(VIANEWS) – Coda Octopus Group (CODA), New Mountain Finance Corporation (NMFC), FleetCor Technologies (FLT) 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. Coda Octopus Group (CODA)
29.9% sales growth and 10.86% return on equity
Coda Octopus Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, sells, and rentals underwater technologies and equipment for real time 3D imaging, mapping, defense, and survey applications in the United States of America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Marine Engineering Business and Marine Technology Business. It sells technology solutions to the subsea and underwater markets. The company's solutions include geophysical systems, a geophysical data acquisition systems, processing, and analysis software that are used primarily by survey companies, offshore renewable companies, research institutions, and salvage companies; GNSS-aided navigation systems (attitude and positioning systems); Real time volumetric imaging sonar; and diver augmented vision display system. It offers CodaOctopus GeoSurvey products, such as hardware and software solutions for field acquisition of sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler; and CodaOctopus DA4G productivity suite of software that automates the tasks of analyzing, annotating, and mosaicing complex data sets. It markets its products under the CodaOctopus brand name. Coda Octopus Group, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Coda Octopus Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.43.
PE Ratio
Coda Octopus Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.77. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.77 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 10.86%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Coda Octopus Group’s EBITDA is 58.29.
Sales Growth
Coda Octopus Group’s sales growth is negative 1.1% for the present quarter and 29.9% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Coda Octopus Group’s stock is valued at $7.64 at 16:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $11.09 and way higher than its 52-week low of $4.85.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.4%, now sitting on 22.3M for the twelve trailing months.
2. New Mountain Finance Corporation (NMFC)
27.5% sales growth and 7.56% return on equity
New Mountain Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: NMFC), a business development company is a private equity / buyouts and loan fund specializes in directly investing and lending to middle market companies in “defensive growth” industries. The fund prefers investing in buyout and middle market companies. It also makes investments in debt securities at all levels of the capital structure including first and second lien debt, unsecured notes, and mezzanine securities. In some cases, its investments may also include equity interests. It targets energy, engineering and consulting services, specialty chemicals and materials, trading companies and distributors, commercial printing, diversified support services, education services, environmental and facilities services, office services and supplies, media, distributors, health care services, health care facilities, application software, business services, systems software, federal services, distribution and logistics, interactive home entertainment, telecommunication services, hydroelectric power generation, electric power generation by fossil fuels, electric power generation by nuclear fuels, health care technology, and security and alarm services. The fund seeks to invest in United States of America. It seeks to invest between $10 million and $125 million per transaction. The firm invests through both primary originations and open-market secondary purchases. It invests in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $200 million. The fund seeks a majority stake in its portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, New Mountain Finance Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.95.
PE Ratio
New Mountain Finance Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.41 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 7.56%.
3. FleetCor Technologies (FLT)
11.4% sales growth and 31.21% return on equity
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., a business payments company that helps businesses spend less by enabling them to manage their expense-related purchasing and vendor payments processes. It offers corporate payments solutions, such as accounts payable automation; Virtual Card, which provides a single-use card number for a specific amount usable within a defined timeframe; Cross-Border that is used by its customers to pay international vendors, foreign office and personnel expenses, capital expenditures, and profit repatriation and dividends; and purchasing cards and travel and entertainment cards for its customers to analyze and manage their corporate spending. The company also provides vehicle and mobility solutions, including fuel solutions to businesses and government entities that operate vehicle fleets, as well as to oil and leasing companies, and fuel marketers; lodging solutions to businesses that have employees who travel overnight for work purposes, as well as to airlines and cruise lines to accommodate traveling crews and stranded passengers; and electronic toll payments solutions to businesses and consumers in the form of radio frequency identification tags affixed to vehicles' windshields. In addition, it offers gift card program management and processing services in plastic and digital forms that include card design, production and packaging, delivery and fulfillment, card and account management, transaction processing, promotion development and management, website design and hosting, program analytics, and card distribution channel management. Further, the company provides other products consisting of payroll cards, vehicle maintenance service solution, long-haul transportation solution, prepaid food vouchers or cards, and prepaid transportation cards and vouchers. It serves business, merchant, consumer, and payment network customers in North America, Brazil, and Internationally. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FleetCor Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.24.
