(VIANEWS) – Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH), Stantec (STN), MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX) 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. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH)
32.1% sales growth and 23.55% return on equity
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a bio-pharmaceutical company, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products in the United States, China, and France. The company operates through two segments, Finished Pharmaceutical Products and API. It offers Primatene Mist, an over-the-counter epinephrine inhalation product for the temporary relief of mild symptoms of intermittent asthma; Enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin to prevent and treat deep vein thrombosis; Naloxone for opioid overdose; Glucagon for injection emergency kit; and Cortrosyn, a lyophilized powder for use as a diagnostic agent in the screening of patients with adrenocortical insufficiency. The company also provides Amphadase, a bovine-sourced hyaluronidase injection to absorb and disperse other injected drugs; Epinephrine injection for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions; lidocaine jelly, an anesthetic product for urological procedures; lidocaine topical solution for various procedures; phytonadione injection, a vitamin K1 injection for newborn babies; emergency syringe products for emergency use in hospital settings; morphine injection for use with patient controlled analgesia pumps; and lorazepam injection for surgery and medical procedures. In addition, it offers neostigmine methylsulfate injection to treat myasthenia gravis and to reverse the effects of muscle relaxants; and Isoproterenol hydrochloride injection for mild or transient episodes of heart block. Further, the company distributes recombinant human insulin active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and porcine insulin API. It serves hospitals, care facilities, alternate care sites, clinics, and doctors' offices. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.6.
PE Ratio
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.78 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 23.55%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals’s EBITDA is 28.74.
Moving Average
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $55.91 and way below its 200-day moving average of $53.07.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.9%, now sitting on 644.4M for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals’s sales growth is 31.9% for the ongoing quarter and 32.1% for the next.
2. Stantec (STN)
16.6% sales growth and 13.95% return on equity
Stantec Inc. provides e professional services in the areas of infrastructure and facilities to the public and private sectors clients in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company provides consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics. It also offers planning and design consulting services to clients in residential, logistics, retail, infrastructure, energy, higher education, and urban regeneration sectors; architectural and interior design, and planning services in the science and technology, commercial workplace, higher education, residential, and hospitality markets. In addition, it provides transportation planning and engineering services; project delivery consultancy services for mining, resources, and industrial infrastructure projects; and paleontological and archaeological services for the rail, transportation, water, and power and energy sectors. Further, the company offers environmental and cultural resource compliance services, as well as serves science and technology, commercial workplace, higher education, residential, and hospitality markets. Additionally, it is involved in the design, development, and delivery of sustainable projects; and design, construction administration, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, and remediation activities. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stantec has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.2.
PE Ratio
Stantec has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.15 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 13.95%.
Previous days news about Stantec(STN)
- According to Zacks on Friday, 1 March, "Some better-ranked stocks in the broader Business Servicessector are Huron Consulting (HURN Quick QuoteHURN – Free Report) and Stantec (STN Quick QuoteSTN – Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. "
- According to Zacks on Friday, 1 March, "Some better-ranked stocks in the broader Business Servicessector are Huron Consulting (HURN Quick QuoteHURN – Free Report) and Stantec (STN Quick QuoteSTN – Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. "
3. MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX)
14.2% sales growth and 21.74% return on equity
MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. The company offers trading technology that provides liquidity access in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S. government bonds, and other fixed-income securities; and executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds through its Open Trading protocols. It also provides trading-related products and services, including composite+ pricing and other market data products to assist clients with trading decisions; auto-execution and other execution services for clients requiring specialized workflow solutions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; and technology services to optimize trading environments. In addition, the company offers various pre-and post-trade services, such as trade matching, trade publication, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MarketAxess Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.86.
PE Ratio
MarketAxess Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.3 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 21.74%.
Sales Growth
MarketAxess Holdings’s sales growth is 5.4% for the ongoing quarter and 14.2% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 13, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.96 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.36%.
