(VIANEWS) – Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL), Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH) 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. Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
48.2% sales growth and 11.22% return on equity
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; and merchandise freight, such as energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals and consumer, automotive, and forest products. It transports intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. The company offers rail and intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 13,000 miles serving business centers in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada; and the United States Northeast and Midwest regions. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Canadian Pacific Railway has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.38.
PE Ratio
Canadian Pacific Railway has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.59. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.59 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 11.22%.
2. Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL)
31% sales growth and 6.1% return on equity
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation is a business development company. The fund specializing in investments in middle market, bridge financing, first and second lien debt financing, unsecured and mezzanine loan, mezzanine debt, senior and junior secured debt, expansions, sponsor-led acquisitions, preferred equity, and management buyouts in small and mid-sized companies. It seeks to invest in education services, business services, retail and consumer, healthcare, manufacturing, food and restaurants, construction and engineering. The firm also seeks investment in media, advertising sectors, software, IT services, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, real estate management and development, chemicals, machinery, and internet and direct marketing retail sectors. It invests between $5 million to $75 million principally in the form of one-stop, first lien, and second lien debt investments, which may include an equity co-investment component in companies. The firm invest in companies having enterprise value between $20 million and $150 million and EBITDA between $3 million and $50 million. The fund has a hold size of up to $75 million and may underwrite transactions up to $100 million. It primarily invests in North America. The fund seeks to be a lead investor in its portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.23.
PE Ratio
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.39. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.39 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 6.1%.
3. Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH)
20.2% sales growth and 9.55% return on equity
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients in California. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.09.
PE Ratio
Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.28 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 9.55%.
4. National Health Investors (NHI)
11.5% sales growth and 8.04% return on equity
Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale, leasebacks, joint-ventures, senior housing operating partnerships, and mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, and specialty hospitals.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, National Health Investors has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.53.
PE Ratio
National Health Investors has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20 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 8.04%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for National Health Investors is 131714 which is 16.99% below its average volume of 158687.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 27, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 6.95%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 29.4%, now sitting on 307.23M for the twelve trailing months.
5. ExlService Holdings (EXLS)
9.3% sales growth and 22.55% return on equity
ExlService Holdings, Inc. operates as a data analytics, and digital operations and solutions company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Insurance, Healthcare, Analytics, and Emerging Business segments. The company provides digital operations and solutions and analytics-driven services across the insurance industry in areas, such as claims processing, premium and benefit administration, agency management, account reconciliation, policy research, underwriting support, new business acquisition, policy servicing, premium audit, surveys, billing and collection, commercial and residential survey, and customer service using digital technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced automation; digital customer acquisition services using a software-as-a-service delivery model through LifePRO and LISS platforms; subrogation services; and Subrosource software platform, an end-to-end subrogation platform. It also offers CareRadius, an integrated care management offering; and health care services related to care management, utilization management, disease management, payment integrity, revenue optimization and customer engagement to healthcare payers, providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and life sciences organizations. Further, it offers predictive and prescriptive analytics in the areas of customer acquisition and lifecycle management, risk underwriting and pricing, operational effectiveness, credit and operational risk monitoring and governance, payment integrity and care management, and data management. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ExlService Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.03.
PE Ratio
ExlService Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.26. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.26 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 22.55%.
Moving Average
ExlService Holdings’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $29.74 and way under its 200-day moving average of $32.54.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ExlService Holdings’s stock is valued at $28.08 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $38.24 and higher than its 52-week low of $27.16.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.8%, now sitting on 1.54B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
ExlService Holdings’s EBITDA is 3.02.
6. Kirby Corporation (KEX)
8.1% sales growth and 5.78% return on equity
Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation services and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid products, as well as operates tank barges throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. This segment also transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barge and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargoes in the United States coastal trade. As of December 31, 2019, this segment owned and operated 1,053 inland tank barges with 23.4 million barrels of capacity, 299 inland towboats, 49 coastal tank barges with 4.7 million barrels of capacity, 47 coastal tugboats, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and 1 docking tugboat. The company's Distribution and Services segment sells replacement parts; provides service mechanics to overhaul and repair engines, transmissions, reduction gears, and related oilfield services equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears, and related equipment used in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents industrial compressors, railcar movers, and high capacity lift trucks; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units. It serves oilfield service, on-highway transportation, marine transportation, commercial fishing, construction, and power generation companies, as well as oil and gas operators and producers, and the United States government. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Kirby Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.95.
PE Ratio
Kirby Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.53 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 5.78%.
Moving Average
Kirby Corporation’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $78.89 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $71.74.
7. Roper Industries (ROP)
7.7% sales growth and 7.68% return on equity
Roper Technologies, Inc. designs and develops software, and technology enabled products and solutions. The company offers management, campus solutions, diagnostic and laboratory information management, enterprise management, information solutions, transportation management, financial and compliance management, and cloud-based financial analytics and performance management software; cloud-based software to the property and casualty insurance industry; and software, services, and technologies for foodservice operations. It also provides cloud-based data, collaboration, and estimating automation software; electronic marketplace; visual effects and 3D content software; wireless sensor network and solutions; cloud-based software for the life insurance and financial services industries; supply chain software; health care service and software; RFID card readers; data analytics and information; and pharmacy software solutions. In addition, the company offers ultrasound accessories; dispensers and metering pumps; automated surgical scrub and linen dispensing equipment; water meters; optical and electromagnetic measurement systems; and medical devices. It distributes and sells its products through direct sales, manufacturers' representatives, resellers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Roper Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Roper Technologies, Inc. in April 2015. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Sarasota, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Roper Industries has a trailing twelve months EPS of $10.91.
PE Ratio
Roper Industries has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 45.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $45.92 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 7.68%.
8. Surgery Partners (SGRY)
6.1% sales growth and 3.08% return on equity
Surgery Partners, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Surgical Facility Services and Ancillary Services. Its surgical facilities comprise ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and pain management. The company's surgical hospitals also provide ancillary services, such as diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, which consist of multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. As of December 31, 2021, it owned or operated a portfolio of 126 surgical facilities, including 108 ambulatory surgical centers and 18 surgical hospitals in 31 states. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Surgery Partners has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.6.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 3.08%.
Sales Growth
Surgery Partners’s sales growth is 5.9% for the present quarter and 6.1% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Surgery Partners is 213464 which is 71.97% below its average volume of 761739.
