(VIANEWS) – Anterix (ATEX), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 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. Anterix (ATEX)
199.3% sales growth and 4.37% return on equity
Anterix Inc. operates as a wireless communications company. The company focuses on commercializing its spectrum assets to enable the targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers to deploy private broadband networks, technologies, and solutions. It holds licensed spectrum in the 900 MHz band with nationwide coverage throughout the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The company was formerly known as pdvWireless, Inc. and changed its name to Anterix Inc. in August 2019. Anterix Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Anterix has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.4.
PE Ratio
Anterix has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 88.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $88.57 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 4.37%.
Moving Average
Anterix’s worth is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $31.72 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $31.60.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Anterix’s stock is valued at $35.43 at 14:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $39.16 and way above its 52-week low of $27.20.
2. Peoples Bancorp (PEBO)
24.6% sales growth and 12.13% return on equity
Peoples Bancorp Inc. operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides commercial and retail banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit; and provides commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, construction, finance, residential real estate, and consumer indirect and direct loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and overdrafts. It also offers debit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards; safe deposit rental facilities; money orders and cashier's checks; and telephone, mobile, and Internet-based banking services. In addition, the company provides various life, health, and property and casualty insurance products; third-party insurance administration; insurance premium financing; commercial and technology equipment leasing; fiduciary and trust; underwriting, origination and servicing of equipment leases, and equipment financing agreements; and asset management and administration services, as well as employee benefit, retirement, and health care plan administration services. Further, it offers brokerage services through an unaffiliated registered broker-dealers; insurance premium finance lending and lease financing services; and credit cards to individuals and businesses, as well as provides merchant credit card transaction processing, and person-to-person payment processing services. The company operates through 135 financial service offices and ATMs, including 119 full-service branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Peoples Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.42.
PE Ratio
Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.02 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 12.13%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 2, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.56 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.06%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Peoples Bancorp’s stock is valued at $30.85 at 14:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $31.36 and way higher than its 52-week low of $23.05.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.3%, now sitting on 387.49M for the twelve trailing months.
3. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
18.5% sales growth and 12.76% return on equity
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets products that enable physicians and healthcare providers to enhance the quality of and access to minimally invasive care in the United States and internationally. The company offers the da Vinci Surgical System to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach; and Ion endoluminal system, which extends its commercial offerings beyond surgery into diagnostic procedures enabling minimally invasive biopsies in the lung. It also provides a suite of stapling, energy, and core instrumentation for its surgical systems; progressive learning pathways to support the use of its technology; a complement of services to its customers, including support, installation, repair, and maintenance; and integrated digital capabilities providing connected offerings, streamlining performance for hospitals with program-enhancing insights. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Intuitive Surgical has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.24.
PE Ratio
Intuitive Surgical has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 79.31. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $79.31 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 12.76%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 19.5% and 19.5%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Intuitive Surgical’s sales growth is 13.1% for the present quarter and 18.5% for the next.
4. AvalonBay Communities (AVB)
13.5% sales growth and 8.07% return on equity
As of September 30, 2023, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 296 apartment communities containing 89,240 apartment homes in 12 states and the District of Columbia, of which 17 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. The Company is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion regions of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, Southeast Florida, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AvalonBay Communities has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.57.
PE Ratio
AvalonBay Communities has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.51 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 8.07%.
Moving Average
AvalonBay Communities’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $173.77 and above its 200-day moving average of $177.76.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 1.3%, now sitting on 2.71B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Mastercard (MA)
11.9% sales growth and 170.45% return on equity
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides value-added products and services comprising cyber and intelligence solutions for parties to transact, as well as proprietary insights, drawing on principled use of consumer, and merchant data services. In addition, the company offers analytics, test and learn, consulting, managed services, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants. Further, it provides open banking and digital identity platforms services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Mastercard has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.45.
PE Ratio
Mastercard has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.04 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 170.45%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13.5%, now sitting on 24.37B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Mastercard’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $400.81 and above its 200-day moving average of $389.02.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 7, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.64 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.62%.
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6. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation (ATLC)
10.9% sales growth and 20.68% return on equity
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation provides credit and related financial services and products to customers the United States. It operates in two segments, Credit as a Service, and Auto Finance. The Credit as a Service segment originates a range of consumer loan products, such as private label and general purpose credit cards originated by lenders through various channels, including retail and healthcare, direct mail solicitation, digital marketing, and partnerships with third parties; and offers credit to their customers for the purchase of various goods and services, including consumer electronics, furniture, elective medical procedures, healthcare, educational services, and home-improvements by partnering with retailers and service providers. In addition, it offers loan servicing, such as risk management and customer service outsourcing for third parties; and engages in testing and investment activities in consumer finance technology platforms. The Auto Finance segment purchases and/or services loans secured by automobiles from or for a pre-qualified network of independent automotive dealers and automotive finance companies in the buy-here, pay-here, and used car business. This segment also provides floor plan financing and installment lending products. Further, the company invests in and services portfolios of credit card receivables. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Atlanticus Holdings Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.12.
PE Ratio
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.94 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 20.68%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 4.4%, now sitting on 344.78M for the twelve trailing months.
7. Inter Parfums (IPAR)
9% sales growth and 24.45% return on equity
Inter Parfums, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of fragrances and fragrance related products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, European Based Operations and United States Based Operations. It offers its fragrance and cosmetic products under the Boucheron, Coach, Jimmy Choo, Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Spade New York, Lanvin, Montblanc, Paul Smith, Repetto, Rochas, S.T. Dupont, Van Cleef & Arpels, Abercrombie & Fitch, Anna Sui, bebe, Dunhill, Hollister, French Connection, Graff, GUESS, Lily Aldridge, MCM, Bella Vita, and Oscar de la Renta brand names, as well as under the Intimate and Aziza names. It sells its products to department stores, specialty stores, duty free shops, beauty retailers, and domestic and international wholesalers, and distributors, as well as through e-commerce. The company was formerly known as Jean Philippe Fragrances, Inc. and changed its name to Inter Parfums, Inc. in July 1999. Inter Parfums, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Inter Parfums has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.94.
PE Ratio
Inter Parfums has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.67 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 24.45%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Inter Parfums is 70736 which is 42.35% below its average volume of 122704.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.2%, now sitting on 1.3B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Inter Parfums’s EBITDA is 3.26.