PE Ratio
FleetCor Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.2 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 31.21%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 10.1%, now sitting on 3.63B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 6.4% and 12.9%, respectively.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for FleetCor Technologies is 161259 which is 63.18% below its average volume of 438061.
Moving Average
FleetCor Technologies’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $253.30 and way above its 200-day moving average of $218.17.
4. Antero Midstream Partners LP (AM)
9.1% sales growth and 15.53% return on equity
Antero Midstream Corporation owns and operates midstream energy assets. It owns and operates natural gas gathering pipelines, compression stations, processing and fractionation plants, and water handling and treatment assets in the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale basins. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Antero Midstream Partners LP has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.71.
PE Ratio
Antero Midstream Partners LP has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.18 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 15.53%.
Moving Average
Antero Midstream Partners LP’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $11.76 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $10.94.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 23.5% and 17.6%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Antero Midstream Partners LP’s sales growth is 15.3% for the present quarter and 9.1% for the next.
5. Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. Limited Partnership (MMP)
8.5% sales growth and 59.18% return on equity
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. engages in the transportation, storage, and distribution of refined petroleum products and crude oil in the United States. The company operates refined products pipeline that transports gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, kerosene, and heating oil to refiners, wholesalers, retailers, traders, railroads, airlines, and regional farm cooperatives; and to end markets, including retail gasoline stations, truck stops, farm cooperatives, railroad fueling depots, military bases, and commercial airports. It also provides pipeline capacity and tank storage services, as well as terminalling, ethanol and biodiesel unloading and loading, additive injection, custom blending, laboratory testing, and data services to shippers. In addition, the company owns and operates crude oil pipelines and storage facilities; and marine terminals located along coastal waterways that provide design, installation, construction, testing, operation, replacement, and management of assets to refiners, marketers, and traders. Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. Limited Partnership has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.
PE Ratio
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. Limited Partnership has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.31. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.31 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 59.18%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. Limited Partnership’s stock is valued at $66.54 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $67.14 and way higher than its 52-week low of $45.52.
Sales Growth
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. Limited Partnership’s sales growth is 12.2% for the current quarter and 8.5% for the next.
6. AAON (AAON)
8.4% sales growth and 25.88% return on equity
AAON, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and selling air conditioning and heating equipment in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: AAON Oklahoma, AAON Coil Products, and BasX. It offers rooftop units, data center cooling solutions, cleanroom systems, chillers, packaged outdoor mechanical rooms, air handling units, makeup air units, energy recovery units, condensing units, geothermal/water-source heat pumps, coils, and controls. The company markets and sells its products to retail, manufacturing, educational, lodging, supermarket, data centers, medical and pharmaceutical, and other commercial industries. It sells its products through a network of independent manufacturer representative organizations and internal sales force. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AAON has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.81.
PE Ratio
AAON has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 36.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $36.3 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 25.88%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
AAON’s EBITDA is 5.6.
7. Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB)
7.8% sales growth and 14.5% return on equity
Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Northeast Community Bank that provides various financial services to consumers and businesses. The company accepts deposit products, such as checking, money market, savings, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Its loan products include multi-family, mixed-use, and real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans; construction loans; consumer loans; passbook, term, small business administration, and cooperative building loans; and revolving lines of credit. The company also offers various ATM/debit, credit, and gift cards; and investment advisory and financial planning, direct and remote deposit, wire transfer, automated clearing house, credit card merchant, coin and currency, and cash management services, as well as Internet, mobile, and telephone banking services. It operates three full-service branches in New York; three full-service branches in Massachusetts; one full service branch in Rockland County; two full service branch offices in Orange County; and a loan production office in New City, New York. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York. Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. is a subsidiary of Northeast Community Bancorp, MHC.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Northeast Community Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.56.
PE Ratio
Northeast Community Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.26. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.26 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 14.5%.
Previous days news about Northeast Community Bancorp(NECB)
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