(VIANEWS) – Columbia Banking System (COLB), The Joint Corp. (JYNT), CoStar Group (CSGP) 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. Columbia Banking System (COLB)
177.5% sales growth and 7.8% return on equity
Columbia Banking System, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Columbia State Bank that provides a range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It offers personal banking products and services, including non-interest and interest-bearing checking, savings, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts; home mortgages for purchases and refinances, home equity loans and lines of credit, and other personal loans; debit and credit cards; and digital banking services. The company also provides business banking products and services, such as checking, savings, interest-bearing money market, and certificate of deposit accounts; agricultural, asset-based, builder and other commercial real estate loans, as well as loans guaranteed by the small business administration; debit and credit cards; and professional banking, treasury management, merchant card, and international banking services. In addition, it offers wealth management solutions that include financial planning services, such as asset allocation, net worth analysis, estate planning and preservation, education funding, and wealth transfer; insurance solutions, which include long-term care, and life and disability insurance; individual retirement solutions comprising retirement planning, retirement income strategies, and traditional and roth individual retirement accounts; and business solutions, which comprise business retirement plans, key person insurance, business succession planning, and deferred compensation plans to individuals, families, and professional businesses. Further, the company provides fiduciary, investment, and administrative trust services, such as personal and special needs trusts, estate settlement services, and investment agency and charitable management services. As of December 31, 2020, it operated approximately 145 branches. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Columbia Banking System has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.42.
PE Ratio
Columbia Banking System has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.37. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.37 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 7.8%.
Sales Growth
Columbia Banking System’s sales growth is 179.8% for the present quarter and 177.5% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 78.3%, now sitting on 1.43B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 13.3% and a negative 10.2%, respectively.
2. The Joint Corp. (JYNT)
22.1% sales growth and 11.36% return on equity
The Joint Corp. develops, owns, operates, supports, and manages chiropractic clinics in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Corporate Clinics and Franchise Operations. It operates through direct ownership, management arrangements, franchising, and the sale of regional developer rights. As of January 27, 2021, the company operated approximately 550 locations in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Joint Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.24.
PE Ratio
The Joint Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 55.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $55.42 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 11.36%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
The Joint Corp.’s stock is valued at $13.30 at 06:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $23.60 and above its 52-week low of $12.85.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 26.8%, now sitting on 107.92M for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
The Joint Corp.’s EBITDA is 151.2.
3. CoStar Group (CSGP)
12.3% sales growth and 5.92% return on equity
CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information. It also provides Leasing, a tool to capture, manage, and maintain lease data; CoStar Lease Analysis; Public Record, a searchable database of commercially zoned parcels; CoStar Real Estate Manager, a real estate lease administration, portfolio management, and lease accounting compliance software solution; and CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment. In addition, it offers apartment marketing sites, such as ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, WestsideRentals.com, AFTER55.com, CorporateHousing.com, ForRentUniversity.com, Apartamentos.com, and Off Campus Partners; LoopNet Premium Lister; LoopNet Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads; LandsofAmerica.com, LandAndFarm.com, and LandWatch.com for rural land for-sale; BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com, and FindaFranchise.com for operating businesses and franchises for-sale; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; and HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, as well as Homes.com, a homes for sale listings site. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CoStar Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.87.
PE Ratio
CoStar Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 92.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $92.25 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 5.92%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CoStar Group’s stock is valued at $80.26 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $92.36 and way above its 52-week low of $65.12.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13%, now sitting on 2.32B for the twelve trailing months.
4. MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX)
10.6% sales growth and 23.27% return on equity
MarketAxess Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. It offers the access to liquidity in the U.S. investment-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, and U.S. Treasuries, as well as municipal bonds, emerging market debts, Eurobonds, and other fixed-income securities. The company, through its Open Trading protocols, executes bond trades between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all anonymous trading environment for corporate bonds. It also offers trading-related products and services, including composite+ pricing and other market data products to assist clients with trading decisions; auto-execution and other execution services for clients requiring specialized workflow solutions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; and technology services to optimize trading environments. In addition, the company provides various pre-and post-trade services, such as trade matching, trade publication, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MarketAxess Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.72.
PE Ratio
MarketAxess Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35 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 23.27%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 1.3%, now sitting on 733.03M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
MarketAxess Holdings’s worth is way below its 50-day moving average of $261.55 and way below its 200-day moving average of $301.48.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jul 31, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.88 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.23%.
Sales Growth
MarketAxess Holdings’s sales growth is 7.5% for the present quarter and 10.6% for the next.
