(VIANEWS) - Silicom Ltd (SILC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (PLYA) 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. Silicom Ltd (SILC)
18% sales growth and 9.7% return on equity
Silicom Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports networking and data infrastructure solutions for a range of servers, server-based systems, and communications devices in the United States, North America, Israel, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers server network interface cards; and smart cards, such as smart server adapters, which include redirector and switching cards, encryption and data compression hardware acceleration cards, forward error correction acceleration and offloading cards, time synchronization cards, and field programmable gate array-based cards. The company also provides virtualized and universal customer-premises equipment; edge devices for SD-WAN and NFV deployments; and distributed units for the 5G mobile infrastructure market. It serves original equipment manufacturing, cloud, telco, mobile, and related service provider customers. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Kfar Sava, Israel.
Earnings per Share
Silicom Ltd's trailing 12 months profit per share is $2.44
PE Ratio
Silicom Ltd's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 18.01. This means that the buyer of the shares is paying $18.01 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability of a company relative to shareholders' equity, was 9.7%.2. Provident Financial Services (PFS)
17% sales growth and 9.67% return on equity
Provident Financial Services, Inc. operates as the holding company for Provident Bank that provides various banking services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. The company's deposit products include savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as IRA products. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans that are secured by properties, such as multi-family apartment buildings, office buildings, and retail and industrial properties; commercial business loans; fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans collateralized by one- to four-family residential real estate properties; commercial construction loans; and consumer loans consisting of home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, marine loans, personal loans, and auto and recreational vehicle loans. The company also offers cash management, remote deposit capture, payroll origination, escrow account management, and online and mobile banking services; and business credit cards. In addition, it provides wealth management services comprising investment management, trust and estate administration, financial planning, tax compliance and planning, and private banking. Further, the company sells insurance and investment products, including annuities; operates as a real estate investment trust for acquiring mortgage loans and other real estate related assets; and manages and sells real estate properties acquired through foreclosure. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 83 full-service branch offices in northern and central New Jersey, as well as in Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1839 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Earnings per Share
Provident Financial Services' trailing 12 month EPS is $1.79.
PE Ratio
Provident Financial Services' trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 12.58. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $12.58 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 9.67%.Sales Growth
Provident Financial Services is forecast to grow its sales by 17% in the next quarter.
Moving Average
Provident Financial Services's value is above its 50-day moving average of $21.56 and below its 200-day moving average of $22.71.3. Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (PLYA)
15.3% sales growth and 9.03% return on equity
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V., together with its subsidiaries, owns, develops, and operates resorts in prime beachfront locations in Mexico and the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2021, it owned a portfolio of 22 resorts with 8,366 rooms located in Mexico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
Earnings per Share
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V.'s trailing 12 months EPS is $-1.98.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 9.03%.4. MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG)
11.5% sales growth and 11.2% return on equity
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. is the bank holding firm for MidWestOne Bank. It provides retail and commercial banking services to individual, business, governmental, institutional and corporate customers. You can deposit with it, including noninterest bearing or interest-bearing demand deposits, interest checking account, savings accounts and money market accounts. Certificates of deposit and time deposits are also available. It also offers commercial, industrial, residential, and commercial real estate loans as well as credit card and consumer loans such as automobile and personal loans. It also offers various investment and trust services such as administering estates and personal trusts and conservatorships as well as property management and farm management. The company also offers safe deposit boxes, safe deposit boxes, treasury management and debit cards. The company offers products and services through 56 banks offices in the central and eastern Iowa areas, as well as Minneapolis/St. The Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, Minnesota, Southwest Wisconsin, Southwest Florida and Denver, Colorado are all served. MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., was established in 1983. It is located in Iowa City, Iowa.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MidWestOne Financial Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.88.
PE Ratio
MidWestOne Financial Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.1 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 11.2%.Annual Top and Bottom Value
MidWestOne Financial Group stock was valued at $33.96 as of 15:22 EST. This is below its 52 week high of $35.58, and well above its 52 week low of $27.17.
Volume
The current reported volume at MidWestOne Financial Group was 3204, which is an 86.95% decrease from its usual volume of 24565.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 6.8%, now sitting on 196.4M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., there will be a next dividend payment on Nov 29th 2022. The forward dividend rate for 2020 is 0.95, and the forward dividend yield of 3.11%.
5. Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC)
11.4% sales growth and 10.99% return on equity
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. is a developer and operator of inpatient and residential psychiatric centers, residential treatment centres, group homes, substance abuse and outpatient behavioral healthcare services to meet the needs of the communities in Puerto Rico and the United States. It operates an acute inpatient mental health facility that stabilizes patients who are endangered or need 24-hour monitoring, intervention and supervision by psychiatrists. There is also specialty treatment facilities that include residential treatment and eating disorder facilities and holistic treatment centers which provide continuous care for people with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders. The company also offers residential treatment centers that treat behavioral disorders and provide therapeutic placements for adolescents and children with emotional disorders. It had approximately 10500 beds in 228 of its behavioral health facilities as of February 28, 2022. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. is located in Franklin, Tennessee.
Earnings per Share
Acadia Healthcare Company's trailing 12 months profit per share was $-7.91
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 10.99%.Moving Average
Acadia Healthcare Company's value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $81.03 and way above its 200-day moving average of $73.55.Annual Top and Bottom Value
Acadia Healthcare Company stock was valued at $86.56 as of 15:23 EST. This is below its 52 week high of $88.17, and well above its 52 week low of $50.07.
6. Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)
7.2% sales growth and 21.43% return on equity
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and supports precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions worldwide. It offers plasma power solutions, including direct current (DC), pulsed DC, low frequency alternating current, high voltage, and radio frequency (RF) power supplies, as well as RF power supplies, RF matching networks, and RF instrumentation products; and remote plasma sources for reactive gas applications. The company also provides power control modules and thermal instrumentation products for rapid thermal processing, chemical vapor deposition, epitaxy, crystal growing, and chemical processing, as well as metal, carbon fiber, and glass manufacturing and other industrial power applications; high voltage DC-DC products for semiconductor wafer processing and metrology, electrostatic clamping of substrates, scientific instrumentation, mass spectrometry, and X-ray systems for industrial and analytical applications; and low voltage DC-DC board mounted solutions for use in healthcare, telecommunications, test and measurement, instrumentation, and industrial equipment applications, as well as distributed power in server and storage systems. In addition, it offers gas sensing and monitoring products for the energy market, air quality monitoring, and automobile emission monitoring and testing; and embedded power products for medical equipment or IEC 60950-1 for information technology equipment. Further, it offers conversions, upgrades, and refurbishments and used equipment to companies, as well as repair services. The company provides its products through a direct sales force, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and distributors. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Earnings per Share
Advanced Energy Industries' trailing 12 month EPS is $5.2.
PE Ratio
Advanced Energy Industries' trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 17.7. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $17.7 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 21.43%.