(VIANEWS) – Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASX), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), Armstrong World Industries (AWI) 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. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASX)
15.8% sales growth and 10.76% return on equity
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides semiconductors packaging and testing, and electronic manufacturing services in the United States, Taiwan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. It develops, constructs, sells, leases, and manages real estate properties; produces substrates; offers information software, equipment leasing, investment advisory, and warehousing management services; commercial complex, after-sales, and support services; manages parking lot services; processes and sells computer and communication peripherals, electronic components, telecommunications equipment, and motherboards; and imports and exports goods and technology. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.5.
PE Ratio
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.7. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.7 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 10.76%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 15.4% and 46.2%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s sales growth for the next quarter is 15.8%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Advanced Semiconductor Engineering is 5458500 which is 11.82% below its average volume of 6190320.
2. First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI)
12.5% sales growth and 5.1% return on equity
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Guaranty Bank that provides commercial banking services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products, including personal and business checking, savings, money market, and demand accounts, as well as time deposits to consumers, small businesses, and municipalities. The company also provides loans, such as non-farm non-residential loans secured by real estate, commercial and industrial loans, one- to four-family residential loans, multifamily loans, construction and land development loans, agricultural loans, farmland loans, and consumer and other loans to small to medium-sized businesses and professionals, and individuals. In addition, it offers a range of consumer services, including personal and commercial credit cards, remote deposit capture, safe deposit boxes, official checks, online and mobile banking, automated teller machines, and online bill pay; provides additional solutions, such as merchant services, remote deposit capture, and lockbox services to business customers; and invests a portion of its assets in securities issued by the United States Government and its agencies, state and municipal obligations, corporate debt securities, mutual funds, and equity securities, as well as invests in mortgage-backed securities primarily issued or guaranteed by United States Government agencies or enterprises. The company operates through 34 banking facilities primarily located in market services areas of Hammond, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport-Bossier City, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Waco. First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Hammond, Louisiana.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Guaranty Bancshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.83.
PE Ratio
First Guaranty Bancshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.82 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 5.1%.
3. Armstrong World Industries (AWI)
12.4% sales growth and 39.18% return on equity
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells ceiling systems primarily for use in the construction and renovation of residential and commercial buildings in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The company operates through Mineral Fiber and Architectural Specialties segments. The company produces suspended mineral fiber, soft fiber, fiberglass wool, and metal ceiling systems, as well as wood, wood fiber, glass-reinforced-gypsum, and felt ceiling and wall systems; ceiling component products, such as ceiling perimeters and trims, as well as grid products that support drywall ceiling systems; ceilings and walls for use in commercial settings; and acoustical controls and architectural cast ceilings, walls, facades, columns, and moldings solutions. It sells its commercial ceiling and architectural specialties products to resale distributors and ceiling system contractors; and residential ceiling products to wholesalers and retailers, such as large home centers. The company was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Armstrong World Industries has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.47.
PE Ratio
Armstrong World Industries has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.2 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 39.18%.
4. Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH)
11.5% sales growth and 23.25% return on equity
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. provides transportation and logistics solutions in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Colombia. It offers truckload services, which include dry van, flatbed, heavy-haul, and refrigerated operations; domestic and international freight forwarding, and customs brokerage services; and final mile and ground expedite services. The company transports various commodities comprising automotive parts, machinery, building materials, paper, food, consumer goods, furniture, steel, and other metals. It also provides value-added services for individual customer requirements, including material handling, consolidation, sequencing, sub-assembly, cross-dock, kitting, repacking, warehousing, and returnable container management; and intermodal support services comprising short-to-medium distance delivery of steamship and rail truck containers between the port or railhead, and the customer and drayage services. Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. serves automotive, steel, oil and gas, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries, as well as other transportation companies who aggregate loads from various shippers. The company was formerly known as Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and changed its name to Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. in April 2016. Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Warren, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Universal Logistics Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.85.
PE Ratio
Universal Logistics Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.49. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.49 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 23.25%.
Moving Average
Universal Logistics Holdings’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $40.73 and way above its 200-day moving average of $35.30.
5. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
8% sales growth and 18.71% return on equity
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.49.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.89 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 18.71%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.6%, now sitting on 516.31M for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Main Street Capital Corporation’s sales growth for the next quarter is 8%.
6. Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI)
6.1% sales growth and 18.6% return on equity
GLPI is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements, pursuant to which the tenant is responsible for all facility maintenance, insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties and all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gaming and Leisure Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.89.
PE Ratio
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.99. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.99 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 18.6%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is 7.1% and a drop 2.6% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Gaming and Leisure Properties’s stock is valued at $49.10 at 06:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $50.74 and way above its 52-week low of $41.80.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.7%, now sitting on 1.49B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Gaming and Leisure Properties is 655864 which is 48.42% below its average volume of 1271680.
