(VIANEWS) – Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Middlefield Banc Corp. (MBCN), Construction Partners (ROAD) 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 18.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.51 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 10.86%.
Sales Growth
Coda Octopus Group’s sales growth is negative 1.1% for the ongoing quarter and 29.9% for the next.
Moving Average
Coda Octopus Group’s value is way below its 50-day moving average of $8.91 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $7.27.
2. Middlefield Banc Corp. (MBCN)
27.3% sales growth and 10.06% return on equity
Middlefield Banc Corp., headquartered in Middlefield, Ohio, is the bank holding company of The Middlefield Banking Company with total assets of $1.39 billion at March 31, 2021. The bank operates 16 full-service banking centers and an LPL Financial® brokerage office serving Beachwood, Chardon, Cortland, Dublin, Garrettsville, Mantua, Middlefield, Newbury, Orwell, Plain City, Powell, Solon, Sunbury, Twinsburg, and Westerville. The Bank also operates a Loan Production Office in Mentor, Ohio. Additional information is available at www.middlefieldbank.bank.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Middlefield Banc Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.54.
PE Ratio
Middlefield Banc Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.94 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 10.06%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 37.4%, now sitting on 61.73M for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Middlefield Banc Corp. is 19877 which is 38.74% below its average volume of 32447.
3. Construction Partners (ROAD)
17.4% sales growth and 5% return on equity
Construction Partners, Inc., a civil infrastructure company, engages in the construction and maintenance of roadways across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services to public and private infrastructure projects, with a focus on highways, roads, bridges, airports, and commercial and residential developments. It also engages in manufacturing and distributing hot mix asphalt (HMA) for internal use and sales to third parties in connection with construction projects; paving activities, including the construction of roadway base layers and application of asphalt pavement; site development, including the installation of utility and drainage systems; mining aggregates, such as sand and gravel that are used as raw materials in the production of HMA; and distributing liquid asphalt cement for internal use and sales to third parties in connection with HMA production. The company was formerly known as SunTx CPI Growth Company, Inc. and changed its name to Construction Partners, Inc. in September 2017. Construction Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Dothan, Alabama.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Construction Partners has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.36.
PE Ratio
Construction Partners has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 80.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $80.25 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%.
Previous days news about Construction Partners(ROAD)
- Construction partners (road) stock moves -0.49%: what you should know. According to Zacks on Thursday, 20 July, "In that report, analysts expect Construction Partners to post earnings of $0.34 per share. ", "Digging into valuation, Construction Partners currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 43.67. "
4. Cooper Companies (COO)
8% sales growth and 4.01% return on equity
The Cooper Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment provides spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, ocular dryness and eye fatigues in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The CooperSurgical segment focuses on family and women's health care, which provides medical devices, fertility, genomics, diagnostics, and contraception to health care professionals and patients worldwide. It offers surgical and office products, including PARAGARD, uterine manipulators, retractors, closure products, point of care products, LEEP products, endosee, and illuminate and fetal pillows; fertility products and services, such as fertility consumables and equipment, and embryo options and preimplantation genetic testing. The Cooper Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.8.
PE Ratio
Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 67.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $67.19 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 4.01%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 4.7% and 26.9%, respectively.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jul 25, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.06 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.02%.
5. Yelp (YELP)
7.9% sales growth and 5.05% 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 $0.49.
PE Ratio
Yelp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 84.7. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $84.7 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 5.05%.
Moving Average
Yelp’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $33.26 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $31.55.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Yelp is 319780 which is 56.49% below its average volume of 735049.
6. Raymond James Financial (RJF)
7.6% sales growth and 18.04% return on equity
Raymond James Financial, Inc., a diversified financial services company, provides private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking, and other services to individuals, corporations, and municipalities in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The Private Client Group segment offers investment services, portfolio management services, insurance and annuity products, and mutual funds; support to third-party product partners, including sales and marketing support, as well as distribution and accounting, and administrative services; margin loans; securities borrowing and lending services; and custodial, trade execution, research, and other support and services. The Capital Markets segment provides investment banking services, including equity underwriting, debt underwriting, and merger and acquisition advisory services; and fixed income and equity brokerage services. The Asset Management segment offers asset management, portfolio management, and related administrative services to retail and institutional clients; and administrative support services, such as record-keeping. The Raymond James Bank segment provides insured deposit accounts; commercial and industrial, commercial real estate (CRE) and CRE construction, tax-exempt, residential mortgage, securities-based, and other loans; loan syndication services; and liquidity management products and services. The Other segment engages in the private equity investments, including invests in third-party funds. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Raymond James Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.69.
PE Ratio
Raymond James Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.32 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 18.04%.
Sales Growth
Raymond James Financial’s sales growth is 7.1% for the present quarter and 7.6% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.4%, now sitting on 11.01B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 32.9% and 12%, respectively.
Moving Average
Raymond James Financial’s worth is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $95.11 and above its 200-day moving average of $103.66.
7. Walt Disney (DIS)
7.1% sales growth and 4.3% return on equity
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. The company engages in the film and episodic television content production and distribution activities, as well as operates television networks under the ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brands; and studios that produces films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Searchlight Pictures banners. It also offers direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+; sale/licensing of film and television content to third-party television and subscription video-on-demand services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services by Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts, such as Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Disneyland Resort in California; Disneyland Paris; Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; and Shanghai Disney Resort; Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney, as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii. Further, it licenses its intellectual property to a third party for the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort; provides consumer products, including licensing of trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games; operates a direct-to-home satellite distribution platform; sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Walt Disney has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.23.
PE Ratio
Walt Disney has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.99. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $38.99 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 4.3%.
Previous days news about Walt Disney(DIS)
- According to MarketWatch on Friday, 21 July, "Shares of Walt Disney Co. rose Friday on a report that company chief executive Robert Iger and ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro have had early discussions with the NFL and NBA about those leagues becoming minority investors in ESPN. "
