(VIANEWS) – Churchill Downs (CHDN), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Yelp (YELP) 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. Churchill Downs (CHDN)
15.5% sales growth and 48.97% return on equity
Churchill Downs Incorporated operates as a racing, online wagering, and gaming entertainment company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Live and Historical Racing, TwinSpires, and Gaming. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated three pari-mutuel gaming entertainment venues with approximately 3,050 historical racing machines (HRMs) in Kentucky; TwinSpires, an online wagering platform for horse racing, sports, and iGaming; nine retail sportsbooks; and casino gaming in eight states with approximately 11,000 slot machines and video lottery terminals, and 200 table games. It also offers streaming video of live horse races, replays, and an assortment of racing and handicapping information; and provides the Bloodstock Research Information Services platform for horse racing statistical data. In addition, the company manufactures and operates pari-mutuel wagering systems for racetracks, off-track betting facilities, and other pari-mutuel wagering businesses. Churchill Downs Incorporated was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Churchill Downs has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.76.
PE Ratio
Churchill Downs has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24 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 48.97%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Churchill Downs’s EBITDA is 5.84.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Churchill Downs is 607057 which is 50.83% above its average volume of 402473.
Moving Average
Churchill Downs’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $122.35 and under its 200-day moving average of $125.67.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.9%, now sitting on 2.19B for the twelve trailing months.
2. Rockwell Automation (ROK)
14% sales growth and 44.65% return on equity
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through three segments, Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. Its solutions include hardware and software products and services. The Intelligent Devices segment offers drives, motion, safety, sensing, industrial components, and configured-to-order products. The Software & Control segment provides control and visualization software and hardware, information software, and network and security infrastructure solutions. The Lifecycle Services segment provides consulting, professional services and solutions, and connected and maintenance services. The company sells its solutions primarily through independent distributors in relation with its direct sales force. It serves discrete end markets, including automotive, semiconductor, and warehousing and logistics, as well as general industries comprising printing and publishing, marine, glass, fiber and textiles, airports, and aerospace; hybrid end markets, such as food and beverage, life sciences, household and personal care, and tire, as well as eco industrial, including water/wastewater, waste management, mass transit, and renewable energy; and process end markets comprising oil and gas, mining, metals, chemicals, pulp and paper, and others. Rockwell Automation, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Rockwell Automation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.26.
PE Ratio
Rockwell Automation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.91. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.91 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 44.65%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 10, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4.72 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.66%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Rockwell Automation is 161929 which is 78.68% below its average volume of 759631.
Moving Average
Rockwell Automation’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $297.17 and above its 200-day moving average of $292.53.
Previous days news about Rockwell Automation(ROK)
- Rockwell automation (rok) gains but lags market: what you should know. According to Zacks on Monday, 9 October, "In the latest trading session, Rockwell Automation (ROK Quick QuoteROK – Free Report) closed at $290.47, marking a +0.06% move from the previous day. ", "Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Rockwell Automation in its upcoming release. "
3. Yelp (YELP)
9.4% sales growth and 6% return on equity
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. The company's platform covers various local business categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click search advertising and multi-location Ad products, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted search advertising to local audiences; and business listing page products. The company also offers other services comprising Yelp Guest Manager, a subscription-based suite of front-of-house management tools for restaurants, nightlife and certain other venues, which include online reservations, a waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely as well as through hostless kiosks, and seating and server rotation management tools; Yelp Knowledge program that offers business owners local analytics and insights through access to its historical data and other proprietary content; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use through publicly available APIs. In addition, it provides content licensing, as well as allows third-party data providers to update and manage business listing information on behalf of businesses. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website and business app, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements. It has partnership with Grubhub for providing consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Yelp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.59.
PE Ratio
Yelp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 72.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $72.75 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%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Yelp is 142889 which is 79.02% below its average volume of 681259.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.8%, now sitting on 1.27B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Yelp’s EBITDA is 49.16.
Moving Average
Yelp’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $42.90 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $34.68.
4. Calix (CALX)
8.7% sales growth and 6.53% return on equity
Calix, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud and software platforms, and systems and services in the United States, the Middle East, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and internationally. The company's cloud and software platforms, and systems and services enable communication service providers (CSPs) to provide a range of services. It provides Calix Cloud platform, a role-based analytics platform comprising Calix Marketing Cloud, Calix Support Cloud, and Calix Operations Cloud, which are configurable to display role-based insights and enable CSPs to anticipate and target new revenue-generating services and applications through mobile application. The company also offers EXOS, a carrier class smart home and business operating system that supports residential, business, and mobile subscribers; and AXOS, an operating system for access networks that allows a service provider to deliver all services on a single, elastic, converged access network that is always on, simple to operate, and quick to deploy. It offers its products through its direct sales force and resellers. Calix, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Calix has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.59.
PE Ratio
Calix has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 73.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $73.69 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 6.53%.
Moving Average
Calix’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $43.96 and way below its 200-day moving average of $49.91.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 29.2%, now sitting on 991.86M for the twelve trailing months.
5. Urban Outfitters (URBN)
6.1% sales growth and 12.28% return on equity
Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, wholesale, and Subscription. It operates Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, activewear, intimates, footwear, accessories, home goods, electronics, and beauty products for young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores that provide women's casual apparel, accessories, intimates, shoes, and home furnishings, as well as gifts, decorative items, and beauty and wellness products for women aged 28 to 45. The company also operates Bhldn stores, which offer heirloom quality wedding gowns, bridesmaid frocks, party dresses, assorted jewelry, headpieces, footwear, lingerie, and decorations; and Terrain stores that provide lifestyle home products, garden and outdoor living products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories. In addition, it operates Free People retail stores, which offer casual women's apparel, intimates, activewear, shoes, accessories, home products, gifts, and beauty and wellness products for young women aged 25 to 30; restaurants; and women's apparel subscription rental service under the Nuuly brand name. The company serves its customers directly through retail stores, Websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers, franchised or third-party operated stores, and digital businesses. As of January 31, 2021, it operated 247 Urban Outfitters, 237 Anthropologie Group, and 149 Free People stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe; and 11 restaurants. The company is also involved in the wholesale of young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, activewear, and shoes under the Free People brand; and home goods through department and specialty stores worldwide. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Urban Outfitters has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.42.
PE Ratio
Urban Outfitters has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.51 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 12.28%.
Sales Growth
Urban Outfitters’s sales growth for the next quarter is 6.1%.
Previous days news about Urban Outfitters(URBN)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 9 October, "We have highlighted three other top-ranked stocks from the Consumer Staple sector, namely Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF Quick QuoteANF – Free Report) , American Eagle Outfitters (AEO Quick QuoteAEO – Free Report) and Urban Outfitters (URBN Quick QuoteURBN – Free Report) ."
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 10 October, "Some other top-ranked stocks are BJ’s Restaurants (BJRI Quick QuoteBJRI – Free Report) , Urban Outfitters (URBN Quick QuoteURBN – Free Report) and Walmart (WMT Quick QuoteWMT – Free Report) .BJ’s Restaurants, which operates a chain of high-end casual dining restaurants in the United States, currently sports a Zacks Rank #1. "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 9 October, "Some better-ranked stocks are BJ’s Restaurants (BJRI Quick QuoteBJRI – Free Report) , Urban Outfitters (URBN Quick QuoteURBN – Free Report) and Walmart (WMT Quick QuoteWMT – Free Report) .BJ’s Restaurants, which operates a chain of high-end casual dining restaurants in the United States, currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). "
