(VIANEWS) – Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP), Towers Watson & Co (TW), Meta Platforms (META) 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. Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP)
31.8% sales growth and 5.21% return on equity
Capital Product Partners L.P., a shipping company, provides marine transportation services in Greece. Its vessels transports a range of dry cargoes and containerized goods under short-term voyage charters, and medium to long-term time and bareboat charters. As of April 26, 2021, the company owned 17 vessels, including thirteen Neo-Panamax container vessels, three Panamax container vessels, and one Capesize bulk carrier. Capital GP L.L.C. serves as the general partner of the company. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Capital Product Partners L.P. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.15.
PE Ratio
Capital Product Partners L.P. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.87 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 5.21%.
Moving Average
Capital Product Partners L.P.’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $17.76 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $15.30.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 5, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.42%.
2. Towers Watson & Co (TW)
22.8% sales growth and 7.31% return on equity
Tradeweb Markets Inc., together with its subsidiaries, builds and operates electronic marketplaces worldwide. The company's marketplaces facilitate trading in a range of asset classes, including rates, credit, money markets, and equities. It offers pre-trade data and analytics, trade execution, and trade processing, as well as post-trade data, analytics, and reporting services. The company provides flexible order and trading systems to institutional investors. It also offers a range of electronic, voice, and hybrid platforms to dealers and financial institutions on electronic or hybrid markets with Dealerweb platform; and trading solutions for financial advisory firms and traders with Tradeweb Direct platform. The company serves in the institutional, wholesale, and retail client sectors. Its customers include asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, central banks, banks and dealers, proprietary trading firms, retail brokerage and financial advisory firms, and regional dealers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Tradeweb Markets Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Refinitiv Parent Limited.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Towers Watson & Co has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.71.
PE Ratio
Towers Watson & Co has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 59.73. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $59.73 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 7.31%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 26.3%, now sitting on 1.34B for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 29, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.37 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.36%.
3. Meta Platforms (META)
18.3% sales growth and 28.04% return on equity
Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Meta Platforms has a trailing twelve months EPS of $14.86.
PE Ratio
Meta Platforms has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.45 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 28.04%.
Sales Growth
Meta Platforms’s sales growth is 18.5% for the current quarter and 18.3% for the next.
Previous days news about Meta Platforms(META)
- The zacks analyst blog highlights vertiv, meta platforms, cadence design systems, itron and silicon motion technology. According to Zacks on Friday, 19 April, "Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Vertiv (VRT Quick QuoteVRT – Free Report) , Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) , Cadence Design Systems (CDNS Quick QuoteCDNS – Free Report) , Itron (ITRI Quick QuoteITRI – Free Report) and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO Quick QuoteSIMO – Free Report) .", "Menlo Park, CA-based Meta Platforms is set to report first-quarter 2024 results on Apr 24. "
- What analyst projections for key metrics reveal about meta platforms (meta) Q1 earnings. According to Zacks on Friday, 19 April, "View all Key Company Metrics for Meta Platforms here>>>Shares of Meta Platforms have experienced a change of -1.2% in the past month compared to the -2.6% move of the Zacks S&P 500 composite. ", "In light of this perspective, let’s dive into the average estimates of certain Meta Platforms metrics that are commonly tracked and forecasted by Wall Street analysts."
4. Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM)
11.1% sales growth and 33.39% return on equity
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), founded in 1951, is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 225,000 organizations around the world, and with a real estate network of more than 90 million square feet across more than 1,480 facilities in approximately 50 countries, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of valued assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and cultural and historical artifacts. Providing solutions that include secure records storage, information management, digital transformation, secure destruction, as well as data centers, cloud services and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps customers lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable a more digital way of working.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Iron Mountain Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.63.
PE Ratio
Iron Mountain Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 125.38. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $125.38 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 33.39%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Iron Mountain Incorporated is 217101 which is 85.09% below its average volume of 1456770.
5. American Electric Power Company (AEP)
8.5% sales growth and 8.96% return on equity
American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Electric Power Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.24.
PE Ratio
American Electric Power Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.36 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 8.96%.
Moving Average
American Electric Power Company’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $82.61 and above its 200-day moving average of $80.26.
Sales Growth
American Electric Power Company’s sales growth is 7.2% for the ongoing quarter and 8.5% for the next.
6. Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS)
7.9% sales growth and 47.59% return on equity
Las Vegas Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip, and the Sands Macao in Macao, the People's Republic of China; and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company's integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Las Vegas Sands Corp. was founded in 1988 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Las Vegas Sands Corp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.6.
PE Ratio
Las Vegas Sands Corp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.52 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 47.59%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 32.6% and 20%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 39.6%, now sitting on 11.21B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Las Vegas Sands Corp’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $52.06 and below its 200-day moving average of $50.87.
