales organizations, financial institutions, and independent software vendors. Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Priority Technology Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.65.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 23.26%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Priority Technology Holdings’s stock is valued at $6.98 at 01:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $7.38 and way above its 52-week low of $2.79.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Priority Technology Holdings is 62614 which is 9.22% below its average volume of 68979.
Moving Average
Priority Technology Holdings’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of $5.66 and way above its 200-day moving average of $4.18.
3. CubeSmart (CUBE)
14.8% sales growth and 14.15% return on equity
CubeSmart is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. According to the 2020 Self-Storage Almanac, CubeSmart is one of the top three owners and operators of self-storage properties in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CubeSmart has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.78.
PE Ratio
CubeSmart has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.9 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 14.15%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CubeSmart’s stock is valued at $53.23 at 01:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $55.14 and way above its 52-week low of $33.17.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for CubeSmart is 1091550 which is 9.26% below its average volume of 1203020.
4. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD)
10.6% sales growth and 6.7% return on equity
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization innovative medicines that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system (CNS) disorders and rare diseases. It offers NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis. The company also develops Trofinetide, a novel synthetic analog of the amino-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor 1 for treatment of Rett Syndrome; Pimavanserin that is in Phase III ADVANCE-2 study to treat the negative symptoms of schizophrenia; ACP-204 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease psychosis; antisense oligonucleotide programs; and other programs for neuropsychiatric symptoms. It has a license agreement with Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited to develop and commercialize trofinetide for Rett syndrome and other indications; and a license and collaboration agreement with Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. to discover, develop and commercialize novel RNA-based medicines for the potential treatment of severe and rare genetic neurodevelopmental diseases of the CNS. The company was formerly known as Receptor Technologies, Inc. and changed its name ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1997. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.19.
PE Ratio
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 77.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $77.47 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 6.7%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is 1676880 which is 4.52% below its average volume of 1756400.
5. Alaska Air Group (ALK)
8.9% sales growth and 5.5% return on equity
Alaska Air Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides passenger and cargo air transportation services. The company operates through three segments: Mainline, Regional, and Horizon. It has a network of approximately 1,300 daily flights to 115 destinations across the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica. The company was founded in 1932 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alaska Air Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.76.
PE Ratio
Alaska Air Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.57 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 5.5%.
Moving Average
Alaska Air Group’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $37.59 and way above its 200-day moving average of $39.26.
6. The Kraft Heinz (KHC)
7.1% sales growth and 3.87% return on equity
The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally. Its products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy products, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products under the Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Ore-Ida, Maxwell House, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Heinz, ABC, Master, Quero, Kraft, Golden Circle, Wattie's, Pudliszki, and Plasmon brands. It sells its products through its own sales organizations, as well as through independent brokers, agents, and distributors to chain, wholesale, cooperative, and independent grocery accounts; convenience, value, and club stores; pharmacies and drug stores; mass merchants; foodservice distributors; institutions, including hotels, restaurants, bakeries, hospitals, health care facilities, and government agencies; and online through various e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was formerly known as H.J. Heinz Holding Corporation and changed its name to The Kraft Heinz Company in July 2015. The Kraft Heinz Company was founded in 1869 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Kraft Heinz has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.31.
PE Ratio
The Kraft Heinz has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.56. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.56 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 3.87%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for The Kraft Heinz is 6087370 which is 26.36% below its average volume of 8267400.
Moving Average
The Kraft Heinz’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $35.14 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $35.43.
7. NorthWestern Corporation (NWE)
6.8% sales growth and 7.62% return on equity
NorthWestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. The company operates through three segments: Electric Utility Operations; Natural Gas Utility Operations; and Other. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,597 miles of electric transmission and 18,534 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 121 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,235 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,099 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 135 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,308 miles of electric transmission and 2,342 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 121 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission and 2,545 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota and Nebraska. The company serves approximately 764,200 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Corporation was incorporated in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NorthWestern Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.43.
PE Ratio
NorthWestern Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.53 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%.
8. Bank OZK (OZK)
5.3% 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 $6.02.
PE Ratio
Bank OZK has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.31. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.31 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%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Bank OZK’s stock is valued at $44.02 at 01:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $52.36 and way above its 52-week low of $34.76.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is 2.7% and a drop 4% for the next.
Previous days news about Bank OZK(OZK)
- Unveiling bank OZK (ozk) Q3 outlook: wall street estimates for key metrics. According to Zacks on Monday, 14 October, "With that in mind, let’s delve into the average projections of some Bank OZK metrics that are commonly tracked and projected by analysts on Wall Street.", "In its upcoming report, Bank OZK (OZK Quick QuoteOZK – Free Report) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $1.53 per share, reflecting an increase of 2.7% compared to the same period last year. "
