(VIANEWS) – Bel Fuse (BELFA), Ciena Corporation (CIEN), Cintas Corporation (CTAS) 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. Bel Fuse (BELFA)
26.7% sales growth and 25.21% return on equity
Bel Fuse Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells products that are used in the networking, telecommunication, high-speed data transmission, commercial aerospace, military, broadcasting, transportation, e-Mobility and broadcasting, and consumer electronic industries in the United States, Macao, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, and internationally. It offers magnetic products, such as integrated connector modules; power transformers; SMD power inductors and SMPS transformers; and ethernet discrete components. The company also provides power solutions and protection products comprising front-end power supplies; board-mount power; industrial power; external power; and circuit protection products. In addition, it offers connectivity solutions, which includes expanded beam fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies, and active optical devices; copper-based connectors/cable assemblies; radio frequency connectors, cable assemblies, microwave devices, and low loss cables; and ethernet, I/O, and industrial and power connectivity. The company sells its products under the Bel, TRP Connector, MagJack, Signal, Bel Power Solutions, Melcher, CUI, Stratos, Fibreco, Cinch, Johnson, Trompeter, Midwest Microwave, Semflex, and Stewart Connector brands through direct strategic account managers, regional sales managers working with independent sales representative organizations, and authorized distributors. Bel Fuse Inc. was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Bel Fuse has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.92.
PE Ratio
Bel Fuse 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 25.21%.
Sales Growth
Bel Fuse’s sales growth is 18.1% for the current quarter and 26.7% for the next.
Moving Average
Bel Fuse’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $36.15 and way above its 200-day moving average of $33.39.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Bel Fuse’s stock is valued at $44.38 at 20:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $45.14 and way higher than its 52-week low of $20.94.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Bel Fuse’s EBITDA is 0.87.
2. Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
26.4% sales growth and 6.49% return on equity
Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ciena Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.22.
PE Ratio
Ciena Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 36.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $36.83 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 6.49%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 17.3% and 115.2%, respectively.
Moving Average
Ciena Corporation’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $48.03 and under its 200-day moving average of $47.52.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Ciena Corporation’s stock is valued at $44.93 at 20:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $56.38 and way above its 52-week low of $38.33.
3. Cintas Corporation (CTAS)
11.2% sales growth and 37.43% return on equity
Cintas Corporation provides corporate identity uniforms and related business services primarily in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and All Other segments. The company rents and services uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels, and other ancillary items; and provides restroom cleaning services and supplies, as well as sells uniforms. It also offers first aid and safety services, and fire protection products and services. The company provides its products and services through its distribution network and local delivery routes, or local representatives to small service and manufacturing companies, as well as major corporations. Cintas Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cintas Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.38.
PE Ratio
Cintas Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.99. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.99 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 37.43%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Cintas Corporation is 165279 which is 51.05% below its average volume of 337679.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Cintas Corporation’s EBITDA is 5.76.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.7%, now sitting on 8.61B for the twelve trailing months.
4. Cisco (CSCO)
9.6% sales growth and 27.74% return on equity
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points that are standalone, controller appliance-based, switch-converged, and Meraki cloud-managed offerings; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and cloud-native platform. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cisco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.73.
PE Ratio
Cisco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.02 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 27.74%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 27.7% and 15.1%, respectively.
Moving Average
Cisco’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $48.87 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $46.84.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13.5%, now sitting on 54.9B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Cisco(CSCO)
- According to Zacks on Friday, 19 May, "Consequently, shares of Walmart, Cisco and Synopsys surged 1.3%, 1.2% and 8.7%, respectively. "
5. AptarGroup (ATR)
7.1% sales growth and 11.23% return on equity
AptarGroup, Inc. provides a range of packaging, dispensing, and sealing solutions primarily for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectable, and food and beverage markets. The company operates through three segments: Pharma, Beauty + Home, and Food + Beverage. The Pharma segment provides pumps for nasal allergy treatments; and metered dose inhaler valves for respiratory ailments, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in pharmaceutical market; elastomer for injectable primary packaging components; and active packaging products. The Beauty + Home segment primarily sells pumps, closures, aerosol valves, accessories, and sealing solutions to the personal care and home care markets; and pumps and decorative components to the beauty market. The Food + Beverage segment offers dispensing and non-dispensing closures, elastomeric flow control components, spray pumps, and aerosol valves to the food and beverage markets. The company sells its products through own sales force, as well as independent representatives and distributors in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. AptarGroup, Inc. has a strategic partnership with PureCycle Technologies LLC to develop ultra-pure recycled polypropylene into dispensing applications; and a collaboration with Sonmol for developing a digital therapies and services platform targeting respiratory and other diseases. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AptarGroup has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.49.
PE Ratio
AptarGroup has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.09. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.09 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 11.23%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 2, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.52 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.28%.
Sales Growth
AptarGroup’s sales growth is 5.8% for the present quarter and 7.1% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for AptarGroup is 91916 which is 58.38% below its average volume of 220864.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
AptarGroup’s stock is valued at $118.99 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $122.50 and way higher than its 52-week low of $90.23.
6. Novartis AG (NVS)
6% sales growth and 12.35% return on equity
Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products in Switzerland and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and physicians. It also provides cardiovascular, ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hematology, and solid tumor products. The Sandoz segment develops, manufactures, and markets finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties. It also provides protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services; and anti-infectives, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran, a therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol. Novartis AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Novartis AG has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.26.
PE Ratio
Novartis AG has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.96 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 12.35%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 6.4% and 9.5%, respectively.
