(VIANEWS) – Afya (AFYA), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 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. Afya (AFYA)
37.3% sales growth and 11.71% return on equity
Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Undergrad, Continuing Education, and Digital Services. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Afya has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.83.
PE Ratio
Afya has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.89 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 11.71%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 25.4%, now sitting on 2.47B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 31.8% and 24%, respectively.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Afya is 151794 which is 29.54% below its average volume of 215440.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Afya’s EBITDA is 4.32.
Previous days news about Afya(AFYA)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 3 July, "These include Toll Brothers (TOL Quick QuoteTOL – Free Report) , Patterson Companies (PDCO Quick QuotePDCO – Free Report) , Greif (GEF Quick QuoteGEF – Free Report) , Nexstar Media Group (NXST Quick QuoteNXST – Free Report) and Afya (AFYA Quick QuoteAFYA – Free Report) ."
2. Helmerich & Payne (HP)
12.5% sales growth and 11.76% return on equity
Helmerich & Payne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides drilling services and solutions for exploration and production companies. The company operates through three segments: North America Solutions, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, and International Solutions. The North America Solutions segment drills primarily in Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The Offshore Gulf of Mexico segment has drilling operations in Louisiana and in U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The International Solutions segment conducts drilling operations in Argentina, Bahrain, Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates. As of September 30, 2022, the company operated a fleet of 236 land rigs in North America; 28 international land rigs; and 7 offshore platform rigs. It also focuses on developing, promoting, and commercializing technologies designed to enhance the drilling operations, as well as wellbore quality and placement. In addition, the company owns and operates commercial real estate properties. Its real estate investments include a shopping center comprising approximately 366,000 leasable square feet; and approximately 176 acres of undeveloped real estate located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Helmerich & Payne has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.03.
PE Ratio
Helmerich & Payne has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.09. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.09 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 11.76%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Helmerich & Payne’s stock is valued at $33.60 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $54.45 and way above its 52-week low of $30.41.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 15, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.94 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.77%.
Moving Average
Helmerich & Payne’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $33.57 and way under its 200-day moving average of $41.78.
3. Royal Bank Of Canada (RY)
9% sales growth and 13.28% return on equity
Royal Bank of Canada operates as a diversified financial service company worldwide. The company's Personal & Commercial Banking segment offers checking and savings accounts, home equity financing, personal lending, private banking, indirect lending, including auto financing, mutual funds and self-directed brokerage accounts, guaranteed investment certificates, credit cards, and payment products and solutions; and lending, leasing, deposit, investment, foreign exchange, cash management, auto dealer financing, trade products, and services to small and medium-sized commercial businesses. This segment offers financial products and services through branches, automated teller machines, and mobile sales network. Its Wealth Management segment provides a suite of advice-based solutions and strategies to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, and institutional clients. The company's Insurance segment offers life, health, home, auto, travel, wealth, annuities, and reinsurance advice and solutions; and business insurance services to individual, business, and group clients through its advice centers, RBC insurance stores, and mobile advisors; digital, mobile, and social platforms; independent brokers; and travel partners. Its Investor & Treasury Services segment provides asset servicing, custody, payments, and treasury services to financial and other investors; and fund and investment administration, shareholder, private capital, performance measurement and compliance monitoring, distribution, transaction banking, cash and liquidity management, foreign exchange, and global securities finance services. The company's Capital Markets segment offers corporate and investment banking, as well as equity and debt origination, distribution, advisory services, sale, and trading services for corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Royal Bank Of Canada has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.73.
PE Ratio
Royal Bank Of Canada has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.44 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 13.28%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Royal Bank Of Canada’s stock is valued at $96.15 at 01:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $104.72 and way above its 52-week low of $83.63.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jul 24, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.24%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is 11.8% and a drop 1% for the next.
Sales Growth
Royal Bank Of Canada’s sales growth is 11.8% for the ongoing quarter and 9% for the next.
4. Cooper Companies (COO)
8% sales growth and 4.01% return on equity
The Cooper Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment provides spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, ocular dryness and eye fatigues in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The CooperSurgical segment focuses on family and women's health care, which provides medical devices, fertility, genomics, diagnostics, and contraception to health care professionals and patients worldwide. It offers surgical and office products, including PARAGARD, uterine manipulators, retractors, closure products, point of care products, LEEP products, endosee, and illuminate and fetal pillows; fertility products and services, such as fertility consumables and equipment, and embryo options and preimplantation genetic testing. The Cooper Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.79.
PE Ratio
Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 65.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $65.18 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 4.01%.
Moving Average
Cooper Companies’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $375.43 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $333.97.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 19, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.06 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.02%.
