(VIANEWS) – Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (AUB), Paysign (PAYS), Royalty Pharma (RPRX) 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (AUB)
25.1% sales growth and 8.66% return on equity
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation operates as the holding company for Atlantic Union Bank that provides banking and related financial services to consumers and businesses. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, NOW, time deposit, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit and other depository services. The company also offers loans for commercial, industrial, residential mortgage, and consumer purposes. In addition, it provides credit cards, automated teller machine (ATM) services, mobile and internet banking services, and online bill payment services, as well as financial planning, trust, and wealth management services. Further, the company offers securities, brokerage, and investment advisory products and services; and originates and sells residential loan products in the secondary market. As of February 16, 2021, it operated 129 branches and approximately 150 ATMs in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. The company was formerly known as Union Bankshares Corporation and changed its name to Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in May 2019. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.71.
PE Ratio
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.3 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 8.66%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.2%, now sitting on 684.19M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 8, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.28 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.92%.
2. Paysign (PAYS)
19.6% sales growth and 31.67% return on equity
PaySign, Inc. provides prepaid card products and processing services under the PaySign brand for corporate, consumer, and government applications. It offers various services, such as transaction processing, cardholder enrollment, value loading, cardholder account management, reporting, and customer service through PaySign, a card processing platform. The company also develops prepaid card programs for corporate incentive and rewards, including consumer rebates, donor compensation, clinical trials, healthcare reimbursement payments, and pharmaceutical payment assistance; and payroll or general purpose reloadable cards, as well as gift or incentive cards. In addition, it offers Per Diem, Corporate Expense, and Business Travel Cards that allows businesses, and non–profits and government agencies the ability to control employee spending while reducing administration costs by eliminating the need for traditional expense reports. Further, the company provides payment claims processing and other administrative services; pharmacy-based voucher and copay, and medical claims and debit-based affordability programs; PaySign Premier, a demand deposit account debit card; and payment solution for source plasma collection centers, as well as customer service center and PaySign Communications Suite services. Its principal target markets for processing services comprise prepaid card issuers, retail and private-label issuers, small third-party processors, and small and mid-size financial institutions in the United States and Mexico. The company was formerly known as 3PEA International, Inc. and changed its name to PaySign, Inc. in April 2019. PaySign, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Paysign has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.12.
PE Ratio
Paysign has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $38.25 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 31.67%.
3. Royalty Pharma (RPRX)
19.5% sales growth and 12.06% return on equity
Royalty Pharma plc operates as a buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties and a funder of innovations in the biopharmaceutical industry in the United States. It is also involved in the identification, evaluation, and acquisition of royalties on various biopharmaceutical therapies. In addition, the company collaborates with innovators from academic institutions, research hospitals and not-for-profits, small and mid-cap biotechnology companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Its portfolio consists of royalties on approximately 35 commercial products and 14 development-stage product candidates that address various therapeutic areas, such as rare disease, cancer, neuroscience, immunology, respiratory, infectious disease, hematology, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Royalty Pharma has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.53.
PE Ratio
Royalty Pharma has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.15 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 12.06%.
Sales Growth
Royalty Pharma’s sales growth for the next quarter is 19.5%.
Moving Average
Royalty Pharma’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $29.10 and under its 200-day moving average of $28.65.
4. Safe Bulkers (SB)
17.6% sales growth and 10.69% return on equity
Safe Bulkers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides marine drybulk transportation services. It owns and operates drybulk vessels for transporting bulk cargoes primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. As of March 18, 2022, the company had a fleet of 40 drybulk vessels having an average age of 10.4 years; and an aggregate carrying capacity of 3,925,500 deadweight tons. Its fleet consisted of 12 Panamax class vessels, 7 Kamsarmax class vessels, 15 post- Panamax class vessels, and 6 Capesize class vessels. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Monaco.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Safe Bulkers has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.67.
PE Ratio
Safe Bulkers has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.12. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.12 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 10.69%.
