(VIANEWS) – Alphabet (GOOG), Sterling Construction Company (STRL), Synopsys (SNPS) 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. Alphabet (GOOG)
22.5% sales growth and 29.76% return on equity
Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, platform, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alphabet has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.52.
PE Ratio
Alphabet has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.89 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 29.76%.
Moving Average
Alphabet’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $170.50 and way above its 200-day moving average of $147.67.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Alphabet’s stock is valued at $181.83 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $182.51 and way above its 52-week low of $115.83.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Alphabet is 20259100 which is 7.01% above its average volume of 18930400.
Previous days news about Alphabet(GOOG)
- The zacks analyst blog highlights Apple, Alphabet Microsoft and Amazon. According to Zacks on Friday, 5 July, "Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Apple (AAPL Quick QuoteAAPL – Free Report) , Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , Microsoft (MSFT Quick QuoteMSFT – Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN Quick QuoteAMZN – Free Report) ."
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 4 July, "GIB’s strong partner base, which includes Nokia (NOK Quick QuoteNOK – Free Report) , Exxon Mobil (XOM Quick QuoteXOM – Free Report) and Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) cloud business, Google Cloud, has been a key catalyst."
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 4 July, "In the same time frame, the company has underperformed Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) , Amazon (AMZN Quick QuoteAMZN – Free Report) and Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , from which it faces stiff competition in the generative AI space."
- According to Zacks on Friday, 5 July, "Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Shares (GGLL Quick QuoteGGLL – Free Report) ) - Up 56.4%Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Shares tracks two times the performance of the Class A shares of Alphabet (GOOGL), charging 95 bps in annual fees. "
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 4 July, "Meanwhile, Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) -owned Google is under investigation for potential non-compliance with the DMA’s provisions against self-preferencing, underscoring the EU’s heightened scrutiny of major tech companies’ practices."
2. Sterling Construction Company (STRL)
13.3% sales growth and 27.22% return on equity
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a construction company, engages in the heavy civil, specialty services, and residential construction activities primarily in the southern United States, the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. The company undertakes various heavy civil construction projects, including highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. It offers specialty services such as foundations for multi-family homes, parking structures, and other commercial concrete projects for blue-chip end users in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center and warehousing, energy, mixed use, and multi-family sectors. The company also undertakes concrete foundations for single-family homes. In addition, it provides surveying, clearing and grubbing, erosion control, grading, grassing, site excavation, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and water main installation, drilling and blasting, curb and gutter, paving, concrete work, and landfill services. The company was formerly known as Oakhurst Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Construction Company, Inc. in November 2001. Sterling Construction Company, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.8.
PE Ratio
Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.21 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 27.22%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.1%, now sitting on 2.01B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 13.4% and 27.8%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Sterling Construction Company’s stock is valued at $116.22 at 20:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $137.63 and way higher than its 52-week low of $51.75.
3. Synopsys (SNPS)
8.6% sales growth and 21.58% return on equity
Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions. It also provides intellectual property (IP) solutions for USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth low energy applications; logic libraries and embedded memories; processor cores, software, and application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications; security IP solutions; IP solutions for automotive market; and system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products, as well as mathematical and floating-point components, and Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. In addition, the company offers HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems; virtual prototyping solutions; and Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture analysis and optimization, as well as optical products, and mechatronic simulations. Further, it provides security and quality testing products, managed services, programs and professional services, and training that enable its customers to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, and defects in the software development lifecycle, as well as manufacturing solutions. Additionally, the company provides intelligent orchestration solution, software risk manager, and black duck software composition analysis tools. It serves electronics, financial services, automotive, medicine, energy, and industrial areas. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Synopsys has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.04.
PE Ratio
Synopsys has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 61.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $61.63 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 21.58%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 19.7% and 10.2%, respectively.
4. HealthStream (HSTM)
5.2% sales growth and 5.23% return on equity
HealthStream, Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based applications for healthcare organizations in the United States. The company's solutions help healthcare organizations in meeting their ongoing clinical development, talent management, training, education, assessment, competency management, safety and compliance, and scheduling, as well as provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment needs. It offers hStream, a technology platform that powers a range of healthcare workforce solutions. The company provides its solutions to customers across a range of entities within the healthcare industry, including private, not-for-profit, and government entities, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies through its direct sales teams. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, HealthStream has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.58.
PE Ratio
HealthStream has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 47.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $47.76 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 5.23%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for HealthStream is 277708 which is 155.99% above its average volume of 108483.
Moving Average
HealthStream’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $26.67 and above its 200-day moving average of $25.57.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.5%, now sitting on 282.88M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 7.7% and a negative 7.7%, respectively.
