(VIANEWS) - Vaalco Energy (EGY), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), 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. Vaalco Energy (EGY)
129.1% sales growth and 76.05% return on equity
VAALCO Energy, Inc., a private energy company, is an independent one that acquires, investigates, develops, produces and exports crude oil and natural gases. It holds the Etame production share contract for the Etame Marin offshore block in West Africa, Republic of Gabon. The company also holds interests in an undeveloped block off Equatorial Guinea (West Africa). VAALCO Energy, Inc., was established in 1985. It is located in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Vaalco Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.837.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 76.05%.Sales Growth
Vaalco Energy is expecting a 129.1% increase in sales for its next quarter.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 136%, now sitting on 291.92M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Vaalco Energy's value is below its 50-day moving average of $5.02 and way below its 200-day moving average of $5.82.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Vaalco Energy's stock is valued at $4.58 at 19:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $8.77 and way above its 52-week low of $3.16.
2. Provident Bancorp (PVBC)
23% sales growth and 8.41% return on equity
Provident Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Provident Bank that provides various financial services to individuals and small businesses in the United States. It offers checking, term certificate, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market, and savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial real estate, multi-family residential real estate, commercial business, construction and land development, mortgage warehouse, one- to four-family residential, and consumer loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit; and invests in securities, and state and municipal bonds. As of December 31, 2021, it operated through its main office and six branch offices located in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts; and Bedford, Exeter, Portsmouth, and Seabrook, New Hampshire, as well as two loan production offices located in Boston, Massachusetts, and Ponte Vedra, Florida. The company was founded in 1828 and is headquartered in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Earnings per Share
Provident Bancorp's trailing twelve-month EPS is $1.17.
PE Ratio
The trailing 12 months Price to Earnings ratio for Provident Bancorp is 6.12. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $6.12 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 8.41%.3. EastGroup Properties (EGP)
18.9% sales growth and 12.87% return on equity
EastGroup Properties, Inc., NYSE: EGP, is an S&P MidCap 400 Company. It's a self-managed equity real estate trust that focuses on developing, purchasing, and operating industrial properties throughout major Sunbelt states in the United States. The emphasis of the Trust's activities are in Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, North Carolina, and Arizona. Its mission is to maximise shareholder value and be a leader in providing quality, functional, flexible, and high-quality business distribution space to location sensitive customers in its market (primarily within the 15,000 to 75,000 square foot range). Its growth strategy is built on the ownership of top distribution facilities, which are usually located near key transportation points in submarkets with limited supply. EastGroup currently has approximately 45.7 millions square feet of portfolio. This includes development projects as well as value-add acquisitions that are under construction or lease-up.
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%.Sales Growth
EastGroup Properties's sales growth is 18.3% for the current quarter and 18.9% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects a decline of 49.1% in growth and 39.6% for the following quarter.4. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (PGC)
17.7% sales growth and 12.95% return on equity
Peapack–Gladstone Financial Corporation is the bank holding firm for Peapack–Gladstone Bank, which provides wealth management and private banking services in the United States. Peapack Private and Banking are the two main segments of the company. The company offers individual retirement accounts as well as checking and savings accounts. It also offers working capital lines, term loans to fix fixed assets, commercial mortgages and multi-family mortgages and other asset-based financing options. Residential mortgages and home equity loans are available as well. It also offers equipment and corporate finance (C&I), multifamily residential and commercial lending, treasury management, C&I advisory, escrow management, deposit generation, asset and investment management, personal trust services including executors, trustees, administrators, custodians, guardians, as well as other services in financial planning, tax preparation and advice. The company also offers telephone banking and merchant credit cards, as well as customer support and sales services. Private banking clients are businesses and non-profits as well as consumers. Wealth management clients consist of individuals, families and foundations. Endowments, trusts and trusts can also be included. It has private banks in Teaneck, Princeton, Morristown and Teaneck in New Jersey. Wealth management branches are also available in Somerset, Morris and Hunterdon counties. There is also an automated teller machine at twenty locations. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corporation was established in New Jersey in 1921. It is located in Bedminster.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.66.
PE Ratio
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.93. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.93 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 12.95%.5. Waste Connections (WCN)
14.9% sales growth and 9.32% return on equity
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. The company also operates an additional 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Earnings per Share
Waste Connections' trailing twelve-month EPS is $0.84.
PE Ratio
Waste Connections' trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 156.84. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $156.84 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 9.32%.Revenue growth
The year-on-year revenue growth was 17.9%. We now have 6.4B in the 12 trailing months.
Volume
Today's last reported volume for Waste Connections is 917258 which is 3.77% below its average volume of 953274.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 19.6% and 13.2%, respectively.Annual Top and Bottom Value
Waste Connections stock was valued at $132.37 as of 19:22 EST. This is way lower than its 52 week high of $148.20, and much higher than its 52 week low of $113.50.
6. Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)
8.5% sales growth and 25.82% return on equity
Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. The company's Electric segment produces, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. markets. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind and hydro, and natural gas. It serves approximately 133,000 residential, industrial, and other commercial customers. Its Manufacturing segment engages in the contract machining, metal parts stamping, fabrication and painting, and production of plastic thermoformed horticultural containers, life science and industrial packaging, and material handling components, and extruded raw material stock for recreational vehicle, agricultural, construction, lawn and garden, and industrial and energy equipment industries. It also manufactures clamshell packing, blister packs, returnable pallets, and handling trays for shipping and storing odd-shaped or difficult-to-handle parts for customers in the horticulture, medical and life sciences, industrial, recreation, and electronics industries. The company's Plastics segment manufactures polyvinyl chloride pipes for municipal water, rural water, wastewater, storm drainage and water reclamation system, and other uses. This segment markets its products to wholesalers and distributors through independent sales representatives, company salespersons, and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Otter Tail Power Company and changed its name to Otter Tail Corporation in 2001. Otter Tail Corporation was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Otter Tail Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.47.
PE Ratio
Otter Tail Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.87 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 25.82%.Sales Growth
Otter Tail Corporation saw a 12.6% increase in sales for its current quarter, and an 8.5% rise for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects to grow by 44.4% and 19.5% respectively.7. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH)
6.7% sales growth and 46.63% return on equity
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation offers management and technology consultancy, as well as engineering, cyber, mission operations and analytics to corporations and governments across the United States. Consulting solutions are offered for various business strategies, operations, and human capital. The company also offers analytics services that focus on providing transformational solutions in areas such as artificial intelligence (machine learning, deep learning), data science (data engineering, predictive modeling), automation, decision analytics, and quantum computing. The company also designs, develops and implements modern methodologies. It provides engineering services to create, maintain, modernize, modernize and sustain complex systems. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was established in 1914. It is located in McLean in Virginia.
Earnings per Share
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's trailing 12 months profit per share was $3.94
PE Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 26.51. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $26.51 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 46.63%.Revenue growth
The year-on-year revenue growth was 9.2%. We now have 8.82B in the 12 trailing months.