Sales Growth
Safe Bulkers’s sales growth is 4.2% for the ongoing quarter and 17.6% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Safe Bulkers is 437506 which is 44.62% below its average volume of 790136.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 22.2%, now sitting on 299.22M for the twelve trailing months.
5. Halliburton Company (HAL)
17% sales growth and 28.86% return on equity
Halliburton Company provides products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services that include stimulation and sand control services; cementing services, such as well bonding and casing, and casing equipment; and completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, and service tools, as well as liner hanger, sand control, and multilateral systems. This segment also provides electrical submersible pumps, as well as artificial lift services; production solutions comprising coiled tubing, hydraulic workover units, downhole tools, and pumping and nitrogen services; pipeline and process services, such as pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance, and decommissioning; and specialty chemicals and services. The Drilling and Evaluation segment offers drilling fluid systems, performance additives, completion fluids, solids control, specialized testing equipment, and waste management services; drilling systems and services; wireline and perforating services consists of open-hole logging, and cased-hole and slickline; and drill bits and services comprising roller cone rock bits, fixed cutter bits, hole enlargement, and related downhole tools and services, as well as coring equipment and services. This segment also provides cloud based digital services and artificial intelligence solutions on an open architecture for subsurface insights, integrated well construction, and reservoir and production management; testing and subsea services, such as acquisition and analysis of reservoir information and optimization solutions; and project management and integrated asset management services. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Halliburton Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.92.
PE Ratio
Halliburton Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.59. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.59 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 28.86%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Halliburton Company’s stock is valued at $39.67 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $43.85 and way higher than its 52-week low of $27.84.
6. Emerson Electric Company (EMR)
13.3% sales growth and 8.76% return on equity
Emerson Electric Co., a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity. The Final Control segment provides control, isolation, shutoff, pressure relief, and pressure safety valves, actuators, and regulators for process and hybrid industries. The Measurement & Analytical segment offers intelligent instrumentation measuring the physical properties of liquids or gases, such as pressure, temperature, level, flow, acoustics, corrosion, pH, conductivity, water quality, toxic gases, and flame. The Discrete Automation segment offers solenoid and pneumatic valves, valve position indicators, pneumatic cylinders, air preparation equipment, pressure and temperature switches, electric linear motion solutions, programmable automation control systems, electrical distribution equipment, and materials joining solutions. The Safety & Productivity segment offers tools for professionals and homeowners; pipe-working tools, including pipe wrenches, pipe cutters, pipe threading and roll grooving equipment, battery hydraulic tools; electrical tools; and other professional tools. The Control Systems & Software segment provides distributed control systems, safety instrumented systems, SCADA systems, application software, digital twins, asset performance management, and cybersecurity. The Test & Measurement provides software-connected automated test and measurement systems. The AspenTech segment provides asset optimization software that enables industrial manufacturers to design, operate, and maintain operations for enhancing performance through a combination of decades of modeling, simulation, and optimization capabilities. The company was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Emerson Electric Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.41.
PE Ratio
Emerson Electric Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.04 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 8.76%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Emerson Electric Company’s stock is valued at $112.65 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $116.76 and way higher than its 52-week low of $76.94.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.5%, now sitting on 16.53B for the twelve trailing months.
7. Erie Indemnity Company (ERIE)
11.9% sales growth and 30.15% return on equity
Erie Indemnity Company operates as a managing attorney-in-fact for the subscribers at the Erie Insurance Exchange in the United States. The company provides sales, underwriting, policy issuance, and renewal services for the policyholders on behalf of the Erie Insurance Exchange. It also offers sales related services, including agent compensation, and sales and advertising support services; and underwriting services comprise underwriting and policy processing; and other services consist of customer services and administrative support services, as well as information technology services. Erie Indemnity Company was incorporated in 1925 and is based in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Erie Indemnity Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.28.
PE Ratio
Erie Indemnity Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.55. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.55 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 30.15%.
Moving Average
Erie Indemnity Company’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $396.93 and way above its 200-day moving average of $331.98.
Sales Growth
Erie Indemnity Company’s sales growth is 11.2% for the current quarter and 11.9% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17%, now sitting on 3.4B for the twelve trailing months.
