(VIANEWS) – Ameresco (AMRC), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) 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. Ameresco (AMRC)
18.7% sales growth and 6.75% return on equity
Ameresco, Inc. provides comprehensive energy services for businesses and organizations in North America and Europe. It offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions. The company operates through U.S. Regions, U.S. Federal, Canada, and Non-Solar Distributed Generation segments. It designs, develops, engineers, and installs projects that reduce the energy, as well as operations and maintenance costs of customers' facilities. The company's projects primarily include various measures customized for the facility and designed to enhance the efficiency of building systems, such as heating, ventilation, cooling, and lighting systems. It also offers renewable energy products and services, such as the construction of small-scale plants for customers that produce electricity, gas, heat, or cooling from renewable sources of energy; and sells electricity and processed renewable gas fuel, heat, or cooling. In addition, the company provides integrated- photovoltaic (PV) and consulting, and enterprise energy management services; sells solar PV energy products and systems; and owns and operates a wind power project located in County Kerry, Ireland. It serves federal, state, and local governments, as well as healthcare and educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2019, the company owned and operated 99 small-scale renewable energy plants and solar PV installations. Ameresco, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ameresco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.17.
PE Ratio
Ameresco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.07. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.07 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 6.75%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 433.3% and positive 86.7% for the next.
Sales Growth
Ameresco’s sales growth is negative 5.9% for the present quarter and 18.7% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Ameresco’s stock is valued at $18.80 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $63.19 and higher than its 52-week low of $17.55.
2. Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
16.7% sales growth and 32.17% return on equity
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware. Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. The company also provides digital IC design and sign off products, including Genus synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus DFT software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and Innovus implementation system, a physical implementation system. In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects. Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products comprising pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP with memory models to emulate and model the expected behavior and interaction of standard industry system interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. The company serves consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, mobile, automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial, and life science industries. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cadence Design Systems has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.81.
PE Ratio
Cadence Design Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 80.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $80.28 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 32.17%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 1.2%, now sitting on 4.08B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Cadence Design Systems’s sales growth is 6.9% for the ongoing quarter and 16.7% for the next.
3. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG)
15.8% sales growth and 10.3% return on equity
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance brokerage, consulting, and third-party property/casualty claims settlement and administration services to entities and individuals worldwide. It operates in Brokerage and Risk Management segments. The Brokerage segment offers retail and wholesale insurance and reinsurance brokerage services; assists retail brokers and other non-affiliated brokers in the placement of specialized and hard-to-place insurance; and acts as a brokerage wholesaler, managing general agent, and managing general underwriter for distributing specialized insurance coverages to underwriting enterprises. This segment performs activities, including marketing, underwriting, issuing policies, collecting premiums, appointing and supervising other agents, paying claims, and negotiating reinsurance; and offers services in the areas of insurance and reinsurance placement, risk of loss management, and management of employer sponsored benefit programs. The Risk Management segment provides contract claim settlement and administration services; and claims management, loss control consulting, and insurance property appraisal services. The company offers its services through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants. It serves commercial, industrial, public, religious, and nonprofit entities, as well as underwriting enterprises. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.43.
PE Ratio
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 52.95. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $52.95 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 10.3%.
Moving Average
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $244.04 and below its 200-day moving average of $234.74.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s stock is valued at $234.58 at 06:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $256.10 and way above its 52-week low of $198.52.
4. Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR)
12.5% sales growth and 3.13% return on equity
Rexford Industrial, a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties throughout Southern California infill markets, owns 232 properties with approximately 27.9 million rentable square feet and manages an additional 20 properties with approximately 1.0 million rentable square feet.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Rexford Industrial Realty has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.09.
PE Ratio
Rexford Industrial Realty has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 39.03. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $39.03 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 3.13%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 7.7% and a negative 3.7%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 15%, now sitting on 825.69M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Rexford Industrial Realty’s stock is valued at $42.54 at 06:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $58.02 and higher than its 52-week low of $41.56.
Sales Growth
Rexford Industrial Realty’s sales growth for the next quarter is 12.5%.
5. Manhattan Associates (MANH)
10.6% sales growth and 69.92% return on equity
Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains software solutions to manage supply chains, inventory, and omni-channel operations. It offers Manhattan SCALE, a portfolio of logistics execution solutions that provide trading partner management, yard management, optimization, warehouse management, and transportation execution services; and Manhattan Active, a set of enterprise and omnichannel solution, which include enterprise solutions and omnichannel solutions for store. The company also provides inventory optimization, planning, and allocation solutions; technology platform including Manhattan Active Platform solutions, a cloud-native product designed to provide version-less product access; maintenance services, which offers comprehensive program that provides on-premises software licensees with software upgrades for additional or improved functionality and technological advances incorporating emerging supply chain and industry advances; and professional services, such as solutions planning and implementation, and related consulting services. In addition, it provides training and change management services; resells computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. Further, the company offers products through direct sales personnel, as well as through partnership agreements with various organizations. It serves retail, consumer goods, food and grocery, logistics service providers, industrial and wholesale, high technology and electronics, life sciences, and government industries. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Manhattan Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Manhattan Associates has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.81.
PE Ratio
Manhattan Associates has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 85.29. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $85.29 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 69.92%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.6%, now sitting on 928.72M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 8.7% and 5.7%, respectively.
Previous days news about Manhattan Associates(MANH)
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