4. AMETEK (AME)
12.2% sales growth and 16.2% return on equity
AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices in the North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and internationally. The company's EIG segment offers advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets; process and analytical instruments for the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automation, and food and beverage industries; instruments to the laboratory equipment, ultra-precision manufacturing, medical, and test and measurement markets; power quality monitoring and c devices, uninterruptible power supplies, programmable power and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment, and sensors for gas turbines and dashboard instruments; heavy trucks, instrumentation, and controls for the food and beverage industries; and aircraft and engine sensors, power supplies, embedded computing, monitoring, fuel and fluid measurement, and data acquisition systems for aerospace and defense industry. Its EMG segment offers engineered medical components and devices, automation solutions, thermal management systems, specialty metals, and electrical interconnects; single-use and consumable surgical instruments, implantable components, and drug delivery systems; engineered electrical connectors and electronics packaging to protect sensitive devices and mission-critical electronics; precision motion control products for data storage, medical devices, business equipment, and automation; high-purity powdered metals, strips and foils, specialty clad metals, and metal matrix composites; motor-blower systems and heat exchangers for thermal management, military and commercial aircraft, and military ground vehicles; motors for commercial appliances, food and beverage machines, hydraulic pumps, and industrial blowers; and operates a network of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities. AMETEK, Inc. was incorporated in 1930 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AMETEK has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.67.
PE Ratio
AMETEK has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 32.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $32.01 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 16.2%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 7.4% and 7%, respectively.
5. Tyler Technologies (TYL)
7.7% sales growth and 5.97% return on equity
Tyler Technologies, Inc. provides integrated information management solutions and services for the public sector. It operates in two segments, Enterprise Software and Platform Technologies. The company offers platform and transformative technology solutions, including cybersecurity for government agencies; data and insights solutions; digital solutions that helps workers and policymakers to share, communicate, and leverage data; payments solutions, such as billing, presentment, merchant onboarding, collections, reconciliation, and disbursements; platform technologies, an application development platform that enables government workers to build solutions and applications; and outdoor recreation solutions, including campsite reservations, activity registrations, licensing sales and renewals, and real-time data for conservation and park management. It also provides public administration solutions, such as civic services; financial applications with human resources, revenue management, tax billing, utilities, asset management, and payment processing; property and recording service that manages appraisal services, valuation, tax billing and collections, assessment administration, and land and official records; and permitting, licensing, and regulatory management solutions. In addition, the company offers courts and public safety solutions; school ERP and student transportation solutions for K-12 schools; and health and human services solutions. Further, the company offers software as a service arrangements and electronic document filing solutions for courts; software and hardware installation, data conversion, training, product modification, and maintenance and support services; and property appraisal outsourcing services for taxing jurisdictions. Tyler Technologies, Inc. has a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services for cloud hosting services. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Tyler Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.88.
PE Ratio
Tyler Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 112.81. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $112.81 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 5.97%.
Moving Average
Tyler Technologies’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $427.16 and above its 200-day moving average of $403.16.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Tyler Technologies’s EBITDA is 9.82.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Tyler Technologies is 8296 which is 95.79% below its average volume of 197200.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.3%, now sitting on 1.95B for the twelve trailing months.
6. Thomson Reuters (TRI)
6.6% sales growth and 23.06% return on equity
Thomson Reuters Corporation engages in the provision of business information services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Reuters News, and Global Print. The Legal Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on legal research and integrated legal workflow solutions that combine content, tools, and analytics to law firms and governments. The Corporates segment provides a suite of content-enabled technology solutions for legal, tax, regulatory, compliance, and IT professionals. The Tax & Accounting Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on tax offerings and automating tax workflows to tax, accounting, and audit professionals in accounting firms. The Reuters News segment provides business, financial, and international news to media organizations, professional, and news consumers through Reuters News Agency, Reuters.com, Reuters Events, Thomson Reuters products, and to financial market professionals. The Global Print segment offers legal and tax information primarily in print format to legal and tax professionals, governments, law schools, and corporations. The company was formerly known as The Thomson Corporation and changed its name to Thomson Reuters Corporation in April 2008. The company was founded in 1851 and is based in Toronto, Canada. Thomson Reuters Corporation operates as a subsidiary of The Woodbridge Company Limited.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Thomson Reuters has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.69.
PE Ratio
Thomson Reuters has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.92 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 23.06%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Thomson Reuters’s stock is valued at $158.84 at 10:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $161.57 and way higher than its 52-week low of $117.46.
