(VIANEWS) - Futu Holdings (FUTU), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), EastGroup Properties (EGP) 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. Futu Holdings (FUTU)
84.1% sales growth and 11.51% return on equity
Futu Holdings Limited is an online broker and wealth management company in Hong Kong. It offers trading, clearing and settlement services, margin financing, securities lending and services for stock yield enhancement. The company also provides online wealth management services through Futumoney Plus' Futubull platform and its moomoo platform. These platforms provide access to mutual funds and private bonds, market data, information services, and NiuNiu community, where clients and users can share their insights and ask questions. The company also offers initial public offering subscriptions and employee share options plan solutions to corporate clients. Futu Holdings Limited, which was established in 2007, is located in Hong Kong.
Earnings per Share
Futu Holdings' trailing twelve-month EPS is $1.3.
PE Ratio
Futu Holdings' trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 31.03. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $31.03 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 11.51%.Sales Growth
Futu Holdings's sales growth for the next quarter is 84.1%.
2. Peoples Bancorp (PEBO)
21.4% sales growth and 12.84% return on equity
Peoples Bancorp Inc. operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides commercial and retail banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit; and provides commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, construction, finance, residential real estate, and consumer indirect and direct loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and overdrafts. It also offers debit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards; safe deposit rental facilities; money orders and cashier's checks; and telephone, mobile, and Internet-based banking services. In addition, the company provides various life, health, and property and casualty insurance products; third-party insurance administration; insurance premium financing; commercial and technology equipment leasing; fiduciary and trust; underwriting, origination and servicing of equipment leases, and equipment financing agreements; and asset management and administration services, as well as employee benefit, retirement, and health care plan administration services. Further, it offers brokerage services through an unaffiliated registered broker-dealers; insurance premium finance lending and lease financing services; and credit cards to individuals and businesses, as well as provides merchant credit card transaction processing, and person-to-person payment processing services. The company operates through 135 financial service offices and ATMs, including 119 full-service branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Peoples Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.
Earnings per Share
Peoples Bancorp's trailing 12 months profit per share was $3.81
PE Ratio
Peoples Bancorp's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 7.41. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $7.41 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 12.84%.Annual Top and Bottom Value
Peoples Bancorp stock was valued at $28.23 at 5:22 EST at the time of writing. This is way lower than its 52 week high of $34.63 but much higher than its low 52-week of $25.63.
3. EastGroup Properties (EGP)
18.9% sales growth and 12.87% return on equity
EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP), an S&P MidCap 400 company, is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in major Sunbelt markets throughout the United States with an emphasis in the states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina. The Company's goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location sensitive customers (primarily in the 15,000 to 70,000 square foot range). The Company's strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. EastGroup's portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 45.7 million square feet.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, EastGroup Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.85.
PE Ratio
EastGroup Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 52.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $52.25 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 12.87%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for EastGroup Properties is 78188 which is 72.66% below its average volume of 285987.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., Sep 28 2022 will be the next distribution. The forward dividend rate for 2020 is 5, and the forward dividend yield is 3.2%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 49.1% and a negative 39.6%, respectively.Revenue growth
The year-on-year revenue growth was 20.1%. It now stands at 464.56M in the 12 trailing months.
4. STMicroelectronics (STM)
15% sales growth and 30.01% return on equity
STMicroelectronics N.V., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through Automotive and Discrete Group; Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group; and Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group segments. The Automotive and Discrete Group segment offers automotive integrated circuits (ICs); and discrete and power transistor products. The Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group segment provides industrial application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and application-specific standard products (ASSPs); general purpose analog products; custom analog ICs; wireless charging solutions; galvanic isolated gate drivers; low and high voltage amplifiers, comparators, and current-sense amplifiers; MasterGaN, a solution that integrates a silicon driver and GaN power transistors in a single package; wireline and wireless connectivity ICs; touch screen controllers; micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) products, including sensors or actuators; and optical sensing solutions. The Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group segment offers general purpose and secure microcontrollers; radio frequency (RF) and electrically erasable programmable read-only memories; and RF, digital, and mixed-signal ASICs. It also provides assembly and other services. The company sells its products through distributors and retailers, as well as through sales representatives. It serves automotive, industrial, personal electronics and communications equipment, and computers and peripherals markets. STMicroelectronics N.V. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, STMicroelectronics has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.38.
PE Ratio
STMicroelectronics has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.76 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 30.01%.5. F5 Networks (FFIV)
11.5% sales growth and 13.34% return on equity
F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions for the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. The company's multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions enable its customers to develop, deploy, operate, secure, and govern applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers application security and delivery products, including BIG-IP appliances and VIPRION chassis and related software modules and software-only Virtual Editions; Local Traffic Manager and DNS Services; Advanced Firewall Manager and Policy Enforcement Manager that leverage the unique performance characteristics of its hardware and software architecture; Application Security Manager and Access Policy Manager; NGINX Plus and NGINX Controller; Shape Defense and Enterprise Defense; Secure Web Gateway, and Silverline DDoS and Application security offerings; and online fraud and abuse prevention solutions. The company also provides a range of professional services, including consulting, training, installation, maintenance, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, and systems integrators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Earnings per Share
F5 Networks' trailing 12 month EPS is $5.3.
PE Ratio
F5 Networks' trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 28.69. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $28.69 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 13.34%.6. The Andersons (ANDE)
8.1% sales growth and 14.13% return on equity
Andersons, Inc. is an American agriculture company that operates in various sectors of trade, renewables, plant nutrients, as well as internationally. Its Trade segment manages grain elevators, stores commodities, and offers grain marketing, risk management and origination services for its customers as well as affiliated ethanol plants. The segment is also involved in commodity merchandising and offers logistical services for agricultural commodities such as whole grains, cereals, raw ingredients, domestic fuel, and other commodities. The company's Renewables segment purchases and sells ethanol. It also offers risk management and facility operation services. Plant Nutrient, the company's segment, manufactures and distributes plant nutrients and corncob-based products. It also sells crop nutrients and crop protection chemicals. The company provides application and agronomic service to family and commercial farmers. The company also provides warehousing and packaging services for nutrient distributors. It manufactures and distributes a variety of industrial products such as nitrogen reagents that can be used to control air pollution in power plants and water treatment. This segment also produces corncob-based products to be used in laboratory animal bedding, private label cat litter and absorbents and blast cleaners. It also makes professional turf products that are suitable for the golf course and other markets. Andersons, Inc., was established in 1947 in Maumee, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Andersons has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.23.
PE Ratio
The Andersons has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 152.13. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $152.13 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 14.13%.7. On Assignment (ASGN)
5.1% sales growth and 14.86% return on equity
ASGN Incorporated provides professional staffing and IT solutions in the technology, digital, creative, engineering and life sciences fields across commercial and government sectors in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Apex, Oxford, and ECS. The Apex segment offers technology, digital, creative, scientific, engineering staffing, and consulting services to Fortune 1000 and mid-market commercial clients. The Oxford segment provides hard-to-find technology, digital, engineering, and life sciences staffing and consulting services in various skill and geographic markets. The ECS Segment delivers advanced solutions in cloud, cyber security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company was formerly known as On Assignment, Inc. and changed its name to ASGN Incorporated in April 2018. ASGN Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Earnings per Share
For profitability, the trailing 12 months' EPS for On Assignment is $5.39.
PE Ratio
The trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio for On Assignment is 15.17. The purchaser of the shares is investing $15.17 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 14.86%.Sales Growth
On Assignment's sales growth is 7.9% for the present quarter and 5.1% for the next.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
On Assignment's EBITDA is 1.1.