(VIANEWS) – Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Quanta Services (PWR) 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. Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM)
17.2% sales growth and 7.14% return on equity
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides child care and early education services, back-up care services, educational advisory services, and other workplace solutions for employers and families. The company operates through three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services. The Full Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based child care and early education, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up child care, in-home child and adult/elder dependent care, and self-sourced reimbursed care services. The Educational Advisory and Other Services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program administration, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions advisory services. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 1,014 child care and early education centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and India. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.39.
PE Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 54.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $54.76 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 7.14%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 14.5%, now sitting on 2.02B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Bright Horizons Family Solutions’s stock is valued at $76.12 at 20:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $115.46 and way above its 52-week low of $54.19.
Sales Growth
Bright Horizons Family Solutions’s sales growth is 15.2% for the present quarter and 17.2% for the next.
2. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
17.2% sales growth and 11.39% 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 $3.66.
PE Ratio
Intuitive Surgical has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 83.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $83.1 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 11.39%.
3. Quanta Services (PWR)
9.8% sales growth and 9.73% return on equity
Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services in the United States, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and internationally. Its Electric Power Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, upgrades, repairs, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure, and substation facilities, as well as provides other engineering and technical services; designs, installs, maintains, and repairs commercial and industrial wiring; and operates a postsecondary educational institution. It also offers emergency restoration services, including the repair of infrastructure damaged by inclement weather; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure; and installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks. In addition, this segment provides services related to development of solar, wind, and various natural gas generation facilities, as well as related switchyards and transmission infrastructure; and construction of electric power generation facilities. The company's Pipeline and Industrial Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, repairs, and maintains pipeline transmission and distribution systems, gathering systems, production systems, storage systems, and compressor and pump stations, as well as offers related trenching, directional boring, and mechanized welding services; and designs, installs, and maintains fueling systems, and water and sewer infrastructure. This segment also provides pipeline protection, integrity testing, and rehabilitation and replacement, as well as pipeline support systems, and related structures and facilities fabrication services; and high-pressure and critical-path turnaround, electrical, piping, fabrication, and storage tank services. It serves electric power, energy, and communications companies, as well as commercial, industrial, and governmental entities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.31.
PE Ratio
Quanta Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 49.95. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $49.95 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 9.73%.
Moving Average
Quanta Services’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $163.01 and way above its 200-day moving average of $147.49.
4. Boston Scientific (BSX)
8.3% sales growth and 5.18% return on equity
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through MedSurg and Cardiovascular segments. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions; devices to treat various urological and pelvic conditions; implantable cardioverter and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators; pacemakers and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers; and remote patient management systems. It also provides medical technologies to diagnose and treat rate and rhythm disorders of the heart comprising 3-D cardiac mapping and navigation solutions, ablation catheters, diagnostic catheters, mapping catheters, intracardiac ultrasound catheters, delivery sheaths, and other accessories; spinal cord stimulator systems for the management of chronic pain; indirect decompression systems; and deep brain stimulation systems. In addition, the company offers interventional cardiology products, that uses in the treatment of coronary artery disease and aortic valve conditions. Further, it provides stents, balloon catheters, guidewires, atherectomy, and thrombectomy systems to treat arterial and venous diseases; and peripheral embolization devices, radioactive microspheres, cryotherapy ablation systems, and micro and drainage catheters to treat cancer. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Boston Scientific has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.59.
PE Ratio
Boston Scientific has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 89.93. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $89.93 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 5.18%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Boston Scientific is 3380090 which is 62.22% below its average volume of 8949060.
Sales Growth
Boston Scientific’s sales growth is 7.9% for the ongoing quarter and 8.3% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 11.4% and 11.6%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12%, now sitting on 13.05B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Autodesk (ADSK)
7.9% sales growth and 82.55% return on equity
Autodesk, Inc. provides 3D design, engineering, and entertainment technology solutions worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects; BuildingConnected, a SaaS preconstruction solution; AutoCAD, a software for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for computer numeric control machining, inspection, and modelling for manufacturing; Fusion 360, a 3D CAD, CAM, and computer-aided engineering tool; and Industry Collections tools for professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, and media and entertainment collection industries. It also provides Inventor tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; Vault, a data management software to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration; Maya and 3ds Max software products that offer 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions; and ShotGrid, a cloud-based software for review and production tracking in the media and entertainment industry. It sells its products and services to customers directly, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. Autodesk, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Autodesk has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.87.
PE Ratio
Autodesk has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 50.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $50.08 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 82.55%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Autodesk’s stock is valued at $193.82 at 20:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $235.01 and way above its 52-week low of $163.20.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Autodesk’s EBITDA is 151.24.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Autodesk is 529851 which is 62.66% below its average volume of 1419300.
6. ePlus (PLUS)
7.3% sales growth and 15.98% return on equity
ePlus inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) solutions that enable organizations to optimize their IT environment and supply chain processes in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Technology and Financing. The Technology segment offers hardware, perpetual and subscription software, maintenance, software assurance, and internally provided and outsourced services; and professional and managed services, including ePlus managed, professional, security, ePlus cloud consulting, staff augmentation, server and desktop support, and project management services. The Financing segment specializes in financing arrangements, such as sales-type and operating leases; loans and consumption-based financing arrangements; and underwriting, management, and disposal of IT equipment and assets. Its financing operations comprise sales, pricing, credit, contracts, accounting, risk management, and asset management. This segment primarily finances IT, communication-related, and medical equipment; and industrial machinery and equipment, office furniture and general office equipment, transportation equipment, and other general business equipment directly, as well as through vendors. ePlus inc. serves commercial entities, state and local governments, government contractors, and educational institutions. The company was formerly known as MLC Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ePlus inc. in 1999. ePlus inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ePlus has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.11.
PE Ratio
ePlus has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.42 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 15.98%.
Sales Growth
ePlus’s sales growth is 4.3% for the ongoing quarter and 7.3% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 26%, now sitting on 2.03B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ePlus is 84243 which is 18.5% below its average volume of 103376.
7. Owens (OI)
7% sales growth and 47.84% return on equity
O-I Glass, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells glass containers to food and beverage manufacturers primarily in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits, and wine. The company is also involved in the production of glass packaging for various food items, soft drinks, tea, juices, and pharmaceuticals. It offers glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes, and colors. The company sells its products directly to customers under annual or multi-year supply agreements, as well as through distributors. O-I Glass, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Owens has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.22.
PE Ratio
Owens has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.05 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 47.84%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Owens’s EBITDA is 1.03.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.2%, now sitting on 6.99B for the twelve trailing months.
